I found it interesting that the Cherokee's continue to use the "Modern" way of dealing with money. Before the settling of the "New Land" the tribes used trade as their way of possessing new items they were in need of. After we began to settle America and take over the Cherokee's land, they now started to have to use money and "our" ways in order to survive; especially when our government began taking all of their land.
I would have thought that with the Cherokee's gaining back some of their land, they might have switched back to their original ways.
I also found it so upsetting on how much the European interaction had impacted their ways of life. I never really thought that hard about it before, but everything, including the economy - was forever changed.
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