American Indian Tribes of Tennessee

The floor around a fireplace or the area of floor in front of it

• hearth

• sapling

• wigwam

• council

Tracing ancestry through the mother's side of the family

• principal

• council

• culture

• matrilineal

A group of people appointed or elected to make laws or give advice

• principal

• council

• sapling

• hearth

first in order of importance

• council

• principal

• culture

• matrilineal

A pattern of behavior shared by a society or a group of people

• principal

• council

• culture

• matrilineal

A young tree with a slender trunk

• sapling

• hearth

• wigwam

• culture

A hut having an arched framework of poles overlaid with bark, mats, or hides

• principal

• sapling

• wigwam

• hearth

Lived in the Appalachian Mountains, had different homes for summer and winter, and storytelling was an important part of their culture

• Cherokee

• Shawnee

• Chickasaw

• Creek

Lived near the Mississippi River, built their villages on high grounds, made buffalo robes, and crafted jewelry with conch shells

• Cherokee

• Chickasaw

• Shawnee

• Creek

Lived in the Southeast region of Tennessee, crafted copper metalwork, called their village chief the mico, and had a matrilineal society

• Cherokee

• Chickasaw

• Creek

• Shawnee