Who were they? and Where did they live?

3-2.1: Compare the culture, governance, and

physical environment of the major Native
American tribal groups of South Carolina,
including the Cherokee, Catawba, and
Yemassee
Indians or Native Americans were the
first people to live on the land that is now
South Carolina. Some people think that
there were originally between 40-50
different tribes in S.C. The three main
tribes or groups that occupied S.C. are
the Cherokee Indians, the Catawba, and
the Yemassee Indians. The Native
Americans lived throughout the state.
Some lived near the mountains, some
lived in the lowlands, and some lived
near the coast of S.C.
*The Cherokee Indians lived in the northwestern Blue Ride
Mountains.
*The Cherokee Indians built towns along rivers to have
access for fishing and traveling by canoe to other Cherokee
towns for trading.
*The Cherokee had a well-traveled trail that ran from the
mountains to the Atlantic Ocean
* They fought in wars against settlers.


The Cherokee Indian homes were built around the Council
House.
Cherokee women sat on the village councils and had a
significant voice in whether or not the tribe went to war.
They lived in longhouses during the summer and wattle
and daub houses in the winter.
They hunted/gathered, fished and farmed.

To learn more information about the Cherokee Indian
Tribe, visit the website below:

http://www.sciway.net/hist/indians/cherokee.html

The Cherokee were powerful and thought of themselves as
the real people The leaders were elected and the Cherokee
had a form of a constitution.
*South Carolinas second largest tribe of Native Americans.
*They hunted, fished, & farmed in the Piedmont region.
* They were more peaceful than many Native Americans of
that time in South Carolina.
*Their name means River People They settled near the
Catawba River.
*They were powerful in the area called Rock Hill
*The Catawba were famous for their pottery.
*They were the most peaceful Native Americans in SC.

*The Catawba lived in wigwams that were covered in
bark, with a fireplace inside.
* Each Catawba village had a council house where
they made laws and decisions & a chief was the
leader.



To learn more information about the Catawba Indian
Tribe, visit the website below:

http://www.sciway.net/hist/indians/catawba.html

*The Yemassee lived in the coastal zone on the
southern coast of S.C. near the Georgia border.
*The Yemassee hunted, fished, farmed, and gathered
clams and oysters. We know about what they ate from
Midden mounds found at their old home sites. These
are ancient (old) garbage dumps
*Building near rivers made it easy for them to fish,
cook, wash, drink, and travel by canoe to other
villages and towns for trade.

To learn more information about the Yemassee Indian
Tribe, visit the website below:

http://www.sciway.net/hist/indians/yemassee.html
*The Yemassee tribe lived in round wigwams
near the beach in the summer and in wattle and
daub houses along rivers during the winter.

*They fought in wars against the settlers
Compare and Contrast
Cherokee
*Lived in Blue Ridge Mountains
*Longhouses in summer
Catawba
Lived in Piedmont
Named River People
made pottery
the most peaceful
Biggest group

Yemassee
Lived near the
Georgia border
People of the Coast
Ate clams and oysters

**Hunted,
fished, &
farmed near
rivers

They had
Council
Houses.
Fought in wars
against settlers.
Lived in Wattle
& Daub Houses

Lived in
wigwams