The Native American Indians in Georgia lived a Stone Age life. They only had stones as tools and weapons and not once had they seen a horse. They were not even aware what a wheel was.
Georgia is located in the southeastern part of the United States, near the Atlantic. There are lots of popular Native American Tribes whose tribal homelands and territories are situated in the now known state of Georgia. Most of them played a great part of the state and the Native American history. Some of the famous Native American Indians in Georgia include the Apalache, Cherokee, Choctaw, Hitchiti, Miccosukee, Oconee, Muscogee Creek, Yamasee, Timucua, Yucci, and the Guale.
The battles known as the French and Indian Wars which happened from 1688-1763 was the generic name for the string of wars, conflicts, and battles that involved the French colonies from Louisiana and Canada and the 13th British colonies which included, among others, Georgia. It consisted of the King George’s War, Queen Anne’s War, King William’s War, and the well-known French and Indian War also known as The Seven Years War. Several Georgian Indian Tribes were associated with the British and French colonies throughout the French Indian Wars. It raged for almost 75 years.
The Native American Indians In Georgia During the European Era
The Native Indians way of life and history in Georgia were greatly affected by strangers in the area. Before the first European voyagers arrived, the native people had conquered the land for thousands of years. The history of the indigenous people was very much influenced by the Europeans who brought with them new customs, ideas, religions, weapons, livestock (Sheep and cattle), transport (horse and the wheel) as well as disease.
The invasion of the Europeans brought epidemic diseases like tuberculosis, influenza, cholera, smallpox, and measles. The indigenous Indians had not developed protections against these diseases causing huge losses in their population. Exploitations such as enforced labor, leverage of taxes and slavery were also experienced by the Native Indians of Georgia.
Georgia’s Native American tribes were removed from the state throughout the 19th century regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision that it was unlawful to push them to leave. Most native tribes of Georgia went to Indian reservations within Oklahoma. Some indigenous people stayed behind hiding. The three native tribes in Georgia who were acknowledged by the state as heirs of those people were the Cherokee Indian Tribe of Georgia, The Georgia Indian Tribe of Eastern Cherokee and the Lower Muscogee Creek Indian Tribe.
