seminole tribe

Seminole Clothing For Women

• Women wore.........
•    floor length skirts or dresses
• garments and beaded necklaces
• They wore many many bright colors

men clothing

• Men wore.......
• Breech cloths with a belt
• Leggings
• Moccasins
• They also wore brightly colored clothing

Seminole Food

• Seminoles ate.....
• corn,beans,and squash
• Deer,Turkeys,squirrels
• honey,berries,sweet potatoes,and acorns

seminole history

• The Seminole tribe was formed from other tribes in the 1700s.  
• The main people were the southern Creek who left Georgia to find safer land
• People from other tribe joined them and they became known as the Seminole T

Seminole Clans

• The Seminole people were divided in to smaller groups called Clans.   
• This is an extension of the traditional family unit.  
• When two people got married the man would go live with his wife's clan.  

leaders

• Osceola was a great leader.  
• Abiaka was a good medicine man.  
• Billy Bowleg was a great leader.  

location

• Past location was in northern Florida. 
• Present location was in Oklahoma and..
•  Southern Florida 

Customs

• The green corn dance was an annual festival 
• Seminole religion centered near the Green Corn Ceremony.  
• A ceremony is a special event. 

Village Life

• The villages were very small. 
• The whole village might only have 10-12 homes. 
• Seminoles did not live in their villages year round. 
• Kids played with dolls,pets, and many more. 

Climate

• They lived in swampy areas in Florida  
• The weather in Florida was hot and sunny
• But the weather was also rainy at times. 

Movement

• Seminoles main transportation was canoes.  
• Seminoles also traveled by foot. 
• While flowing animal trails. 

Tools and weapons

• They made knifes.  
• Bows and arrows were used later. 
• In the later years they used snares. 
• Fishing Spears 

Contributions

• Seminoles made signs so other hunters would not kill animals
• Seminoles sended good thoughts to people

Current information

• Today Seminole artists make baby dolls too. 
• these baby dolls are a little bigger then ones 
• in the past. 

REFERENCES

• Thanks to Mrs.Kondracki and Mrs.Kneller and... 
• www.seminoletribe.com
• www.ducksters.com
• ww.mrdonn.org
• www.haikudeck.com and Haiku deck pictures