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The answer to this question depends more on which scientist or legend you want to believe in, all will be given here and you can make your own choice.
One Lenapi (a closely related tribe) legend, and many scientists believe that the Native Americans began inhabiting North America during the Ice Age - so at least 20,000 years ago, some say it may have been the ice age before that (650,000 years ago).
The Lenapi legend tells of the woman who 'lost her foot' to a 'shark frozen on the great water'.
At least one Tsalagi (Cherokee) legend tells of 'a great flood' that is supposed to have followed the melting of the ice age glaciers - also mentioned in various historical texts from Europe & the Middle East.
Some scientists believe that the current natives in north America migrated north from Central America, which was inhabited by transient Polynesians - no date given, and very scant support.
Some Americans believe that the natives here were invented, or created out of thin air, because they were "Discovered" by Columbus in approximately 1492 (please note that I have actually heard them say this with my own ears).
James Adair, who lived among the Cherokees back in the late 1700's discovered many similarities between the Cherokee and the Hebrews. There has been recent evidence that the Cherokees are descended from the Ashkenazi Jews.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe Cherokees did not come to "America." Spaniards discovered "Turtle Island" (The original name of this land) and named it after Amerigo Vespucci.
Other natives came to this land between 650,000 to 20,000 years ago.
NOTE: several false claims have been made that the Cherokee are descended from a lost tribe of Israel (circa 500 BC) this information is based on unconfirmed or disputed DNA testing. A DNA report confirmed in 2009 that the supposed Anomalous Mitochondrial DNA that links the Cherokee to the Israelite is divergent; approximately 30,000 years ago - negating such claims. See link:
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∙ 12y agoThe Cherokee started in 10000 BC.
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What Native American tribe did Will Rogers relatives come from?
cherokee tribe
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the Cherokee tribe
What animals do the Cherokee tribe worship?
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the tribe was organized into seven clans ;
What is the Oklahoma Indians tribe?
cherokee
What Native American tribe did Will Rogers relatives come from?
cherokee tribe
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Cherokee
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the Cherokee tribe
Where did the Texas tribe caddo come from?
North America
When did the Cherokee tribe began?
when did the Cherokee nation began
Which southeastern tribe resisted relocation?
The Cherokee did.
What were the rules in the Cherokee tribes?
what ruled the cherokee tribe
Do the Cherokee tribe live in the Yuchi region of America?
There were wars between the Yuchi and Cherokee tribes, the Yuchi were moved with the Cherokee to Oklahoma and there is a great possibility that some Cherokee still live on the Yuchi lands, although there is nothing officially documented.
Why was Cherokee an important tribe in California?
The Cherokee were not important to California during colonial history. The Cherokee (as a tribe) never moved west of Oklahoma.
What art did the Cherokee tribe were know for?
(Should be Written) *For the production of what form of art is the Cherokee tribe known for?
The Great Smoky Mountains were the homeland of which tribe?
The Great Smoky Mountains were the homeland of the Cherokee tribe.
Was the Cherokee the biggest tribe?
No.
