1. Native Americans of South Carolina
The 3 Tribes were different from one another in language.
Their cultures and government were similar.
The Cherokee
The Catawba
The Yemassee
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2. The Cherokee of South Carolina
What regions of South Carolina, would the Cherokee Native Americans be apart of?

3. The Cherokee’s Way of Living
Lived off the Mountainous Land of the Blue Ridge and Hilly Western Piedmont
Important for hunting (bear, deer, turkey)
Important for farming
Women helped with the farming

4. The Cherokee’s Way of Living
Settled near Rivers
Important for fishing
Traded with groups along the river
Clothing
Food
Art
Called “The Real People”
The Cherokees had a well traveled trail that ran from the mountains to the Atlantic Ocean.

5. The Cherokee: Dugout Canoe
The rivers allowed them to travel by canoe.
Fire was used to soften the wood and hollow the canoe out.

6. The Cherokee: Dugout Canoe

7. The Cherokee Home in Winter
Winter Months: wattle and daub house is a building material used for making walls, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.
Houses were in the shape of a square or rectangle. Upright poles formed the framework. The outside was covered with bark, wood or woven siding coated with earth and clay. This type of construction with clay is called wattle and daub.
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8. The Cherokee Home in Summer
The Cherokee’s in the summer lived in homes called Longhouses.
The construction method was also different: the dominant theory is that walls were made of sharpened and fire-hardened poles driven into the ground.

9. The Cherokee Government
The Cherokee towns had a large meeting house called a Council House.
The Council House was the center of government for each village.
A council is a group of people chosen to make laws and other decisions for a community.
Government is a system of making laws and decisions for a group of people.

10. The Cherokee Government
Villages were run by Councils.
Leaders were elected.
There was a constitution.
Women had a voice on the council.

11. The Catawba of South Carolina
What regions of South Carolina, would the Catawba Native Americans be apart of?
Rolling hills and rivers

12. The Catawba’s Way of Living
Lived off the land of the Piedmont
Hunters and Farmers
Settled near where Rock Hill is Today

13. The Catawba’s Way of Living
Traveled the rivers in dugout Canoes
Called “The River People”

14. The Catawba Home Website: Woman building a Wigwam
Wigwams are good houses for people who stay in the same place for months at a time. Most Indians lived together in settled villages during the farming season, but during the winter, each family group would move to their own hunting camp.
Wigwams are not portable, but they are small and easy to build. Woodland Indian families could build new wigwams every year when they set up their winter camps.
Wigwams are made of wooden frames which are covered with woven mats and sheets of birchbark. The frame can be shaped like a dome, like a cone, or like a rectangle with an arched roof. Once the birchbark is in place, ropes or strips of wood are wrapped around the wigwam to hold the bark in place.

15. The Catawba: Dugout Canoe
The rivers allowed them to travel by canoe.
Fire was used to soften the wood and hollow the canoe out.

16. The Catawba: Famous for their Pottery
The Catawba Native Americans were famous for their pottery and were more peaceful than many Native Americans.

17. The Yemassee of South Carolina
What regions of South Carolina, would the Yemassee Native Americans be apart of?
Digging for Oysters and Clams in the Atlantic Ocean

18. The Yemassee’s Way of Living
Lived in the Coastal Zone on the Southern Coast of SC, near the Georgia Border
Hunted
Fished
Farmed
Gathered clams and oysters

19. The Yemassee Home in Summer
Website: Woman building a Wigwam
The Yemassee Home in Summer
Wigwams are good houses for people who stay in the same place for months at a time. Most Indians lived together in settled villages during the farming season, but during the winter, each family group would move to their own hunting camp.
Wigwams are not portable, but they are small and easy to build. Woodland Indian families could build new wigwams every year when they set up their winter camps.
Wigwams are made of wooden frames which are covered with woven mats and sheets of birchbark. The frame can be shaped like a dome, like a cone, or like a rectangle with an arched roof. Once the birchbark is in place, ropes or strips of wood are wrapped around the wigwam to hold the bark in place.

20. The Yemassee Home in Winter
Winter Months: wattle and daub house is a building material used for making walls, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.
Houses were in the shape of a square or rectangle. Upright poles formed the framework. The outside was covered with bark, wood or woven siding coated with earth and clay. This type of construction with clay is called wattle and daub.
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21. Cherokee Catawba Yemassee
This Native American Tribe lives in which region or near what?
Near what City
What type of house did this Native American Tribe live in?
What type of Government did this Native American Tribe have?
Did women have a voice in this tribe?
Name given to this tribe.
What kind of food did they eat, grow, and hunt?
What kind of clothing did they wear?
What kind of special customs did they have?