Cherokee Native Americans By: Ariella Riapos

Foods They Ate Their main meat was deer but they also ate squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, turkeys and other small birds. They grew “The Three Sisters” Corn, beans, and squash. They were agricultural people.

Religion The believed in 3 worlds: The Under World, This World, and The Upper World. The Upper World was purer and cleaner than This World. The Under world was a place of change and disorder. They were polytheists. They believed that different gods affected them in all aspects of life. The chief gods were the Sun and the Moon. The Sun god had control over day, night, life, and breath. To honor her they set up a sacred fire burning. She was supposed to be kind hearted and watch over this world. They fear since she was not watching in darkness bad things could happen. The Moon was the Sun’s brother. He represented fertility and rain.

Their housing They had wattle and daub housing. It’s frame was poles and branches with vines that were covered in mud. They had thatched roofs so the rain would slide off of it.

Clothing In the summer they wore lighter clothes. Men often wore breechcloths and women wore apron-skirts. If I child was very young they did not wear clothes. In the winter they wore leggings of deerskin, match-coats, and moccasins.

Laws The Cherokee had very few laws, but their most important law was the law of retaliation. This law was used to preserve peace and prevent feuds. If someone killed another person the killer or a close relative of the killer would be put to death. If a person from another tribe killed someone it usually meant war.

Tools and weapons They used bow and arrows like almost every other tribe as hunting weapons and they also used spears. The women made pottery and clothing and the men made weapons and canoes.