Buzz about it: Who were the first people to live in the United States?

1. Buzz about it: Who were the first people to live in the United States?

2. Native Americans

3. Who were the first Native Americans to live in South Carolina?

4. Native Americans of South Carolina

5. Three Principle Native American Tribes of South Carolina Cherokee Catawba Yemassee Make some observations about each picture.

6. The Cherokee Pages: 88-91

7. Cherokee Native Americans The Cherokee lived in the upper region of South Carolina. This region is known as the Blue Ridge region.

8. Blue Ridge Region

9. How did the Cherokeemeet their daily needs in the Blue Ridge region?

10. Type of House

11. In the summer the Cherokee lived in longhouses.

12. Inside the Longhouse

14. In the winter the Cherokee lived in daub and wattle houses. daub= clay and grass mix wattle= bark and branches

15. Cherokee Food • Men: fished, and hunted • Bear • Deer (also used for clothing) • turkey • Women: gathered nuts and also farmed the land. • Maize • Beans • Squash • melons

16. What is going on in this picture?

17. What is going on in this picture?

18. What is this a picture of?

19. Cherokee built their homes near rivers because they played an important role to their life.

20. Bathing

21. Don’t forget fishing!

22. Transportation- Dugout Canoes

23. Trading (bartering)

24. WEB OF WATER http://www.scetv.org/index.php/web_of_water/webisode/1_blue_ridge

25. Cherokee Government Cherokee towns had a large meeting house called a Council House A council is a group of people to make laws and other decisions for a community. The Council House was the center of the government. Cherokee had chiefs BUT the council was more powerful. Cherokee women decided if the tribe would go to war.

26. Different Cheifs Red Chief, White Chief: The Cherokee lived in villages. Each village had two chiefs - a "white" chief who led in times of peace, and a "red" chief who led in times of war. Unless the Cherokee were at war, the war chief had nothing to do except drill and keep himself and his warriors fit. This was very smart. The Cherokee could response instantly to a war threat with able leadership. Village Council: Peace chiefs did not rule alone. They had able council. In peacetime, his right-hand and his speaker, along with six other men, helped the chief. These 9 men made up the Village Council. The Council made important decisions for the village.

27. Cherokee Village: 30-60 homes Council House Palisade

28. Council House- Government

29. Sequoyah was a famous Cherokee leader who invented a system for writing. Pg92-93 Sequoyah

30. Fun Facts • Cherokee held festivals throughout the year celebrating • Hunting • Planting • Harvesting crops • The Cherokee made cooking pots and ladles from a type of plant called a gourd. • Cherokee told legends to explain why things were they way they were. (Why the Possum’s Tail Is Bare) • Cherokee used fire in many ways. • cooking • Soften wood (“dug out” canoes) • Clear farmland • Fire clay pots

31. The Catawba Page: 94-97

32. Catawba Native Americans The Catawba lived just below the Blue Ridge region. This region is known as the Piedmont region.

33. Piedmont Region

34. How did the Catawba meet their daily needs in the Piedmont region?

35. Type of House

36. The Catawba lived in wigwams all year long.

38. Catawba Food • Men: • fished using poles • hunted using fire • Men and Women: farmed the land • Beans • Squash • Maize

39. The men hunted deer and other small animals using fire to set traps.

40. The women and men farmed cooked. Maize, beans, and squash

41. Just like the Cherokee, the Catawba used rivers for many different purposes. Fishing, traveling, bathing

42. WEB OF WATER http://www.scetv.org/index.php/web_of_water/webisode/1_blue_ridge

43. Catawba means “River People” Many of our state’s rivers were named for Native American groups; Santee, Congaree Catawba settled near what is now called the Catawba River.

44. Catawba Government Like the Cherokee, the Catawba had a large meeting house called a Council House Remember a council is a group of people to make laws and other decisions for a community. The Council House was the center of the government. The Catawba’s chief lead the council.

45. Council House- Government The Catawba were more peaceful than many other tribes.

46. Fun Facts • Catawba held a harvest festivals every year • The Catawba made pottery bowls, baskets and mats that they traded with others. • Today descendants of the Catawba live near Rock Hill. A descendant is a person born of a certain family or group. • Hagler was a respected chief from 1750-1763. • He worked for peace with other Native Americans and with English settlers. • Hagler worked hard so the Catawba could keep their most important lands

47. The Catawba were known for making pottery.

48. Hagler A Catawba Leader

49. The Yemassee Page 100-103

50. Yemassee Native Americans The Yemassee lived in the lower region of South Carolina near Georgia. This region is known as the Coastal Zone.