1. Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands

2. 8-1.1 Summarize the collective and individual aspects of the Native American culture of the Eastern Woodlands tribal group, including the Catawba, Cherokee, and Yemassee.

3. Essential question: What did Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands have in common?

4. How did geography effect the people of the Eastern Woodlands?
Rivers
drinking
Transportation (dugout canoe)
fish

5. Forests
Hunting
> Spear points carved from rock or bone (no metal)
> Bow and arrow
> Deer, turkey, bear, buffalo
Agriculture
> Slash and burn- set fire to clear land
> Fields worked by village women
> No one owned land
> “Three sisters”- corn, pole beans, and squash
> Also grew pumpkins, bottle gourds, and tobacco
Housing
> Villages semi-permanent because of
agriculture
> Located along rivers (How did many rivers in SC get their names?)
> Made with tree bark, saplings, leaves

6. Essential question: How were Native American tribes of the Eastern Woodlands individual?

7. Who are the Cherokee (The “Real People”)?
Located in Piedmont and Blue Ridge
Housing
> Large villages (600 people)
palisade (fence for protection)
> Summer -open sides with wattle roof (bark and branches woven together)
> Winter-round houses with thick walls made of daub (mix of grass and clay)
Fishing
> Poison water with bark
> Fish float to surface
Government
> Council- Men and women made rules for the village
> White Leader- times of peace
> Red Leader- times of war
> Shaman- Holy man or woman

8. Who are the Catawba (The “River People”)?
Located along rivers of the Piedmont
Housing
> Villages with palisades
> Wigwams (sapling frame covered with bark or reed mats)
Pottery
Government
Council

9. Who are the Yemassee? Located on SC coast near Savannah River Housing
> Summer- wigwams on beach with palmetto leaf roofs
> Fall, winter, spring daub and wattle houses further inland
Fishing
> Oysters and clams
Politics
> Council including women
Relocation
> Left SC after the Yemassee
War in 1719
> Returned to Florida

10. Essential Question: How did Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands interact with European settlers?

11. How did Native Americans and Europeans interact?
Native Americans traded deer skins and furs to Europeans
Europeans traded iron tools, guns and weapons to Native Americans
Contact brought diseases that the Native Americans had no immunity to

12. What conflicts arose between Native Americans and Europeans in SC?
Native Americans were cheated in trade
Europeans wanted more and more land
Native Americans did not understand the concept of land ownership
Europeans attempted to enslave Native Americans