CPS Native American Programs

Native American Studies covered multiple different topics during the first part of the semester. Topics covered include:

• The beginning of time/life before European colonization

• Cherokee Culture, including the 7 clans, etc.

• Indian Removal/The Trail of Tears

• Native American boarding schools

• Cherokee word of the week, including Cherokee syllabary bell-ringers

• The Cherokee Phoenix/Cherokee Government

This semester, we have continued and finished our unit on Native American boarding schools. We will be learning about Cherokee chiefs including John Ross and Wilma Mankiller, and the impact they had on the Cherokee Nation. We will learn more about Cherokee culture which includes crafts, foods, and games.

Cherokee I and Cherokee II students covered an abundance of topics and Cherokee syllabary. Students learn a Cherokee word of the week every Monday and have a daily bell-ringer that introduces Cherokee symbols. Students can identify 75+ Cherokee symbols.

Topics covered include:

• People: General, Family, Indian Nations

• Numbers 1-100

• Colors, monetary

• Animals: Bugs, Birds, Wildlife, Farm, and In The Water

• Simple conversation phrases

We are currently learning Time: Days and Months.

Throughout the spring semester, we will learn more simple conversational phrases and responses.