Cherokee Indians

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  • 10,000 BCE

    Cherokee in North Carolina

    Cherokee in North Carolina
    -Cherokee Indians have lived in Western North Carolina since 10,000 BC
    -Cherokee Indians lived in rectangle houses where they worked on farms nearby.
    -Cherokee Indians hunted, fished, as well as farmed in the thriving Western North Carolina mountains and rivers.
    Link: http://www.blueridgeheritage.com/heritage/cherokee/cherokee-history/an-ancient-people
  • Period: 10,000 BCE to

    Cherokee Timeline

  • 1540

    Cherokee Hardships

    Cherokee Hardships
    -Cherokee Indians thrived in their environment from their beginning to 1540 when Hernando DeSoto arrived.
    -The Spaniards demanded food as well as respect, and even took the Indians as slaves.
    -The Spaniards also brought disease, such as smallpox and measles, with them where 95 percent of them died within 150 years.
    Link: http://www.blueridgeheritage.com/heritage/cherokee/cherokee-history/european-contact

  • Cherokee Trade

    Cherokee Trade
    -Cherokee Indians traded with white Europeans in the early 17th century.
    -By the end of the 17th century, the Indians had constant contact with the Europeans.
    -Both sides engaged in peaceful trade until the smallpox epidemics and the Indians losing three-fourths of their land due to treaties.
    -Most of the land in Western North Carolina was lost to treaties.
    Link: http://www.blueridgeheritage.com/heritage/cherokee/cherokee-history/trade-and-conflict

  • Cherokee Trail of Tears

    Cherokee Trail of Tears
    -In the 18th century, Cherokee Indians were forced out of their homes in North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee to Oklahoma
    -This was known as the Trail of Tears
    -About 25-50% of Indians died en route from their homes to Oklahoma
    -More than 300 Indians hid in the mountains and escaped the government forcing them out of their homes. They hid until 1838, when they were officially recognized by the government.
    Link: http://www.blueridgeheritage.com/heritage/cherokee/cherokee-history/trail-of-tears

  • Cherokee's in 21st Century

    Cherokee's in 21st Century
    -At the beginning of this century, Cherokee Indians survived on logging and farming as their source of income, but tourism became important later on.
    -The Cherokee Indians formed three organizations to preserve their culture.
    -In the 21st century, Cherokee Indians reaffirmed title to land, expanded voting rights, spoke their language, as well as improved their standard of living!
    Link: http://www.blueridgeheritage.com/heritage/cherokee/cherokee-history/twentieth-century-to-present