Cherokee Nation Scavenger Hunt                                                       

Name_____________________________ Date_______________________

DIRECTIONS:  Use the following Web sites to answer the questions in this scavenger hunt. These sites will give you lots of interesting facts about the Cherokee Nation and its people.

http://www.ngeorgia.com/history/cherokee.html

1)   From which region did the Cherokee Tribes migrate?

http://www.ngeorgia.com/parks/new.html

2)   The capital of the Cherokee Nation was located here.

3)    On what date was the capital at Newtown established?

4)    Which two government buildings were found at the capital city?

5)    What were the eight districts of the Cherokee Nations?

          a.                               e.

          b                                f.

          c.                               g.

          d.                               h.

6)  In what Georgia city and county is the Cherokee Nation now located?

 

http://www.ngeorgia.com/history/cherokeetimeline.html

7)  Two Famous Cherokee Leaders were born in the same year.  Who were they and what year were they born?

8)   In what year was the Ross born?

http://www.ngeorgia.com/people/sequoyah.html                

9)  Which famous Cherokee was also known as George Gist?

10)  What does his name mean in the Cherokee Language?

 

http://www.ngeorgia.com/history/alphabet.html 

11)  Sequoyah’s syllabary originally contained how many characters?

 

12)  Where was Sequoyah living when his syllabary was introduced to the Cherokee Nation?

 

 

http://www.ngeorgia.com/people/ross.html

13)  Who was the first and only elected Chief of the Cherokee Nation from the time it was formed until his death in 1866?

 

 

http://www.ngeorgia.com/people/ridge.html

14) Born Kah-nung-da-tla-geh, Man Who Walks on Mountaintop, he is the son of Oganstota, Duisi or Tar-chee.

 

 

http://www.libs.uga.edu/gawriters/boudinot.html

15.)  Although he lived less than 40 years, few people had a more profound effect on the Cherokee nation than whom?

16.) What three things was he known for?

a.

b.

c.

 

http://www.ngeorgia.com/history/cherokeeforts.html

 17.) How many Cherokee removal forts were built?

 

 

http://www.ngeorgia.com/history/nghisttt.html

18.) Which Tennessee Congressman was against the “Indian Removal Act”?