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CHAPTER 13: The Age of Jackson
"Cherokee Culture"

Introduction
Students have read about Andrew Jackson's removal policy and its tragic consequences for several Native American groups. In this lesson, students will learn more about one of those groups, the Cherokee.

Lesson Description
Students will use information from The Official Site of the Cherokee Nation to answer questions about the Cherokees.

Instructional Objective
Students will be able to answer questions about the Cherokee culture and language.

Student Web Activity Answers
1. "Medicine" knowledge is handed down from one generation of Medicine People to the next. Some information is passed only verbally, while other information is carefully encoded and written in ledgers.
2. 12 years; 86 characters
3. because no change to it-by addition or elimination-was ever required
4. northeastern Oklahoma; North Carolina

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