The Cherokee are a people native to North America, who, at the time of European contact in the sixteenth century, inhabited what is now the Eastern and Southeastern United States. Most were forcibly moved westward to the Ozark Plateau in the 1830s. They are one of the tribes referred to as the Five Civilized Tribes. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, they are the largest of the 563 federally recognized Native American tribes in the United States. The Cherokee refer to themselves as Tsa-la-gi or A-ni-yv-wi-ya - which literally translates as "Principal People"
French fur traders could have had contact with all of the following First Nation language groups: Na-Dene Algic Siouan-Catawban Iroquoian They might also have had contact with Inuit. Please see the link.
If you mean when did European settlers first discover New Jersey, Europeans first came into contact with Lenape Indians living in New Jersey in 1600. It's hard to tell how long the Lenape Indians had been settled there before the Europeans arrived.
AnswerDepends on what you mean by "original American colonists." Columbus encountered on Hispaniola people called Arawaks. The two native groups living closest to Jamestown were called "Paspeheans and Chiconamians" by the governor, meaning Paspaheghs and Chickahominies.
Samoset, the first native American to make contact with the pilgrims and Tisquantum or Squanto who had been kinapped by earlier English and sold in Spain, learned English and assisted the settlers.
An example of how the culture of the Cherokee changed following contact with white settlers was that they adopted the settlers' new ways of farming and encouraged literacy.
An example of how the culture of the Cherokee changed following contact with white settlers was that they adopted the settlers' new ways of farming and encouraged literacy.
An example of how the culture of the Cherokee changed following contact with white settlers was that they adopted the settlers' new ways of farming and encouraged literacy.
An example of how the culture of the Cherokee changed following contact with white settlers was that they adopted the settlers' new ways of farming and encouraged literacy.
An example of how the culture of the Cherokee changed following contact with white settlers was that they adopted the settlers' new ways of farming and encouraged literacy.
An example of how the culture of the Cherokee changed following contact with white settlers was that they adopted the settlers' new ways of farming and encouraged literacy.
An example of how the culture of the Cherokee changed following contact with white settlers was that they adopted the settlers' new ways of farming and encouraged literacy.
An example of how the culture of the Cherokee changed following contact with white settlers was that they adopted the settlers' new ways of farming and encouraged literacy.
They became Christians
They became Christians
They became Christians
They became Christians