Georgia Creek and Cherokee Cultures (SS2H2)

a. Compare and contrast the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past to those of Georgians today. 

Suggested Collections

• Georgia Traditional Arts Research Collection ( (Georgia Council for the Arts))

• Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842: Antiquities  (Hargrett Library, Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, LaFayette-Walker County Library, Tennessee State Museum, and University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections)

Suggested Searches (DLG)

• • Indians of North America--Georgia

  • Indians of North America--Agriculture

  • Indians of North America--Clothing

  • Native dwellings

  • Indian art--North America

  • Indian literature--United States

Suggested Searches (DPLA)

• • Indians of North America--Georgia

  • Indians of North America--Agriculture

  • Indians of North America--Agriculture--Health aspects

  • Indians of North America--Clothing

  • Indians of North America--Dwellings

  • Native American Art

  • Indian literature--United States

  • Indians of North America--Music

Historic Georgia Newspapers

• Cherokee Native Americans (1763-1900)

• Cherokee Phoenix

• Tecumseh, Native American War Chief and Leader (1780-1850)

NGE Articles

• Cherokee Indians

• Creek Indian Leaders

• Creek Indians

• Languages of Georgia Indians

Georgia Public Broadcasting Resources

• Before the White Man

• Green Corn, Native American Gold

• I Got Skills! Primitive Technology and the Cherokee Tradition

• The Myths and Legends of the Cherokee Peoples

• What’s a Syllabary?

Georgia Historical Society Resources

• Indian Trading Post: Home of Mary Musgrove

• Sequoyah