Cherokee Clans

A-ni Sa-ho-ni

• Paint Clan

• Long Hair Clan

• Blue Clan

• Wild Potato Clan

A-ni Gi-lo-hi

• Deer Clan

• Bird Clan

• Wolf Clan

• Long Hair Clan

A-ni Tsi-sgwa

• Blue Clan

• Bird Clan

• Wild Potato Clan

• Deer Clan

A-ni Wa-ya

• Wild Potato Clan

• Blue Clan

• Wolf Clan

• Deer Clan

A-ni-wo-do-hi

• Paint Clan

• Blue Clan

• Wolf Clan

• Deer Clan

A-ni Ka-wi

• Blue Clan

• Wild Potato Clan

• Wolf Clan

• Deer Clan

A-ni Go-di-ge-wi

• Paint Clan

• Long Hair Clan

• Wild Potato Clan

• Wolf Clan

Which is NOT a Native American tribe of North Carolina?

• Sioux

• Cherokee

• Cheraw

• Chowan

Historically this clan made medicine from blue-colored plant to keep the children well.  They are also known as the Panther Clan.

• Blue Clan

• Wolf Clan

• Long Hair Clan

• Deer Clan

They are also known as The Twister, Hair Hanging Down or Wind Clan. They wore elaborate hairdos and walked with a proud, twisting gait.  Clan members are regarded as peacemakers and Peace Chiefs would often be from this clan.  Prisoners of war, orphans of other tribes, and others with no Cherokee tribe were often adopted into this clan, thus a common interpretation of the “strangers”

• Deer Clan

• Bird Clan

• Paint Clan

• Long Hair Clan