Cherokee Tribe Welcome/Tsi-lu-gi

Food/Meat

• In the beginning we did not raise livestock, but later when the English arrived we started raising livestock.
• We were very powerful hunters.
• We farmed lots of food.

Tools And Weapons

• We used flint to make arrowheads and sometimes poisoned them with snake venom.
• We also used blow guns because they were easy to make.
• We made axe heads with branches and rocks.

Art

• We made lots of baskets out of river cane.
• The men of our tribe liked to make lots of masks and shakers.
• We made pipes for smoking.
• We made totem poles.

Housing

• We lived in wattle and daub houses.
• We made these houses by weaving river cane and putting dry mud on the outside to cover up holes.

Housing

• We lived in settled villages, usually located by a river.
• Our houses were made of rivercane and plaster, with thatched roofs.
• These dwellings were about as strong and as warm as log cabins.
• We also built 7 sided buildings for ceremonial purposes, and each village usually had a ball field and benches for spectators.

medicine and health

• We believed in heeling stones.
• Some medicine plants we used were ;Yarrow-to help clot the blood.
• Sumac-in treating eye problems.
• Blackberry-for curing diarrhea and soothing swollen tissues and joints.
• Rosemary-improves memory, relieves muscle pain.

MEDICINE AND HEALTH

• Black Gum Bark- to relieve chest pains.
• Cattail-for recovering from illness.
• Greenbriar-was used as a blood purifier or for relieving joint pain.
• note: These did not always work

region of texas

• We lived in east Texas.
• Before we lived in Texas we lived in Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Virginia and West Virginia.
• We lived right next to the Gulf.

Words in cherokee

• The cherokee spoke slaty, middle, atali
• Welcome= Tsi-lu-gi
• Bat=tla-me'-ha
• Beast=nv-gi di-ga-nv-sa-di
• Bird : tsi'-s'qua
• Bluebird : tsa-quo'-la-de

Words in cherokee (CONT)

• Bobcat : gv-he
• Buffalo, buffaloes : yansa
• Butterfly : ka-ma-ma
• Cat : we-sa
• Chipmunk : ki-yu:-ga
• Crow : ko:-ga
• Deer : v'-s-gi-yi
• Dragonfly : wa-da-du-ga

Words In Cherokee (CONT)

• Duck : ka-wo
• Eagle : wo-ha'-li
• Elk : a-wi e-qua
• Fox : tsu'-la'
• Red Fox : tsu-la u-wo-di-ge
• Horse : so'-qui-li
• Hummingbird : wa-le-li
• Lion : tla-da-tsi or hlv-da-ji

Words in Cherokee (CONt)

• Lizard : ti-yo'-ha-li'
• Mosquito : do-sa
• Owl : wa-hu-hi
• Polar bear : yo-na u-ne-ga
• Oppossum (smiling pig) : si-quu:-tse-ts'
• Raccoon : kv-tli
• Rattlesnake : u-tso'-n-ti'
• Skunk : di?-li

Words In Cherokee (cont)

• Spider : ka-na-ne'-s-gi
• Turkey : gv-na
• Water mocassin : u'-ga-n'-te:-na
• Wildcat : ka he
• Wolf : wa-hya
• Zebra : so-gwi-li tsu-lv-da-nv-ni.
• Goodbye : do na da' go hv i

interactions

• We played stickball(lacrosse).
• We cherokee were friends with the Brittish.
• We were friends with the Carolina colonies.

religion

• We prayed to the sun,moon,and stars.
• Our men made rattles to scare away evil sprits.
• We had special regard for the owl and cougar.
• Cedar, pine, spruce, laurel were holy to us.

tribal roles and goverment

• We had a democratic goverment.
• We had two governments: a white one for peace and a red one for war.
• We cherokee were allowed to participate in counsels.

conflicts

• We fought in the Civil War on both sides.
• We fought in the French and Indian War.
• We fought raids against Anglo settlers.

clothing

• Some of our tribes had adopted european dress.
• Our men wore cloth pants and shorts.
• Our woman wore dresses and skirts.

traditions

• We celebrated green corn festival.
• We would give crazy names to our tribes like Wild Potato Clan.
• Our little people are very special to us.
• We did the buger dance

economics

• We traded with other tribes.
• We had no established currency.
• Some of us lived on farms in the 1700s.

do na da' go hv i and thank you for watching

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