Seminole Tribe

Where did they live?

Seminole Territory.jpg

The Seminole tribe lived in part of Florida.

Everglades.jpg

The Everglades are a swamp in southern Florida. © Tom Corser 2009.

Chickee.jpg

By Ebyabe (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Seminole Territory.jpg

The Seminole tribe lived in part of Florida.

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Florida

Everglades- swamp in Florida

Climate

Very warm all year
High humidity

Chickee

Raised floor
Thatched roof
Open sides

What did they eat?

Alligator.jpg

Alligator mississipiensis, Public domain picture from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Source: http://training.fws.gov/deo/endang/lrg/sld54.html

pawpaw.jpg

"Asimina triloba3" by Scott Bauer, USDA - USDA ARS Image Number K7575-8. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asimina_triloba3.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Asimina_triloba3.jpg

Guava.jpg

By Penny Greb [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Alligator.jpg

Alligator mississipiensis, Public domain picture from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Source: http://training.fws.gov/deo/endang/lrg/sld54.html

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Hunted...

Fish
Alligators

Planted...

Maize (corn)
Pawpaws

Gathered...

Guavas
Pineapples

Clothing and Tools

Tuko-See-Mathla, a Seminole chief

By McKenney & Hall (Transferred from Library of Congress) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Seminole family.jpg

By John Kunkel Small [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Coiled Sweet Grass Basket.jpg

Tuko-See-Mathla, a Seminole chief

By McKenney & Hall (Transferred from Library of Congress) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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Clothing

Men's Clothing:

Long shirts
Belts
Turbans

Women's Clothing:

Short blouses
Long skirts
Strings of glass beads

Tools

Canoes
Spears
Clubs with sharks teeth
Bow and Arrows

Resources

Daily life in olden times for kids, Everglades Seminole Indians, Seminole food. (n.d.). Retrieved February 15, 2015, from http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/southeast/seminole/food.html

Studies Weekly. (2 Dec 2014). “Seminole Indians.” Retrieved on February 16, 2015 from https://www.youtube.com/watchv=FYu0FNvJhC0

Technological Solutions, Inc. (2015). “Native Americans for kids: Seminole tribe.” Ducksters. Retrieved February 15, 2015 from http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans/seminole_tribe.php