The Seminole tribe lived in America a long time ago. They also lived in the Florida Everglades. Today, some of them still live in Florida in villages. Food: They ate at the biggest house in the village. Women cooked for the whole village. They ate fresh meat, fish, turtles, deer, turkey and other animals. Clothing: Their clothing was very different. The women wore long skirts and puffy blouses. They also wore necklaces made from beads. The men wore knee length shirts. Today they have special clothes with bright colors and many colors. Homes: Their homes were very different too. They made houses on hammocks. Hammocks are islands of thick forests. They built houses called chickees. They are built out of cypress trees. The floor is a platform.
They used the skins of animals to help keep themselves warm and to make houses in the winter. Their clothing was made out of deer skins, and their houses were made of reeds and animals skins. The Miami’s houses were known as Wigwams. They were small oval houses usually about eight to ten feet tall that had walls made of woven reeds and animal skins (Rafert, 2003). It had a central fire pit and a smoke hole to keep the inside smoke free.
On the inside, woven mats were used as curtains and cushions. The Colville people of the Plateau tribe were also handy when it came to shelter. “Their winter dwellings were about 45 feet in diameter and were located almost completely underground.” “In summer, the Colville lived in cone-shaped homes with pole frames wrapped with made made from rushes.” These two quotes prove that the Colville had to use differently shaped homes depending on the
The Seminoles eventually invented the perfect homes for their circumstance. They called it the “chickee.” Chickees were raised off the ground to protect the indians from dangerous wetland creatures. They pressed cypress logs into the ground and used them to hold up a platform.
Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma The Ponca tribe of Oklahoma use to be part of a bigger tribe. They had to separate and migrate to Nebraska .Later they were split and moved by the government to a reservation in Oklahoma.
Puyallup Coastal peoples built, “the common cedar plank houses of the region, sometimes called shed-roof houses.” It states in Encyclopedia, section, “Buildings.” Nez Perce Plateau people lived in houses that were covered with plants. During the summer they had to switch things up and they'd live in, “quickly-built lean-tos consisting of a pole framework covered with woven mats of plant fibers. Some similarities that both tribes had were that the houses were made of cedar
Aditi Pardeshi 724 October 19, 2014 The Lenape tribe used their ecosystem to create a society and shape their culture. They used their surroundings to adapt to their customs. The biodiversity of Manhattan, or Mannahatta as it was called in the past, was varied since they were the only inhabitants of the island at that time. The aspects of Lenape life were influenced by their ecosystem.
Billie Wind, a thirteen-year-old girl who is from a Seminole tribe, has doubted the beliefs of the Seminole legends. "We are disturbed by your doubts," said Charlie Wind (2). Charlie Wind is a medicine man and the uncle of Billie Wind. For doubting the Seminole legends, Billie Wind has to go to the Everglades to hear the animals talk, see the serpent, and see the little people that live underground. "There is more to the Earth than only the things you can see with your eyes," said Charlie Wind (5).
The Seminole wars were a series of wars fought between the United States military and the Seminole Indians in the long line of American-Indian Wars. Their consequences and influence over the Southeastern United States is undeniable. I will talk about the background of the Seminole Wars, including the history of the Florida region in relation to Native Americans, as well as general United States policy regarding Natives, each of the wars individually, and finally the effect these wars had on the region. Of these Indian Wars, the Seminole Wars would prove to be the longest and most expensive. There would exist palpable tension between European settlers and Native Americans from the 16th century to present.
The women dressed in beautiful deer skin dresses with baskets they weave on their head. They accessorized their outfits with colorful beads, teeth from animals
Their clothing was mostly made from animal fur. The women wore deerskin dresses. Men wore breechcloths with leather leggings and buckskin shirts. As shoes, they wore moccasins. In the winter they wore long buffalo-hide robes.
Seminole chickees were made of wood and plaster, and the roofs were thatched with palmetto fiber. Originally, the Seminoles lived in large villages of chickees arranged around a town square with central buildings in it, like a meeting hall The Seminoles moved south, they began living in smaller groups in remote areas of the Everglades. They began to building their houses on wooden stilts This
The people lived in adobe homes, made of mud bricks. One building was for sleeping and cooking and eating and worship. Houses of the noble class were bigger, and, as mentioned, were more lavishly decorated. A big part of entertainment for the Aztecs was the Aztec ball game. Special occasions and the players were celebrities.
The Second Group did not but more stayed in one area and grew crops. Many of the tribes worshipped the Earth and different animal spirits, not a higher being. Many used this ideal to add to their culture creating stories and even dances to go along with their worship. Many of these tribes were nomadic, meaning they moved around with where ever the buffalo went.
It was located in Cayo district. Daily life as a Mayan was very different than our daily life. The wealthy would wear animal skins. Commoners wore very simple clothing. Women would stay home and cook or make clothing.
Because the Hoh were coastal people, they settled in one area and did not move around like nomadic people. Therefore, their clothing was not made to travel, so it wasn’t bulky or crafted to last for long periods of time. The clothing was also thin and light because of the coastal climate they lived in. The materials used to form the garments consisted of cedarwood, bark, animal leather, and more commonly, wool. The Hoh people had clothing similar to other tribes in the area, and used similar methods to make their own.