By: Katie Blundell
May 15, 2016 - In the Spirit of Adventure e-term we had the chance to explore
the culture of the Cherokee Indian Tribe through a museum and village tour. The
elders of this tribe stated that they have lived on these lands forever and
that their creator gave them the land and their language. These people used
flint stone to create arrow heads for war and for hunting. While exploring this
beautiful culture we made our own arrow heads out of flint by striking it with
another rock. The Cherokee Indians used traps to capture their food, the traps
ranged in size for bears, rabbits, and fish. All of the villages of these
people were on the west side of the river.
In 900 AD-1600 AD the Cherokee people started to grow corn,
beans, squash, gourds, and tobacco. The tobacco was not used for recreational
use but instead for prayer ceremonies. Each town had a peace chief, war chief,
the uku- spiritual leader, and the clan mother. This tribe had laws against
selling their land and they were not allowed to marry someone in their own
clan. Today there are 315,000 citizens in the Cherokee community and 10,000 live in Cherokee, NC on the reservation. While on this e-term we
participated in traditional animal dances and also a friendship dance with the
Cherokee natives.
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