1. Eastern Woodlands CHEROKEE
Cherokee seed pot.

2.
The Cherokee originally lived in present-day Tennessee and Georgia in approximately 200 villages.

3. Native Americans in the Eastern Woodlands lived in longhouses or wigwams.
Sketch of Iroquois longhouse.
Cherokee home.
Cherokee first made their homes of wattle (sticks and twigs woven into a frame) and daub (clay) and later of log cabins with bark roofs.

4. Clothes were often made of the hides of small animals
Clothes were often made of the hides of small animals. The Cherokee women wore skirts woven from plants and the men wore breech clothes or leggings. Feathers were sewed into light capes for decoration.
They ate deer, rabbit, squirrel, and berries. Cherokee also fished with spears and nets and grew corn, beans, and squash.
Iroquois.

5. Art provided personal expression and shared cultural symbols
No word for “art” in the Cherokee language. Most art pieces were decorated utilitarian objects.
Art provided personal expression and shared cultural symbols
Reproduction of miniature pot.

6. baskets First baskets were made like mats with turned up edges.
Jennie Sapp and Jennie Buckskin making buck brush baskets Bull Hollow, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, ca. 1970
Honeysuckle baskets (left and right) with buck brush basket in the center. Not dyed. Honeysuckle baskets made by Effie Jones, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Center basket made by Ken Masters, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. ca
First baskets were made like mats with turned up edges.
Baskets were made of river cane, oak, buck brush, and honey suckle vine.

7. tattoos
Used as an expression of beauty or on the face and body as a sign of power.
Complex and extensive designs on Native American men and some women in the south-east. Men also painted their skin.
Used turtle or fish bone needles and natural dyes.

8. carving Used wood, stone, bone, or metal with simple chisels.
Used wood, stone, bone, or metal with simple chisels.
Made statues, masks, bowls, pipes, and weapons covered with intricate designs, including swirls, abstract faces, and animals.
Advanced use of the abstract and three-dimensional form.

9. pottery Pottery was made by women. Production was not specialized.
First made about 3,000 years ago and first used for cooking and later food storage.
Items made from clay included children’s miniature pots (1-6 inches across), pipes, beads, figurines, and maskettes as well as regular pots.
Old Woman Spider inches tall. Hand coiled native clay fired in pit.
Hiwonisgi: The Speaker. 12 inches tall.
Pipes: tubular blocked end, elbow, and effigeny
Maskettes.