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Dwellings

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Towns

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Ethos

Kin Relationships

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Social Control

Informal in-Group Justice

Legal Norms

Instigation of War

Transmission of Cultural Norms

External Trade

Division of Labor by Gender

Material Not Relevant

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Ethnic Stratification

Regulation of Marriage

Lineages

Gender Status

Military Organization

Aftermath of Combat

Accumulation of Wealth

Life and Death

Burial Practices and Funerals

Mourning

Eschatology

Dance

Disasters

Sorcery

General Character of Religion

Purification and Atonement

Organized Ceremonial

Menstruation

Theory of Disease

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Luck and Chance

Arranging a Marriage

Residence

Polygamy

Government Regulation

Missions

Cultural Participation

Linguistic Identification

Press

Writing

Form and Rules of Government

Animal by-Products

Tillage

Production and Supply

Labor Supply and Employment

History

Real Property

Changes in Property Rights

Citizenship

External Relations

Mythology

Property System

Inheritance

Recreational and Non-Therapeutic Drugs

Mats and Basketry

Woodworking

Ceramic Technology

Paint and Dye Manufacture

Status, Role, and Prestige

Social Relationships and Groups

Tribe and Nation

Community Councils

Political Parties

Speech

Termination of Marriage

Household

Personality Development

Family Relationships

Avuncular and Nepotic Relatives

Child Care

Techniques of Socialization

Transmission of Skills

Moieties

Community Structure

Inter-Community Relations

Government Institutions

Identification

Administration

Police

Judicial Authority

Public Welfare

Elections

Social Readjustments to Death

Kinship Terminology

Location

Medium of Exchange

Pharmaceuticals

Medical Therapy

Music

Culture Summary: Cherokee

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

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SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

SOCIAL CONTROL

CONFLICT

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

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The Cherokee are an Iroquoian-speaking people aboriginally occupying the southern Appalachians of North America. Western North Carolina was the heart of their farming/hunting lands but they also lived in portions of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia. In 1838-1839 a major portion of the Cherokee were forcedly removed from their homeland  by the United States government to the present state of Oklahoma  along the infamous “Trail of Tears.” In the early twenty-first century there are two main groups of Cherokee--the Oklahoma Cherokee are the larger group and are known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and United Keetoowah Band; the Eastern Band is considerably smaller. Based on self-identification in the 2000 census, the Cherokee are the largest Native American group in the United States.

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