Native Americans
Native Americans.
¤ over 500 nations/tribes
¤ closeness to nature
¤ europeans came for the free land
¤ less civilized
¤ they lived in teepee's
¤ they hunted buffalos for food, clothing
BERENGIA- Land Bridge connecting Asia (Siberia) to Alaska 1500 km wide
North to South
65 000 B.P (before the present) rised out of the sea to 40 000 B.P a wave when
people came from west.
36 000-32 000 B.P arrived people
CHEROKEE. Southeast U.S- their heartland, not on the ocean.
Lanuage + customs + weapons-> related to IROQUIS family of nations (Iroquis
lived around Great Lakes)
1300 A.D. established in South East U.S
Classical Cherokee Civilization 16th-19th centuries
MATERINEAL-(,,mother line") women controlled home, family, children,
inheritana, clan membership.
Men hunted and made babies.
Cherokee Wedding Ceremony- ¤groom brings meat(,,hunter") ¤ bride brings
other food (grains, berries etc.) -> prooves that she's ,,homemaker" They step on