A look at three of North Carolina’s tribes

Catawba Homeland:

Along the Catawba River in [modern-day] North & South Carolina

Built wooden houses with treebark sidingLived in villages of about 100 people

Language: Siouan

Catawba (cont’d) Economy:

Women farmed the land along the riverbankMen hunted game and fought with other tribes

Current Status:Only about 1,700 people in the U.S. identify

themselves as “Catawba”Only about 350 live on the Catawba reservation

http://www.catawbaindiannation.com/index.php

STOP!

Create a defining map about the Catawba Tribe [in your notes]

Tuscarora Homelands:

Along numerous rivers in [modern-day] North Carolina

Lived in small villages near the rivers

Language: Iroquoian Economy:

Mix of hunting, farming, fishing, and trade

Tuscarora (cont’d) War:

Early contact with Europeans led to trade, but European trespassing soon led to conflict

In 1711, an unannounced European expedition marched through Tuscarora land and was ambushed○ 130 colonists were killed, and

the Tuscarora War beganThe North Carolinians defeated

the Tuscarora in 1713, and the Tuscarora were invited to join the Iroquois in northern PA and NY

STOP! Create a describing map about the

Tuscarora tribe

Cherokee Homelands: Mountains of North Carolina,

Tennessee, & GeorgiaOriginally the Great Lakes, but moved southeast

after being defeated by other tribes

Language: Iroquoian

Cherokee (cont’d) Economy:

Women farmed corn, beans, & tobacco

Men hunted game, fished, and fought other tribes and then colonists

Conflict:Allied with the British

during the American Revolution, and kept fighting the U.S. until 1794

Cherokee (cont’d)

Special Notes:Largest & most powerful tribe in the

SoutheastAdapted much of white culture: plowing,

animal husbandry, produced cotton & wool, slavery

Cherokee (cont’d)

Special Notes (cont’d)A Cherokee named Sequoyah created a

written alphabet, and the Cherokee developed their own constitution

Cherokee (cont’d)

• At present, they are the largest remaining Indian group in the U.S., with over 281,000 claiming Cherokee heritage

STOP! Create a 3-part Venn Diagram that compares &

contrasts the 3 tribes