Cherokee Tribe History

The Cherokee are Native American people that originally lived in the American southwest. The Cherokee language is part of the Iroquoian language group. By the 19th century, American settlers had classified the Cherokee of the Southeast as one of the "Five Civilized Tribes" in the region. They were agrarian, lived in permanent towns, and had begun to adopt some cultural and technological practices of the settlers. They also developed their own writing system.

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Voiceover: Dean T. Moody

[cherokeeconcrete]

My Grandmother is Cherokee, at 78 years old she still tell stories of our Ancestors. I take great pride I all Documents and Info about my Heritage. We're here in South Atlanta 45 mins away from Cherokee County, GA.

[GeckoHiker]

My Cherokee family became Old Settlers in Oklahoma prior to the forced removal. We still grow traditional maize, beans, squash, tomatoes, peppers, and forage. My grandparents were able to keep farming in spite of the Dust Bowl era because they took care of the land.

[rightc]

I'm a navajo and I love that you are teaching different native American tribes, keep up the good work.

[NatoriousJay]

Finding out that my family is part Cherokee makes me proud and yet sad about what they had to go through, when my great grandma passed away they had Native Americans do a tribute for her and I was so young I didn’t understand what was happening but I appreciated it

[markgreiser]

My Dad's side of the Family had Cherokee and Mom's Seneca. We were all very proud of that, and in fact I also list Native American on certain Records and such, as part of my Heritage. I have since I purchased my first Rifle. I am proud of all my Heritage's. I have no apologies, I have no regrets. Thank you for sharing more of my History, I did not know.

[astraldeer]

I'm Cherokee and Black and to hear that both groups were united during the civil rights movement makes me even more proud to be of both heritages.

[Kevin]

Interesting. I thought the Navajo were the only code talkers. Glad I checked this video out. No matter how far you dig the history of the tribes just gets more fascinating

[BabyMonkeyDefender]

My maternal grandmother's dad was full Cherokee, her mother was half Cherokee and Irish. My great grandmother was raised in the Cherokee community as her husband traveled for work throughout the country. For a few weeks each year he returned to her and provided whatever money's and traded goods he amassed during his time away from her.
I believe my great grandmother was 14 when she was introduced to my great grandpa. They married and had 17 children, but 3 died shortly after birth as three of those pregnancies were twins.
My grandmother was one of those sets of twins. Her twin brother died about a month after they were born.

They lived in Harrah Oklahoma, my great grampa worked felling trees for a living. He was killed by a tree when it fell on him. My grandma was six.
The stories grandma shared throughout my life were fascinating.
She was born in 1917 and she had many stories from her mom and grandma that were incredible.
I used to tell her to write a book with all those wonderful, and tragic stories she told.
Grandma was not treated well in school. They weren't allowed to play with most of the children as their parents didn't like native American peoples. Harrah Oklahoma was kind of evolved for the times, but there was still much racism geared towards my great gram and her 14 children. All of them except one grew up to do great things, were educated, well rounded and emotionally stable. It was my uncle Therell who had issues as he was bullied harshly. Being the youngest of all the kids it hit him harder than the others.
In 1934 my grandmother married, and in '36 my mom was born, 1938 my uncle was born.
They divorced in 1943, and grandma married my step grampa in 1946. His family was not keen on my grandma being Cherokee and treated her so nasty and rudely. My grandpa stood up for grandma and told them all, at a family gathering, that if anybody had a problem with his wife they would just be cut out of his life, and if they couldn't treat her with kindness and respect to let him know right then so he could take his PREGNANT wife and leave, as she didn't deserve such ugliness in her life.
They all calmed down and actually tried to get to know gram instead of presuming things about her. Most of them became the biggest fans of gram. Her and grandpa went on to have two more daughters after my aunt was born in 1947.
I, (born in 1960), personally witnessed her take care of several of them as they aged and became sick. She never talked about them and the horrible way they treated her early in her marriage. It was my grandpa who told me how these people she was taking loving care of while they were dying, treated her.
I marveled at grandma's giving heart and ability to turn the other cheek and forgive the meanness they extended to her. I asked her once how she could be so kind to them after they treated her like shit just because she was Cherokee. She told me to never forget what she was about to say, and I didn't... Grandma said, "no matter what happened to you in your life, no matter how badly people may treat you, it is important to realize that you cannot control what anybody around you does to you. And always remember they are also God's children and because we are all human we often make mistakes. It's what happens when the mistakes people make come to light, how they redeem themselves that's the key to whether you accept them in your life or cut them out. But over all things, remember to forgive even before you're asked to. That is what you have to do for your own sanity and well being in your heart".

This is just a small nugget of what and who my grandma was. She was so many things. Very intelligent, giving, loyal, true, trustworthy, honest and ethical. I've never met anyone like her since. One of those one of a kind treasures we are gifted with, and my gift was huge as I had her all through my childhood, teen years, and well into adulthood. She lived long enough to meet my daughter, a joy to her, and she smiled ear to ear over her, as she did with each of her grand children and great grandchildren.
I'm proud of my heritage, and grandma told me to never forget my lineage of Cherokee.
I could go on and on about what she taught me through my life, but you get the gist.

I do want to add; is it just me, or is it kind of rare to find those of Cherokee lineage these days? I mean strong blood lines like mine through my grandma?
Isn't it aggravating that native Americans are not often spoke of when it comes to regrets white people have for how they treated other races throughout the eons? You always hear about other races being oppressed and maltreated, but you rarely hear about the horrid way all native Americans were treated and still likely are?
Humans can be ugly. I'm glad I was raised to know better that nobody is more important than any other.

[mikeymasters]

Cherokee citizen from Tahlequah Ok here and I approve of this general informative content 👍🏼

[tammystansell]

My Cheokee ancestor fought under Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812 and was a veteran killed in the battle of Horseshoe bend. His widow lived on Dukes Creek in Georgia where gold was found. Her land at Chunanee Falls was stolen away from her and she was forced westward, her son brought her back east and settled in Tennessee. The widow of a Cherokee American veteran, that was ultimately displaced by the man her husband died fighting under...

[wareforcoin]

Their contributions to the world wars is seriously underrated.

[peanutbutterandjelly]

My great grandmother whom died before I was born was full blooded Cherokee. I’m proud to be part Cherokee and would love to be able to make this part of my heritage part of my life. Perhaps some kind of volunteer work or something to help the Cherokee. The native Americans were treated so badly and never given a proper chance. ❤

[rickintexas]

Very informative and interesting. Too bad US citizens don’t know most of this information. I’m 58 and nearly all of this was new information to me.

[cmdub]

My grandfather used to tell me stories of how, during the Great Depression, he and his siblings had to live on the reservation with his grandmother. Though I have never never seen myself as Native, I love to know the history of my ancestors, the Cherokee, the Seminole and the Wyandotte. I certainly loved this presentation.

Not to get Political: Did anyone know that the mascot of the donkey was created by critics of Jackson, who was open in his hatred toward Natives? It was said that "Jackson is a jack@**" especially after the trail of tears.

[Artur_M.]

Fascinating, complex history that ought to be better and more widely known.

[stacyblue]

My ( Maternal) Grandfather was Cherokee. He was my parental figure. My hero. War Veteran. Hard working man. A big man with a big heart. I miss him everyday. But I think, maybe, he is still with me. He passed 10 years ago May 11th. He was larger than life. 🙏🦅

[terryrogers]

God bless the Cherokee people. They've been through hell, yet they still survive and bless others with their many gifts and wisdom.

[jeremyjames]

I’m part Cherokee and part of the Cherokee nation I’ve honestly not done too much digging into the history although I do know quite a bit I lived in Arkansas right next to the nation. Right by the trail of tears it was heavily taught in school and we had a lot of field trips. And amazing tribe with amazing history too many nations forgotten to history unless you dig deep thank god for YouTube.

[tommunyon]

My 5th grade teacher was a Cherokee. Other than her ethnicity she didn't share much about her history and culture, unfortunately. U.S. history of the 50 states was on our 5th grade curriculum and that is what we stuck to. I did take North American Indian history in high school as a participant in the honors history program. This is a great supplement to what I learned back then.

[efsdws]

Sequoia was better known as George Gist. He was the son of Nathaniel Gist, an English planter, and a Cherokee woman. His father taught him to read and write at a young age. He knew that a written language would help to solidify the Cherokee people. Fewer than 5% of Cherokee learned to read and write. My Cherokee ancestor and English ancestor met and married in Surry County North Carolina in 1800. They moved to Cloud County Kansas where they farmed and raised a large family. By any measure they were a very successful family.