THEY ARE THE OLDEST HISTORIC DOCUMENTED DELAWARE TRIBE IN THE ANCESTRAL HOMELAND. THE SAND HILL ARE THE ONLY WELL DOCUMENTED TRIBE THAT IS INDIGENOUS TO NEW JERSEY. THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE CHEROKEE AND LENAPE IS WELL DOCUMENTED.
THEY PROBABLY MIGRATED IN LATE PREHISTORIC TIMES FROM NORTHERN AREAS. PRECONTACT CHEROKEE ARE CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THE LATER PISGAH PHASE, DURING 1000 - 1500 AD. THEIR ANCESTORS LIVED IN NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE. DURING LATE ARCHAIC THEY CULTIVATED PLANTS SUCH AS MARSH ELDERS, PIGMEAT, SUNFLOWERS, AND SQUASH . THEY FOLLOWED RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. DURING 1500 AD. THE WOMEN DEVELOPED A NEW VARIETY OF CORN - EASTERN FLINT. THIS SURPLUS CROP ALLOWED MORE COMPLEX CULTURES. THEY CELEBRATED THE GREEN CORN CEREMONY . THEY WERE CALLED THE PRINCIPAL PEOPLE.
THEY HAD A TWO PART SOCIAL STRUCTURE 1) A PRIESTLY GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR RELIGIOUS AND HEALING ACTIVITIES; 2) YOUNG MEN - RESPONSIBLE FOR WARFARE. THIS SPLIT DISAPPEARED BY 1700. THEY SPOKE IROQUOIAN LANGUAGE. WHICH WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN NORTHERN IROQUOIS LANGUAGES. THE CHEROKEE NATION PARTICIPATES IN NUMEROUS JOINT PROGRAMS WITH THE EASTERN BAND OF ADMINISTER THEIR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIANS TRIBES TO ADDRESS ISSUES.
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