United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians

Like many cultures, the American Indians passed down their own beliefs which describe the creations of Earth and people. Depending on the tribe, location, history, lifestyle and external influences each story contained its own unique variation. The following will compare and contrast the Cherokee and Navajo belief in creation as well as delve into the viewpoints of each tribe and their relationship with the earth, animals and other people. It is hard for a person to understand why particular cultures act and believe the way they do without understanding their belief and history. The Cherokee Indians told creation stories for the Milky Way , Earth , as well as man and woman . The Cherokee believed that in the beginning everything was cold,…

Ethnography Report – Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma The tribe I’ll be discussing throughout my ethnography report are the Cherokee Indians. There are three sub-tribes to the Cherokee’s which are the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees. Although they all originate from the same tribe/settlement, I’m going to be discussing the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Today, this tribe of Cherokee’s live within 14 counties of Northeastern Oklahoma.…

tribes people who live on as culturally distinct colonized people. Cherokees are amongst the indigenous peoples who where settled in is what now the southeastern united states. Almost two hundred plus villages scattered throughout what are now the states of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. The original territories where broken down into Three regions the Lower, Middle, and Overhill Towns, Cherokees also known as cave people came from near…

III – Cherokees in the Modern Life a) World War II In 1941, the entry of the United-States into World War II took the minds of the citizens and the government of the US off of matters of interest to Indian tribes. So, Cherokees joined the US military and fought in WWII. This war brought several important and far-reaching changes to Indians in general. Of course, it had redirected the entire budget of the United-States, and many of the programs instituted by the administration of the Bureau of…