By Colin BenedictBy Colin Benedict

• --1600 lived in 1600 lived in Georgia, Georgia, Alabama, South Alabama, South Carolina and Carolina and Florida Florida

• - Today the - Today the Seminole live in Seminole live in Florida and Florida and Oklahoma Oklahoma

• -Lived in houses -Lived in houses called Chickees called Chickees

• - - made made pendants, beads pendants, beads and canoes and canoes

• - some female - some female Seminole wore Seminole wore twelve pounds of twelve pounds of beads a daybeads a day

• - Male Seminole wore leggings and breech - Male Seminole wore leggings and breech clothes clothes

• - Female Seminole wore leather dresses - Female Seminole wore leather dresses and moccasins and moccasins

- hunted bear, deer , turkey, duck and alligator - hunted bear, deer , turkey, duck and alligator

- gathered greens, nuts and roots - gathered greens, nuts and roots

- planted corn squash, pumpkins and beans- planted corn squash, pumpkins and beans

• - Europeans brought many - Europeans brought many diseases and many people in the diseases and many people in the Seminole community died Seminole community died

• - 1513 Spanish explorer Juan - 1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce stumbled upon Seminole Ponce stumbled upon Seminole land and he claimed it for Spain land and he claimed it for Spain

• - Seminole boys learned to hunt and - Seminole boys learned to hunt and trap while the girls learned to sew trap while the girls learned to sew and tend to the garden and tend to the garden

• -Seminole children had to protect -Seminole children had to protect crops from small animals crops from small animals

• - the Seminole tribe did not go to war very - the Seminole tribe did not go to war very often often

• - weapons were tomahawks, clubs, spears, - weapons were tomahawks, clubs, spears, darts , blow guns and bows and arrows darts , blow guns and bows and arrows

• - a clan was considered a family - a clan was considered a family

• -there was once many clans now only -there was once many clans now only eight remain panther, deer, snake, bird, eight remain panther, deer, snake, bird, otter, wind, bear and big town otter, wind, bear and big town

• - lived on everglade islands called - lived on everglade islands called hammocks hammocks

• - lived in houses called chickees - lived in houses called chickees

• - there are many Seminole legends - there are many Seminole legends

• - Seminole legends tell about how the - Seminole legends tell about how the clans were createdclans were created

• - Oceola and medicine man Abacka were - Oceola and medicine man Abacka were both great Seminole leaders both great Seminole leaders

• - they fought against the U.S. army so - they fought against the U.S. army so that they wouldn’t be removed to the that they wouldn’t be removed to the reservationreservation

• --the Seminole tribe is working very hard to the Seminole tribe is working very hard to preserve their culture preserve their culture

• - there are six reservations five of them - there are six reservations five of them are in Florida and the other is in are in Florida and the other is in OklahomaOklahoma

• - Seminole only speak two languages today - Seminole only speak two languages today

• - one of them is Muscogee Creek and the - one of them is Muscogee Creek and the other is Muscogeeother is Muscogee

• - the Seminole tribe has many ceremonies - the Seminole tribe has many ceremonies and rituals and rituals

• - two of them are the stomp dance and the - two of them are the stomp dance and the green corn ceremony green corn ceremony

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