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 siding Lived in villages of about 100 people  Language: Siouan

Catawba (cont’d)  Economy: Women farmed the land along the riverbank Men 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 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 began The 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, & Georgia Originally 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 Southeast Adapted 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