How were the Cherokee Indians educated?
In learning Cherokee ways, young boys were taught by their uncles on their mother’s side. Girls were taught by their mothers and female family members. As for learning the white ways, the Cherokee were the first to develop a written language, and many books were then published which they could read. Along with many other tribes, some of their children were soon rounded up and sent to white schools to “kill the Indian, save the child.” The Cherokee also ran their own schools in Indian territory.
