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Cherokee
The
Cherokee
(; Cherokee
Ani-Yu
n
wiya
are a
Native American
tribe
indigenous to the Southeastern United States (principally
Georgia
,
Tennessee
,
North Carolina
and
South Carolina
). They speak
Cherokee
, an
Iroquoian language
. In the 19th century, historians and
ethnographers
recorded their oral tradition that told of the tribe having migrated south in ancient times from the
Great Lakes
region, where other Iroquoian-speaking peoples were.
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