1. WALKER REED PAYNE

2. CHEROKEE INDIANS

3. WHERE DID THEY LIVE?  THEY LIVED IN SOME PARTS OF ALABAMA, MISSISSIPI, AND GEORGIA.

4. FOOD/HUNTING TECHNIQUES?  THEY GREW CORN,BEANS,AND SQUASH. THEY HUNTED DEER, BEAR,AND ELK.

5. SHELTER?  THEY LIVED IN CABINS WITH ROOFS MADE OF BARK.

6. GOVERMENT?  AFTER 1800, THE CHEROKEE TOOK ON SOME PARTS OF WHITE CULTURE.THEY FORMED A GOVERNMENT BASED ON THAT OF THE UNITED STATES.

7. RELIGON?  THE SUN WAS THE MAIN GOD.THEY CALLED THEIR RELIGIOUS LEADER A MEDICINE MAN.

8. RITUALS/CEREMONIES?  GREEN CORN FESTIVAL  NEW GREEN CORN FESTIVAL  BOUNCING BUSH FESTIVAL

9. UNIQUE FACTS?  THE NAME TENNESSEE COMES FROM A CHEROKEE WORD, TANASI. WHITES CALLED THE CHEROKEE ONE OF THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES, ALONG WITH THE CHICKASAW, CHOCTAW, AND CREEK.