Cherokee tribe

I can still remember as if it was yesterday. The moment I first laid eyes on the white man, was the moment I knew things would change. Samira and I are daughters of the chef of the Cherokee tribe, as kids growing up it was forbidden for us to be alone. Wherever we went there was always someone there to guard and to protect us from any danger, but we felt as if we had no freedom . Then, one hot afternoon when the sun was bursting it rays so bright that the heat was untakeable. Samira and I were…

has not moved ever since. Homes The Cherokee Tribe lived in tipis. In the winter they lived in houses made of woven saplings, plastered with mud and roofed with poplar bark. In the summer they lived in open-air dwelling roofed with bark. Clothing There wore breechclothes and leggings. Cherokee women wore skirts made out of woven fiber or deerskin. They all wore moccasins on their feet. The men painted their faces with tribal tattoo art. Food Cherokee women did most of the farming and…

Cherokee Tribes had to be resourceful when making tools they used, what the earth provided such as wood, stone, rock and flint. The weapons that the Cherokee tribe used were arrowheads, spears, stone and club weapons which include tomahawks and battle hammers etc. These weapons were used for hunting deer and other types of animals. Some spears were made entirely of hardwood; the points sharpened by hand and then hardened in a fire (Cherokee Nation). Spear points were made in the same way; they…

The Cherokee Tribe was know as one of the more civilized tribes. They inhabited the land hundreds of years before European Settlers discovered the new land. One of the most important tools that Cherokees used was arrowheads. According to an online source, “Arrowheads were made from various kinds of stone but flint was considered the best. Not only because it was so hard, but also because flint is easier to chip into "flakes" with sharp edges than most other hard rocks” (Cherokee Weapons).…

The Cherokee speak the story of a young man: One day, while out hunting in the forest, the man came across a bear. He fired off arrow after arrow at the beast, but could not bring it down. Eventually the bear stopped running, and stood up, pulling the arrows out of his body and holding them towards the man. The hunter realized he had stumbled across a medicine bear, “protected by magic”. The bear, after promising he would do the man no harmed, led him back to his home. It was a cold winter,…

said to be in danger from ventures such as hydroelectric dams, and more specifically, illegal logging. The Ka’apor Indians, an indigenous society in Northern Brazil, have made a stand to try to stop illegal logging in their area. This community is a tribe of an estimated 2,200 people who are fighting for their forest as a militia with aggressive confrontation. As for the illegal activity in the past, the government hasn’t been able to control or stop it. However, the Ka’apor are willing to risk…

Civilization’s Degrading Effect on Man In The First and Second Discourses, Jean-Jacques Rousseau presents his argument that man’s progress has removed him from his natural state, and that this removal has been to his detriment. He asserts that vanity, avarice, and other sins are not part of this natural state, but rather products of the progression of the arts and sciences. Rousseau describes natural man as better than civilized man because, “His desires do not exceed his physical needs, the…

third mask form! Transformations masks are difficult to make and difficult to wear, for the different layers make the mask extremely heavy. Only a strong member of the tribe could wear the transformation mask. The Native Americans formed animal masks to communicate a certain symbolism, myth, or status. In addition, all members of a tribe belonged to a clan, or group of people who supposedly were descended from a specific animal. Therefore, animal masks held special meaning for certain clans.…

one can object nor question these decisions. The work inside this tribe centered on the head of the tribe instructions. Based on that the terms of teamwork, task force, and the making decision based on studies and consultation, these terms are absents inside the tribe. This kind of authority is preferred for anyone in a position of authority. It is a “big man” authority while the other should follow me. It is the way where the tribe considers the one in authority position as a strong man, so…

tribe represented about 400,000 people in eastern Afghanistan. The Shinwari tribe also pledged to send at least one military-age male in each family to the Afghan Army or the police in the event of a Taliban attack. The American commanders agreed to channel one million dollars in development projects directly to the tribal leaders and bypass the local Afghan government, believe to be corrupt. “The Taliban have been trying to destroy our tribe, and they are taking money from us, and they are…