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Cherokee

The Cherokee or Tsalagi (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ, romanized: Tsalagi .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced , endonym: ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, Aniyvwiyaʔi / Anigiduwagi) people are one of the Indigenous peoples…

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Etymology

Origins

Homelands

Early culture

Linguistic studies

History

Population history

Culture

Language and writing system

Treaties and government

Modern Cherokee tribes

Contemporary settlement

Membership controversies

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Cherokee

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related to References · 139
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related to history · 56
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related to 17th century: English contact · 32
Cherokee → Carolina, Cornelius Dougherty, Dority, English, Erie, Eriechronon, Erielhonan, Falls, Great Lakes, Haudenosaunee, Historians, In, Iroquoian-speaking, Iroquois Five Nations, James River, Lake Erie, Martin Smith, Nahyssan, Pamunkey, Pennsylvania
related to Homelands · 28
Cherokee → Appalachian Mountains, Estatoe, French Broad, Hiwasee, In, Keowee, Keowee River, Kulsetsiyi, Little Tennessee, Little Tennessee River, Lower, Lower Towns, Middle, North Carolina, Oconee County, Other Cherokee, Outer Towns, Savannah River, South Carolina, Sugartown
related to Early culture · 26
Cherokee → Catawba, Chalaque, Cheraw, Coosa, De Soto's, Further, Georgia, Hernando, Keowee River, Mississippian, Much, Muscogee, Muscogee Creek, Muskogean-speaking, Native American, North Carolina, Soto, South Carolina, Southeast, Spanish
related to Cultural institutions · 24
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related to Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians · 23
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related to Tribal recognition and citizenship · 23
Cherokee → African-American, Americans, Asian American, Baker Roll, Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Nation, Cherokees, Currently, Dawes Cherokee Freedman, Dawes Rolls, Eastern Band, European-American, In, Keetoowah Cherokee, Latino American, The, The Cherokee Nation, The Eastern Band, The UKB, The United Keetoowah Band
related to Linguistic studies · 21
Cherokee → American Southeast, BCE, Cherokee Indians, Eastern Band, Glottochronology, Great Lakes, Iroquoian, Iroquoian-language, It, Kituwa, Linguistic, Native American, North Carolina, Qualla Boundary, Scholars, Since, Southeast, The Cherokee, Tuckasegee River, Tuscarora
related to Cherokee Freedmen · 20
Cherokee → African American, American Civil War, Antebellum Period, Cherokee Freedman, Cherokee Freedmen, Cherokee Nation, Cherokee Nation Judicial Appeal, Cherokees, Constitution, Dawes Commission Land Rolls, Freedmen, In, Nero, Oklahoma, On March, The Cherokee Freedmen, This, Tribunal, United States, US

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the Tuscarora people of the Carolinasinstance ofnations and other Iroquoian-speaking peoples of the Southeast0.80text
and the Meherrininstance ofnations and other Iroquoian-speaking peoples of the Southeast0.80text
Nottaway of Virginiainstance ofnations and other Iroquoian-speaking peoples of the Southeast0.80text
marsh elderinstance ofNative Americans in the region began to cultivate plants0.80text
lambsquartersinstance ofNative Americans in the region began to cultivate plants0.80text
pigweedinstance ofNative Americans in the region began to cultivate plants0.80text
sunflowersinstance ofNative Americans in the region began to cultivate plants0.80text
and some native squashinstance ofNative Americans in the region began to cultivate plants0.80text
shell gorgetsinstance ofPeople created new art forms0.80text
adopted new technologiesinstance ofPeople created new art forms0.80text
and developed an elaborate cycle of religious ceremonies.During the Mississippian culture-periodinstance ofPeople created new art forms0.80text
the Choctawinstance ofalong with people of other nations0.80text

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