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Native Americans of SC

Native Americans of SC. Table of Contents America’s Earliest Settlers Questions………………….. Eastern Woodland Native American Notes & chart …………… Eastern Woodland Tribes……………………………. Eastern Woodland Tribes. Many Eastern Woodland tribes in SC Each had Specific lifestyle Different languages

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Native Americans of SC

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  1. Native Americans of SC Table of Contents America’s Earliest Settlers Questions………………….. Eastern Woodland Native American Notes & chart…………… Eastern Woodland Tribes……………………………

  2. Eastern Woodland Tribes

  3. Many Eastern Woodland tribes in SC • Each had • Specific lifestyle • Different languages • All preserved their history through oral storytelling • Three most important tribes • Cherokee (mountains) • Catawba (Piedmont) • Yemassee (along the coast)

  4. The Cherokee • “the real people” • Lived in the foothills and mountains • Very powerful • Lived in villages surrounded by a palisade for protection

  5. Leaders (including women) met as a council to make rules for the nation • White Leader times of peace • Red Leader in times of war • Each village had a holy man or woman

  6. The Catawba • “the river people” • Lived along the rivers of the Piedmont region surrounded by a palisade • Homes were wigwams made of sapling frames covered with bark or mats • Had council houses in their villages where leaders made rules for the people • Were great potters • Created clay pots

  7. The Yemassee • Originally from Spanish Florida (present day Georgia) • Moved to the coast of SC near the Savannah River to escape the Spanish governor

  8. During the summer the people lived on the beach in wigwams • During other seasons they lived farther inland in wattle and daub homes • Council sometimes included women • Fled back to Florida after the Yemassee War with the settlers

  9. Arrival of Europeans • Eastern Woodland Indians traded furs and deerskins for iron tools, weapons and guns with Europeans • As more and more settlers came the native peoples were treated badly • Took their land • Cheated them in trade • Forced some of the natives into slavery • Led to hostilities between the settlers and the Eastern Woodlands people

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