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Cherokee Nation Profile - Homes, Culture, Diet, Wars

This section includes a comprehensive narrative on the homes, diet, culture, and wars of Cherokee nation. It also includes information about the Trail of Tears

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The Cherokee native name is Ani-Yun'wiya, meaning "principal people." The name "Cherokee" is likely derived from the Choctaw word Tsalagi meaning "People of the Land of the Caves." The Cherokees historically inhabited much of eastern Kentucky, North and South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, Georgia, and northern Alabama.

Great Smoky Mountains - Ancestral Home of the Cherokee Nation

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