The Cherokee Indians
Beginning of paper
The American Indian History in the Eastern part of the country is
always associated with the Cherokee Indian nation. The Cherokee's were by
far the largest and most advanced of the tribes when Europeans first
arrived and came in contact with Native Americans. There are too many
tribes to go over ba ....
Middle of paper
.... Cherokee means, "people of different speech." The name the Cherokee's
had for themselves was Ani-yun-wiya which means, "real people."
Villages were placed along rivers and streams so they could take
advantage of the rich black soil for farming. Corn was their main source of
food, along with wild plants and roots that were common to their homeland.
They used spears, traps, and fishing lines with hooks to catch many
different kinds of fish. They also used an interesting method of poisoning
an ....
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