THE YUCHI SPOKE A LANGUAGE CALLED YUCHI OR UCHEAN. THEY OFFICIALLY WERE RECOGNIZED AS MEMBERS OF THE CREEK NATION, BUT THEY MAINTAINED THERE OWN CULTURE. THEY PRIMARILY LIVED IN EASTERN EASTERN TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA, BUT A FEW LIVED IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE 1600'S. TODAY OKLAHOMA ESPECIALLY GEORGIA, AND TENNESSEE ALL SPONSOR ANNUAL YUCHI HOMECOMINGS NEAR THERE OLD VILLAGE SITES. IT INCLUDES STOMP DANCE LEADERS. SMALL BANDS OF YUCHI MOVED TO SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1661. THEY FOUGHT WITH THE YEMASEE AND OTHER TRIBES AGAINST THE SETTLERS IN 1715. IN 1751 THEY LEFT SOUTH CAROLINA AND MOVED WEST TO JOIN THE CREEKS .
THEY LIVED IN HUTS OF WOOD BARK, CLAY AND MATS. THEY GROUPED THESE HUTS IN A CIRCLE SO TO HAVE A CENTRAL MEETING PLACE. THEY PRIMARILY FARMED CORN; THEY FISHED IN STREAMS; AND HUNTED DEER AND SMALL GAME.
THEIR BELIEFS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUN AND THEIR ORIGINS. THEY HELD ANNUAL CORN HARVEST CEREMONIES. THEY STILL HOLD GREEN CORN CEREMONIES. INFANTS WERE BELIEVED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE CREATOR SPIRIT FOR SOMETIME AFTER BIRTH.
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