1. Creek and Cherokee

2. Cherokee Language
cherokee

3. Creek/ Cherokee

4. Creek Language
Muskogee, or Creek, is a Muskogean language of the American Southeast, related to other Southeastern languages like Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Koasati. The language has been in decline, but some young people are working to keep their ancestral language alive. Like other Muskogean languages, Muskogee Creek is a language with morphologically complex verbs and SOV word order.

5. As you review the next slides take note of the way the men are dressed.

6. Cherokee warrior Sequoyah
(George Gist)
created syllabary
Cherokee Phoenix Publisher Elias Boudinot
Chief John Ross
Cherokee chief

7. Great King (called Ben Perryman),
Chief of the Creek (Muskogee) tribe
Chief Alexander McGillivray
Creek chief
Chief William McIntosh
Creek chief

8. http://www.cherokee.org/About-The-Nation/Culture/General/Manner-of- Cherokee-Dress

9. Creek
The American settlers brought new ideas and strong, sharp tools that replaced the stone axes and in the 1800's some of the Creeks began to build American-style log cabins.

10. Cherokee building in New Echota.
Vann’s Tavern
Cherokee Capital building
1825: choosing to fight to remain on their land. They fought not with guns, but with the white man's printed page, laws and courts.

11. THE CREEK INDIANS The Creek war town was Coweta
The Creek peace town was called Cusseta
Those who wanted war were called Red Sticks
Those Indians who wanted peace were called White Sticks
Creek Chief William McIntosh signed the Treaty of Indian Springs.
This treaty made the Creeks turn over all their land!
Angry Creeks murdered Chief McIntosh for signing the treaty.

12. Cherokee government Both men and women were involved
Civil & war councils
Later imitate US system of government
The Cherokee tradition involves participation in rituals and
celebrations at a young age.

13. Cherokee Families Children belong to the mother’s clan
Seven clans per tribe
Could not marry within your own clan

14. Cherokee Religion Supreme being called YOWA
Sacred objects such as quartz and eagles
Sacred number was seven
Believed in life after death

15. Cherokee 7’s important festivals women in the council
clans in their tribe
sided council building
towns served as clan headquarters
Children per household

16. CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE CHEROKEES
Sequoyah invented the written syllabary
First Native American Newspaper…The Phoenix
First Native American to imitate U.S. form of government
Set up their national capital in New Echota

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