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Cherokee Indians
Historical and modern questions about the Cherokee tribe of Native Americans.
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How did Cherokee Indians travel by land?
They used canoes and some travois (normally pulled by dogs); travois use was limited and debated by some. All tribes traveled by foot until the horse was introduced to north america, by escaped spanish stock, sometime in the early 1500's.
How do you write your name in Cherokee?
English or Christian names cannot be directly translated to Tsalagi (The Cherokee Language), in some cases you can research your name to its root origins / definitions and then translate that root definition in Tsalagi. For example: If your name's root origin was Mary which is Hebrew for "Bitter" you could then translate that into the Tsalagi word for "Bitter." Please remember though that this is not a 'proper' translation and you would most likely get strange looks trying to use such a translated name.
Did the cherokee indians do rain dances?
Yes. They did them in times of drought. Most tribes do rain dances.
How do you find out how much Indian blood you have?
There is no one place you can go to find out if you are "part Indian." You will have to research your mother's background and your father's background, and then their parents and on and on back in time to determine if you have any ancestor who came from India. If you do, then you are part Indian.
If you are interested in learning if you are part American Indian, or Native American, you must still research your ancestors, but your path may be different and you may be able eventually to see if one of your ancestors was officially enrolled as a member of a tribe after it had come under the control of the US Government as the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Who invented a written language for the Cherokees?
Sequoyah wanted his people to remain free he thought that if his people could communicate with each other by reading and writing, then they could keep their independence of the white people because the Cherokees had no written language.
The Cherokee people have not disappeared.
There are those that might think that the tribe has disappeared because of assimilation but the Cherokee are still a sovereign nation and can have strong representation in Oklahoma and North Carolina.
The Cherokee are one of the most numerous native american peoples in North America. There are three federally recognized cherokee tribes, the Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band in Oklahoma, and the Eastern Cherokee in North Carolina. There are also over 300 unrecognized Cherokee tribes and organizations who claim Cherokee ancestry. The federally recognized Cherokee alone number over 300,000 people.
How did environment affect the Cherokee's?
The environment effected the Cherokee by giving them the natural resources they need like trees, animals ,and etc
Where is the ac fitting on 1988 Jeep Cherokee?
I've been trying to find the same fitting for my 95 unit and may be on to something. On the AC compressor there is a fitting labeled H, which I assume is the High pressure side, which is NOT what you seek. I found an aluminum tubing that comes out of the firewall turns right and the follows the passenger side fender all the way to the radiator. There is a female fitting on that tubing that takes the recharge fitting, so after a little more investigation I hope to try that on my car. I hope that this helps you, and me.
What did the Indian Removal Act call for and why did Jackson support it?
The Indian Removal Act called for the exile of Native Americans from their ancestral lands. President Jackson supported it because he believed the Native Americans were troublesome and needed to be removed from the picture.
What did the Karankawa Indians houses look like?
The Wyandot lived in communal dwellings consisting of large log style homes called a longhouse. Most long houses ranged between 150- 180 ft long and 15029 feet but could be as long as 300 ft. They were made of slabs of bark over pole frames.
Where are most of the Cherokee tribe located?
There is only one "Cherokee Reservation" in existence, that is located in North Carolina and held by the Eastern Band of Cherokee. It is not a 'normal' reservation however, in that it recognizes a line and defines land holders within 100 miles of that line to be 'in' the reservation. The "Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma" has jurisdiction over several counties there, but it is NOT a reservation. The state of Oklahoma is in itself a 'reservation' to indians.
Why were the Cherokee Indians important?
By the early 1800's the Cherokee had assimilated many of the European culture. They built roads, churches and schools and had taken wearing immigrants clothing. The Cherokee also had a representative style of government. They had farms and cattle. If assimilating European customs is being civilized then they were.
What did the Cherokees use to hunt with?
They used they're weapons to hunt animals, they would sometimes throw they're weapons at the animals. For example, they would throw it at the buffalo. Mostly they would hunt using a rifal, a spear, etc.
Why do the Cherokee Indians look Mexican?
They look Asian because they walked across a land bridge form Asia to America.
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The Cherokee are from lands that are now part of the USA. They were originaly a powerful tribe in the region of North and South Carolina and moved successfully to adopt many elements of the surrounding white culture following the American Revolution. During the Presidency of Andrew Jackson, they were forced to give up their lands and relocate to what is now the state of Oklahoma, but was then called the Indian Territory. Cherokee lawyers appealed the order to mive through the courts and the US Supreme Court foud in their favor, but Jackson refused to comply with their decision. The move from North Carolina to the Indian Territory is called the Trail of Tears because so many died along the way due to the haste required and the poor support offered by government officials. Some Cherokee ressisted the relocation, took to the hills, and remained in the Carolinas. As a result, the Cherokee now exist as two Tribes, the Eastern Cherokee and the Western Cherokee.
How do you say Angel in Cherokee language?
A-ni-da-we-hi is how it's pronounced in most dialects (for lack of a better word) of Cherokee. However, I believe the Neches (Roughly, Nay-Cheese) Cherokee pronounce it Ah-dah-we-uh
Which word describes a person who moves from place to place?
The likely word may be "migrate" which birds do seasonally and hunter-gatherers did to find new places to hunt.
The general term for to go from one place to another is "travel."
How English names are pronounced in Cherokee?
No, modern names are normally a "Christian" or "European" invention (source) and not Tsalagi (the spoken language of the Cherokee). In some rare cases you can search the source of your name in its European form, and once you find that root you can translate the root word to Tsalagi IF the word is a noun.
That's true enough, as it goes. There is however the notion that Christian names are usually of Hebraic origin, and a great many of those are names involving the name of God. Judah for example. James is a translation of Jacob. Abraham means Father of Nations, Abram is simply Father. Mary means rebellious. Martha means housewife. Dorcas and Tabitha are names that translate to "goat" or "gazelle" and refer to the grace with which they walk.
Then there's actual English names, from the Celtic languages, Heather is a flower, so is Jennifer, which is also Guenivere. And Fern. Rose. Daisy.
The concept is that a name, of whatever origin, actually HAS an origan. Richard means "rich man". It's much on the order that a name in whatever language has an original meaning, and that's the meaning you would have to translate. The English did it with Mary, James, Martha, ,Tabitha...
You would have to find out what the name means in its original context and language.
Some names would be hard to equate, a Lakota guy was explaining this last year in a street festival here in Colroado Springs.
For instance, "horse" in Lakota is the combined words Big Dog. Because until the Europeans brought the horse, dogs were the preferred beast of burden in America. The guy explained to the tourists that in Lakota there's no word for Coffee, because it's an African origin plant introduced by the Europeans. No word for Monkey or Banana. If you tried to translate Dorcas or Leonard (like a lion) you would have to use the local equivalent animals and it wouldn't be an exact match.
The flower names too, are usually a Celtic or Latin word describing the flower by color, like Rose being pink and Jennifer being a white flower. Darnel means Little Weed in French.
Again that would have to be dug into. With the names like Leonard you would have to come up with an equivalent to Brave and Strong anf Fierce, which are the Lion attributes assigned to the original names. That's where creativity comes in.
But, the names do have a source, the sources are fairly common between cultures, they're never an abstraction, a string of sounds put together just because they sound pretty.
The process starts sounding simple, then gets complex, and back around to simplicity.
The simple part is, find the root definition of the name. From whatever branch of the Human family, whatever language, every name has a meaning that can be discovered.
One more thing, Mama means the same thing in every human language. It's one of those things that probably isn't a coincidence. It's the steps between that and being a walking dictionary that make Language fun.
What Indian nation was forced to move to Georgia as a result of Andrew Jackson's policies?
Many Native tribes were forced to move from Georgia and other parts of the South to the area west of the Mississippi River designated as the Indian Territory as a result of Andrew Jackson's policies. Some of the tribes included the Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw, and this event is now known as the Trail of Tears for the vast fatalities suffered.
How big on average is a male Native American Penis?
The average adult erect penis length is 5.1 - 5.9 inches(12.9 cm - 15 cm) (this is only an average, it could be larger or smaller). Also the average average flaccid (non-erect) length is 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) (once again an average). Further, in the average adult male's erected penis, the girth or circumference is 4.972 inches
What are some Cherokee Indian Sports?
Arguably there were no 'hobbies' in society, although there were tasks that were done for fun (but still produced / not including games). Weaving, beadwork, painting (as a few examples).
What was the religion of the Cherokee Indians?
the religion oft he Cherokees was that the sun and moon were people.Sun was like it was a being which grew the crops.Moon was like a being that helped them go to sleep.
What does the word Cherokee mean in Creek language?
The name Cherokee is really Tsalagi - colonists were unable to pronounce it properly and so they used Cherokee as a close substitute. Historically there is a lot of debate over what it meant, most popular is that it meant "Tree People" or "People of the tree's." In modern usage Tsalagi means "Real People" which has a very hard to explain cultural distinction behind it.
