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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The Cherokee had domestic dogs.
the tribe was organized into seven clans ;
Sequoyah belonged to the Cherokee Nation. He is best known for developing the Cherokee syllabary, which enabled the Cherokee people to read and write in their own language. His efforts significantly contributed to literacy and cultural preservation within the Cherokee community.
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when did the Cherokee nation began
The Cherokee did.
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.
The Cherokee were not important to California during colonial history. The Cherokee (as a tribe) never moved west of Oklahoma.
The Great Smoky Mountains were the homeland of the Cherokee tribe.
(Should be Written) *For the production of what form of art is the Cherokee tribe known for?
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