2. Southeast Focus of class is again a single native nation Tsalagi A name the Spanish rendered as Chalaque The English Cherokee

3. As Europeans began to touch on the edge of North America They brought disease Microbial warriors who decimated the native population Of which more later Those who stood the best chance to survive were those who lived away from the coast The Cherokee were one such group

5. There had been early entries into the Cherokee homeland by the Spanish Disease had hit the Cherokee at this time Followed by a period of consolidation This left the Cherokee with time to recover and develop some resistance before the English would turn up in the late 17 th and early 18 th Centuries

8. The region that the Cherokee lived in was one of the most diverse regions of flora and fauna in the United States And also lived at a variety of elevations From the peaks of Appalachia to the lower levels leading towards the coast Running through it all was the “Long man” The Tennessee River

9. The Cherokee lived in distinct regions Overhill Towns Middle Towns Lower Towns Occasionally listed as 4 Valley Towns separated

10. The centre of a Cherokee town was the council house 7 Sided 1 for each clan Outside - Uku standard Behind - Treasury

11. Blue, or Panther, Clan (AniSahoni) Long Hair Clan ( AniGilohi) Bird Clan ( AniTsisqua) Paint Clan ( Ani Wodi) Deer Clan (Ani Awi) Wild Potato Clan ( Ani Gatogewi) Wolf Clan (Ani Waya) (Eighth clan – left humans to become bears)

12. As the image suggested Cherokee were Matrilineal Each clan was descended from an original clan mother Attakullakulla talking to the British in 18 th C “It is customary among [us] to admit women to our councils” “[Since] the white people, as well as the red, are born of women, is not that the custom among them, also”

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16. Tsitu Cherokee Trickster Character Deer Major character in Cherokee Lore

17. Giovanni da Verrazano explored Atlantic coast from Carolinas to Nova Scotia in 1534 Jacques Cartier explored St. Lawrence Valley between 1534 and 1543

18. Samuel de Champlain led eleven voyages to Canada by 1645 Established colony at Acadia (Nova Scotia) Founded Quebec in 1608 Sought friendly relations with Native Americans Efforts were made to restrain fur trade in the colony’s population Coureurs de Bois Population 3,000 by 1750

19. Catholicism only acceptable religion in 1625 Important role of Jesuit Missionaries Totally opposed to presence of Protestants in colony Believed the Indians could retain their traditions while still accepting Catholicism Concentrated attention on five confederated Huron nations Mastered Indian languages and cultures Only Europeans who measured up to Indian standards of bravery Lost ground after 1640s and especially after the crown assumed control of New France after 1663

20. ©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning ™ is a trademark used herein under license. New France and the Jesuit Missions

21. Louis tried to transform colony into model absolutist society Governor general Professional soldiers to provide defense Seigneurs Frenchmen also settled in the Caribbean Founded sugar colonies on Saint-Domingue, Guadeloupe, and Martinique boucanier

23. And now ladies and Gentlemen at Great expense Hist. 111 brings you Group ??? With their presentation of Chapter One

24. Class questions What enabled relatively backward European societies to establish dominance? Why were the Native peoples of the Americas extremely vulnerable to European diseases? Why did the number of Indians who chose to become catholic far exceed the number that accepted Protestantism?

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