5 Responses to cherokee indian project?

1. August 7, 2010 at 5:42 am

   davidg32

   Damn….hard to believe you googled “Cherokee” and didn’t get a load of info. Try “Cherokee” on Wikipedia…

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2. August 7, 2010 at 5:51 am

   Alicia E

   First of all it is just Cherokee’s or Kee-too-wah. Second pottery was used for many things like cooking and eating.

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3. August 7, 2010 at 6:25 am

   jupina61

   I have a book here The Cherokees Past and Present It is An Authentic Guide To The Cherokee People By:J. Ed. Sharpe
   Copyright 1970 By: Cherokee Publications

   You will have to read this and then make up your paper hope this will help you. This is what is in the book so don’t copy it word for word.this is it.
   CHEROKEE ARTISTRY & CRAFTSMANSHIP
   Over many centuries the Cherokee people developoed an incredible ability to work with their hands. Using native materials to construct useful articles they became artists of distinctive designs and expert craftmen in the the making of jewelry,pottery,baskets,woodwork,and weapons.

   Jewelry
   The Cherokee, like most of the Indian peoples, made much use of jewelry and ornaments in their hair, on their clothing, and about their necks, wrist, and ankles. In ancient times they used shells, seeds, bone, teeth, stones, and feathers to make such ornaments.
   Glass beads were introduced to the Cherokees by the very first explorers, however, and they quickly became expert in devising and executing beautiful and colorful patterns for belts, headbands, and other jewelry.
   Beadwork, made in the same artistic and creative way by the Cherokee people, is still available today in areas where the Cherokee live.

   POTTERY
   Pipes, bowls, jars, pots, and similar items for practical and ceremonial use were made from the native clay. The clay was dug, dried by the fire, and pulverized into powder. The powder was then mixed with water to a consistency suitable for working.
   The cherokks never used a potter’s wheel, but fashioned their pottery with their fingers, sometimes coiling strips of clay upward from the base to the rim and then blending it together.
   A cared wooden paddle was used to imprint designs, and a smooth stone employed to polish the surface, making it waterproof.
   The pots were fired outside using bark and native woods. The kind of wood used in the fire determined the color the pot would be. Bran or broken corncobs were thrown into the red-hot pots to smoke them and make them waterproof inside.

   BASKETRY
   The Cherokees are famous among Indian peopls for their skillful weaving of baskets, and their development of intricate and beautiful patterns for tm. the process of gathering materials for weaving and dying, preparing the materials, and actually weaving baskets of disitnctive design is a difficult and time consuming one.
   Materials used by the basketweaver include:Honeysuckle vines, White oak splints, Ash splints ,Rivercane Bark ,Wild Hemp

   Dyes from: Blood root, Yellow root Oak and Maple Bark Poison Ivy root Wild Celandine Poppy roots Sassafras root, Walnut bark, Butterfly root

   CRAVING
   Native wood and stone offeres the Cherokee raw material for the fashioning of masks, pendants, pipes, canoes, weapons and tools. They became quite proficient in the making if such articles. Intricate design were developed as many found ontheir pipestems, pottery, paddles and pendants.
   Wood and stone carvers among the cherokee today often get national recognition for thier work. Animal and figurine sculpture is still being made and sold in the Cherokee area. Many craftsmen can be seen at their work at the Oconaluftee Living Indian Village in Cherokee, North Carolina.

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4. August 7, 2010 at 6:32 am

   Amy C

   Go to scroll down the left hand side and you’ll see CULTURE go there!

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5. August 7, 2010 at 6:59 am

   hollistergirl

   ha ha ha I’m doing that too tell me when you find something

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