Music
What instruments did the Cherokee mainly play hundreds of years ago?
flutes, drums, and rattles
Who are the Cherokee?
Native people originally from what is now the southeastern United States
What kinds of villages did the Cherokee form?
permanent
Traditionally, the Cherokee medicine man was a very ________ leader in the village
important
The Cherokee were the frst Native Americans to develop their own________ and _______ language
alphabet and written language
Why must a Cherokee singer pay careful attention to detail?
because they must follow strict rules and sing the exact word
After the Cherokee lost their land, how did they feel about the changes they made to limit women’s rights?
They disagreed with them because they made several new changes to include more rights for women.
What does nomadic mean?
moved around a lot
The medicine man would use ________and ceremonies to try to heal all parts of the sick person. Cherokee
herbs
The Cherokee lived in villages along rivers in ____________ North America
southeastern
The Cherokee used music and dance in sacred rituals, healing chants, and _____________ _____
ceremonial games
The women in Cherokee villages owned their _____ and _________.
land and houses
The Cherokee would often build different houses depending on the season. They built their houses from materials called wattle and daub. _________ refers to the woods and vines woven together to form the framework of the house.
Wattle
t often takes over ___ years to become a Cherokee medicine person.
20
The war chief led the village in times of ___.
war
The Cherokee turned gourds, large fruits with a hard outer skin, into__________
rattles
Cherokee men ________ and fought against Europeans and other Native peoples.
hunted
In certain Cherokee villages, there were specific houses for warriors going to battle. They were called___ _____
war homes
One of these plants is wild cherry bark. Cherokees boiled this bark and created a wild cherry bark ___.
tea
In 1827, the Cherokee established a democratic, tribal government with a _______ ____________.
written constitution
____________ create strong, rhythmic beats for the dancers to follow.
chants
The Cherokee society was called a “matrilineal” society, which means that families were traced through the __________ family, not the father’s family.
mother's
The Cherokee are the __________tribe in the United States.
largest
Cherokee people of any ______ can be “medicine people.”
gender
Their tribal headquarters are located in ______________.
Tahlequah