The Cherokee Nation has legislative, executive and judicial branches with executive power vested in the Principal Chief, legislative power in the Tribal Council, and judicial power in the Tribal Supreme Court. This principle of self-government and tribal sovereignty is controversial.
Q. What type of government did the Cherokee tribe have?
The Cherokee nation was composed of a confederacy of symbolically red (war) and white (peace) towns. The chiefs of individual red towns were subordinated to a supreme war chief, while the officials of individual white towns were under the supreme peace chief.
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- Q. What type of government did the Cherokee tribe have?
- Q. What country did the Cherokee government mirror?
- Q. What was the Cherokee social structure?
- Q. What did the Cherokee government look like?
- Q. What was the Cherokee economy based on?
- Q. What did Cherokees contribute to society?
- Q. What did the Cherokees believe in?
- Q. What kind of government does the Cherokee Nation have?
- Q. What kind of government do they have in Russia?
- Q. Who is the dominant figure in the Russian government?
- Q. Who is the leader of the Federal Assembly in Russia?
Q. What country did the Cherokee government mirror?
The Cherokee Constitution also mirrors the U.S Constitution in other aspects, such as establishing a Principal Chief (similar to the U.S President) that is elected for certain terms. The Cherokee also have an advanced legal and court system, a legislature, and outlined rights of Cherokee citizens.
Q. What was the Cherokee social structure?
Cherokee society is historically a matrilineal society and clanship is attained through the mother. Prior to Oklahoma statehood, the women were considered the head of household, and the home and children belonged to her should she separate from a husband.
Q. What did the Cherokee government look like?
The Cherokee Nation is the sovereign government of the Cherokee people. It operates under a ratified Constitution with a tripartite government with executive, legislative and judicial branches. Laws are enacted by and financial oversite managed by a 17-member legislative body, the Tribal Council.
Q. What was the Cherokee economy based on?
The economy of the Cherokee inhabitants was based on agriculture supplemented with hunting and gathering of natural foods. But the economy also involved creation of clothing, decoration, baskets, pottery, tools, and weapons, together with trade for these items, often over long distances.
Q. What did Cherokees contribute to society?
The Cherokee were farming people. Cherokee women did most of the farming, harvesting crops of corn, beans, squash, and sunflowers. Cherokee men did most of the hunting, shooting deer, bear, wild turkeys, and small game. They also fished in the rivers and along the coast.
Q. What did the Cherokees believe in?
Their ideas of religion were everything to them. They believed the world should have balance, harmony, cooperation, and respect within the community and between people and the rest of nature. Cherokee myths and legends taught the lessons and practices necessary to maintain natural balance, harmony, and health.
Q. What kind of government does the Cherokee Nation have?
It operates under a ratified Constitution with a tripartite government with executive, legislative and judicial branches. Services are administered under the Executive Branch through the Principal Chief and Deputy Principal Chief and their cabinet members.
Q. What kind of government do they have in Russia?
Russia is a federal presidential republic. The executive power is split between the President and the Prime Minister, but the President is the dominant figure. The legislature is represented by the Federal Assembly of Russia. It has two chambers: the State Duma – the lower house, and the Federation Council – the upper house.
Q. Who is the dominant figure in the Russian government?
The executive power is split between the President and the Prime Minister, but the President is the dominant figure. The legislature is represented by the Federal Assembly of Russia.
Q. Who is the leader of the Federal Assembly in Russia?
The executive power is split between the President and the Prime Minister, but the President is the dominant figure. The legislature is represented by the Federal Assembly of Russia. It has two chambers: the State Duma – the lower house, and the Federation Council – the upper house.
