03/18/2026
Cherokee The "Real People"
According to the Cherokee Nation, the Cherokee refer to themselves as “Aniyvwiya” meaning the “Real People” or the “Anigaduwagi” or the Kituwah people.
Cherokee is a complex language with soft sounds. If you"d like to know a few easy Cherokee words, "osiyo" (pronounced oh-see-yoh) is a friendly greeting, and "wado" (pronounced wah-doh) means "thank you."
Cherokee women were in charge of farming, property, and family. Men made political decisions for the tribe, and women made social decisions for the clans. The landowners were women. The Cherokees were farming people. Cherokee women harvested crops of corn, beans, squash, and sunflowers. They also gathered berries, nuts and fruit to eat.
Trail of Tears: In 1830, the Cherokee were forcibly pushed from their land, by the United States government. The Cherokee people were forced to a new place to live - a reservation located in the southwest, an area they had left 4000 years earlier. The Cherokee were forced to walk all they way to Oklahoma. Many people died on the walk, which is why this
