Cherokee Life Research Paper

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“Cherokee Life” “Sit down kids, I got a story to tell you.” Red Foot announced to his grandchildren as they scampered about. Red took a seat in the chair on the front porch as the children gathered around in excitement. “I think you kids should know about my Cherokee life.” The children sat with amazed gazes as Red began his story. “We Cherokees’ were in tribes located in these areas; south Alleghenies, southwest Virginia, western North Carolina and South Carolina, north Georgia, east Tennessee, and northeast Alabama, and claiming even to the Ohio River. The Cherokee Indians were one of the largest of five Native American tribes who settled in the American Southeast portion of the country. The tribe came from Iroquoian descent. We had originally …show more content…
We began to dress more European, and even adopted many of our farming and building methods. In 1828, gold was discovered on the Cherokee’s land. This prompted the overtaking of their homes, and they were forced out. Some tribes there had been settled in Georgia for many years, but were now being made to leave and find a new place to settle. This is the origin for the historically popular Trail of Tears, where men, women, and children had to pack up their belongings and find new homes, marching a span of thousands of miles. When all was said and done, about 4,000 Cherokee lost their lives on the journey. Today, the Cherokee Indians have a strong sense of pride in our heritage, I am proud to still be alive kids. The Cherokee rose is now the state flower of Georgia. Today, the largest population of Cherokee Indians live in the state of Oklahoma, where there are three federally recognized Cherokee communities with thousands of …show more content…
Our relations with the Carolina colonies began 150 years later. In 1736 the Jesuit Priber started the first mission among us, and attempted to organize the government on a civilized basis. In 1759, under the leadership of A´ganstâ´ta (Oconostota), they began war with the English of Carolina. In the Revolution they took sides against the Americans, and continued the struggle almost without interval until 1794. During this period parties of the Cherokee pushed down Tennessee River and formed new settlements at Chickamauga and other points about the Tennessee-Alabama line. Shortly after 1800, missionary and educational work was established among theme, and in 1820 they adopted a regular form of government modeled on that of the United States. In the meantime large numbers of the more conservative Cherokee, wearied by the encroachments of the whites, had crossed the Mississippi and made new homes in the wilderness in what is now Arkansas. A year or two later Sequoya, a mixed-blood, invented the alphabet, which at once raised them to the rank of a literary people.” He paused to take a breath. The children starred at him with shocking glances and gasps, they enjoyed every minute of his story so far, they wanted to hear more, but unfortunately, Red wanted to save more for another