What were the cherokees daily life?

Answer 1

The Cherokee lived in mud houses. They bathed in the creek and killed animals for food. They did no wrong until the white people came. If you want to know how i know all this its cuz i am A Cherokee Indian.

Answer 2

This is a very ambiguous question and it could have 365 x 4 answers ^2 (dependent on the stage of life the tribal member was at.) Please understand that many 'taboos' are different between current culture and native culture, and you must understand how the tribe functioned as a whole to start to understand how daily life was.

Children:

Children were watched and taught by the old ones of the tribe. As they became able they aided in the work that they would assume during adulthood.

Young Adults:

Young adults, men & women who had reached maturity (both physical and mental) would then find mates (in other clans - clan members were forbidden to marry within the same clan) and begin families. Sex was not hidden or a real taboo, young understood that men enjoy private time with women and it produced children. It was at this stage of development that the 'rolls' they would play in the tribe was becoming defined.

Adults:

Adults worked for the good of the tribe and did what they could, both by skill and physical work (this is a very socialist structure that is hard for many to understand, there was no personal profit or gain - in fact those weakest and poorest in the tribe were often given the best food, etc). Personal items were the only thing outside of this structure, and most were gifts from others.

Old ones:

Aged persons that could no longer hunt, fish and things like that became teachers as they had the most knowledge to pass on to the young ones, while the adults were away. This ensured that the children were watched, the old ones were respected, and they were also taught from the ones in the tribe with the most knowledge.

Seasons:

Seasons effected what the tribe was doing at that time and what rolls everyone played. Harvest time would find everyone harvesting, gathering time, corn time, planting time etc.

Daily Life:

In the end life was dictated by a set of conditions, much like modern life, and without specifics on those conditions only a general answer would suffice to describe 'life' on a daily basis. Life was (is) a spiritual (religious) thing from beginning to end and no matter the stage or season, those spiritual meanings were observed at all times.

Answer 3

This question does not define an 'era' so is a bit abigous overall.

Prior to European contact children were raised in a communal environment; community raised. After European contact the families sectioned off a bit more and in more modern times the variance in how they are raised is very different between the clans.

For instance: When I was raised (1960's & 1970's) not much of anything was 'hidden' from us: we were taught about life & death very early, we were taught about 'sex' very early, and our teaching of tribal customs were largely ignored but the themes were still there (honor, respect, independance (personal responsibility)). It was odd for 'us' to be in school where children still believed in "Santa Clause" and we knew more about adult life than they did.

Answer 4

The Cherokee people never lived in tipis. The Plains Indians lived in these, as they were able to be moved when following herds and hunting.The Cherokee people historically lived in houses made of mud and clay with roofs of brush and river cane. In the winter time, they lived in even smaller clay and mud houses which included the construction of the roof, as well, in order to keep warm. By the late 1700’s, many Cherokees were living in log cabins while some even lived in clapboard houses like their non-Indian counterparts. Today, Cherokees live in many types of dwellings based on economic abilities, including some who still live on ancestral land in small cabins or other small homes.

Answer 5

Friends with white men, until they betrayed the Cherokee Indians. White men, brought them blankets smothered in infected smallpox.