Seminole

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Seminole
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SeminoleLocation

• The Seminoles lived in Florida. They started out
  in northern Florida, but when the Americans
  attacked them, the Seminole tribe retreated
  further south, into the Everglades. Some Seminole
  people were forced to move to Oklahoma in the
  1800's along with other eastern tribes. Other
  Seminole people still live in southern Florida
  today.

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SeminoleShelter

• Chickees (also known as chickee huts, stilt
  houses or platform dwellings) are Native American
  homes used primarily in Florida by tribes like
  the Seminole Indians. Chickee houses consisted of
  thick posts supporting a thatched roof and a flat
  wooden platform raised several feet off the
  ground. They did not have any walls. During
  rainstorms, Florida Indians would lash tarps made
  of hide or cloth to the chickee frame to keep
  themselves dry, but most of the time, the sides
  of the structure were left open.

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More about Chickees

• Chickees are good homes for people living in a
  hot, swampy climate. The long posts keep the
  house from sinking into marshy earth, and raising
  the floor of the hut off the ground keeps swamp
  animals like snakes out of the house. Walls or
  permanent house coverings are not necessary in a
  tropical climate where it never gets cold.

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Seminole Food

• The Seminoles were farming people. Seminole women
  harvested crops of corn, beans, and squash.
  Seminole men did most of the hunting and fishing,
  catching game such as deer, wild turkeys,
  rabbits, turtles, and alligators. Seminole Indian
  dishes included cornbread, soups, and stews.

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Seminole Clothing
Seminole men wore breechcloths. Seminole women
wore wraparound skirts, usually woven from
palmetto. Shirts were not necessary in Seminole
culture, but men and women both wore poncho-style
mantles in cool weather. The Seminoles also wore
moccasins on their feet. In colonial times, the
Seminoles adapted European costume into their own
characteristic styles, including turbans and long
colorful tunics for men and full patchwork skirts
for women. Here is a webpage with pictures of
traditional Seminole dress, and here are some
photographs and links about Indian clothes in
general. The Seminoles didn't wear long
headdresses like the Sioux. Seminole men usually
shaved their heads except for a single scalplock,
and sometimes they would also wear a porcupine
roach. Originally, Seminole women wore their long
hair in topknots or buns, but later they
developed a distinctive hairstyle in which they
fanned their hair out around a cardboard frame.
The Seminoles wore elaborate tribal tattoos, but
rarely painted their faces.
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