Essay On Cherokee Tribe

It was the Cherokee survival spirit and perseverance that let them still be part of the united states territory. Since the 16th century when the European explorers came to North America, they had identified the Cherokee tribe as one of the most cultural and socially advanced of the Native American tribes. Cherokee is a powerful tribe from the Iroquoian family, located at the Southeastern side of the United States. Did you know that more than 819,105 Americans claimed to have Cherokee ancestry in 2010. This tribe is still growing and is really known by the north-americans.

Cherokee meaning “people of different speech” is a word derived from creek word. The Cherokee tribe have been consistently evolving and growing culturally and socially speaking.
But why so many Americans claim to have “Cherokee blood”? The studies have shown that the Cherokee have been in the southeastern side of the united states since at least A.D. 1000. When the europeans cam in the mid-16th century, cherokee were already well-stablished cultural and social tradition, the women have a huge political and social power in the Cherokee society. The children of tribe inherit the identity of the mother, the women are up to control the adaptation of the outsiders into the responsibilities of clan membership.

The Cherokee had shaped a bicultural society and government, the most civilized at the early 1700’s. Cherokee’s have a democratic form of government, schools, churches, businesses and newspapers. The last adaptation of the Cherokee constitution was made in 1839 when Cherokee’s first arrived on trail of tears. In 1844 the Cherokee Advocate was first presented, an it was printed in two different language, English and Cherokee language, this became the first newspaper on the Indian territory and the first one Native American language. Cherokee’s educational system of two higher education institutes and more than 144 elemantary