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Southeast
SoutheastFocus of class is again a single native nation
TsalagiA name the Spanish rendered as Chalaque
The English Cherokee
As Europeans began to touch on the edge of North America
They brought diseaseMicrobial warriors who decimated the native population
Of which more laterThose who stood the best chance to survive were those who lived away from the coast
The Cherokee were one such group
There had been early entries into the Cherokee homeland by the Spanish
Disease had hit the Cherokee at this time
Followed by a period of consolidation
This left the Cherokee with time to recover and develop some resistance before the English would turn up in the late 17th and early 18th Centuries
Principal Spanish Explorations of North America
Spanish Missions in Florida and New Mexico c. 1675
The region that the Cherokee lived in was one of the most diverse regions of flora and fauna in the United States
And also lived at a variety of elevations
From the peaks of Appalachia to the lower levels leading towards the coast
Running through it all was the “Long man”
The Tennessee River
The Cherokee lived in distinct regions
Overhill TownsMiddle TownsLower TownsOccasionally listed
as 4Valley Towns
separated
The centre of a Cherokee town was the council house
7 Sided1 for each clanOutside - Uku standardBehind - Treasury
Blue, or Panther, Clan (AniSahoni)Long Hair Clan ( AniGilohi)Bird Clan ( AniTsisqua) Paint Clan ( Ani Wodi)Deer Clan (Ani Awi)Wild Potato Clan ( Ani Gatogewi) Wolf Clan (Ani Waya)(Eighth clan – left humans to become bears)
As the image suggestedCherokee were MatrilinealEach clan was descended from an original clan mother
Attakullakulla talking to the British in 18th C
“It is customary among [us] to admit women to our councils”
“[Since] the white people, as well as the red, are born of women, is not that the custom among them, also”
Creation Story of the Cherokee
Kanat’i Selu
TsituCherokee Trickster Character
DeerMajor character in Cherokee Lore
Early French Explorers
Giovanni da Verrazano explored Atlantic coast from
Carolinas to Nova Scotia in 1534
Jacques Cartier explored St. Lawrence
Valley between 1534 and 1543
Samuel de Champlain led eleven voyages to Canada by 1645Established colony at
Acadia (Nova Scotia)Founded Quebec in
1608Sought friendly
relations with Native Americans
Efforts were made to restrain fur trade in the colony’s population
Coureurs de BoisPopulation 3,000 by
1750
Early French Explorers (cont)Catholicism only acceptable religion in
1625Important role of Jesuit Missionaries
Totally opposed to presence of Protestants in colony
Believed the Indians could retain their traditions while still accepting Catholicism
Concentrated attention on five confederated Huron nations
Mastered Indian languages and culturesOnly Europeans who measured up to Indian
standards of braveryLost ground after 1640s and especially after
the crown assumed control of New France after 1663
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New France and the Jesuit Missions
New France Under Louis XIVLouis tried to transform colony into model
absolutist societyGovernor generalProfessional soldiers to provide defenseSeigneurs
Frenchmen also settled in the CaribbeanFounded sugar colonies on Saint-
Domingue, Guadeloupe, and Martiniqueboucanier
VideoBlackrobe next class
And now ladies and Gentlemen at Great expense Hist. 111
brings you Group ???With their
presentation of Chapter One
Class questionsWhat enabled relatively backward European
societies to establish dominance?Why were the Native peoples of the Americas
extremely vulnerable to European diseases?Why did the number of Indians who chose to
become catholic far exceed the number that accepted Protestantism?
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