The Seminole Indians

(Lancaster 1999) Bibliography Hook, Jonathan B. The Alabama-Coushatta Indians. College Station: Texas A & M UP, 1997.

he Yamasee were forced into slavery because of either the lack of indians in Florida or the inability to pay back debts or deals. The inability to pay back debts or deals caused the Yamasee to lose a good bit of their population (The Yamasee War and The Indian Slave Trade). Like in this example “First, they gave the Indians all the rum they wanted plus trade goods. Then they demanded immediate payment from the Indians. The Indians could not pay off their huge debts and asked for more time.

Augustine was an important development in the history of Florida, but even more important than the settlement itself was the European culture it helped integrate into the largely Native American-populated Florida. Menéndez de Avilés, hailing from Spain, brought with him the Spanish language along with the Catholic religion into Florida (“Latino American Timeline.”). Furthermore, future Florida leadership, for around the next two centuries, would continue to be of Spanish descent (“List of Colonial Governors of Florida.”). As a result of this, Catholicism and the Spanish language were deep-rooted in Florida’s culture back then, and in a way, they still largely are

In addition, the Seminoles were increasingly leaving the reservation as hunting

Many people remain unfamiliar with the biological and cultural ties that exist between African Americans and Native Americans. European colonial expansion and racial constructs led to slavery, expulsion, and wars that brought three different races to collide and compete for the same limited space. With European colonial expansion, free and enslaved Africans ran away to Native American lands for refuge. These encounters led to an increased population of mixed-race people attempting to redefine a new identity for the Americas. Africans, Indians, and some Europeans would form alliances that for decades contributed to fighting colonial domination.

The Seminoles were the only group out of the five tribes to successfully resist. It took 3 wars. In 1842 President Tyler ordered a end to military conflict in Florida and that allowed the remaining Seminoles to stay. Andrew Jackson (Major General before 1830)

The Mohawks being called Keepers of the Eastern Door," had protected their corner of Iroquois Nation with the ferocity they were known for. With this ferocity they had earned the name"Mohawk," but originally they were "Kanienkeh," but the white men that fought this tribe had called them "man eater'' or "eater of

As the colonists fought in the revolution, many blacks were recruited to fight on the front lines and promised freedom from slavery after the war. But once the colonists took control of the lan, this promise was rarely followed through. Some northern colonies (now states), made slavery illegal but the south continued it as a strong economic factor. Once fighting was over and British ships started to leave harbors to go back home, many black slaves ran for these ships and jumped into the water after them, sometimes drowning, just hoping they would be granted freedom on the other side of the Atlantic. After the war, even Spain offered freedom to blacks that made it into Florida, but few were successful.

Have you ever wondered who owned this land before us? The Cherokee people called the Appalachian Mountains home along with several parts of the United States we know today as the Carolinas, Virginia and an amount of various other states. This was long before Christopher Columbus discovered the United States. The Cherokee people had the largest population in the United States at the time. The Cherokee tribe was exclusive for their political, economy, and religion.

The Creek tribe, also known as the Muscogee, arrived in America before the 1500’s. They were one of the many tribes whose ancestors came from Asia and settled here. They originate from the southwestern parts of Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama. By this time there were about 6.7 million

there with the people. Listen for the name of the tribe.” John: “Okeechobee” THERE IS EVIDENCE A LARGE NATIVE POPULATION SETTLED FOUR THOUSAND YEARS AGO AT LAKE OKEECHOBEE WHICH IS A SEMINOLE WORD FOR “BIG WATER”. THERE ARE STILL REMNANTS OF THE SEMINOLE NATION THAT EXISTS CURRENTLY IN THE OKEECHOBEE AREA.

It also had an influence in a creation of the government systems. The Iroquois usually were organized by clans led by a woman. In that time, the Confederate chiefs wore headdresses with pairs of deer antlers on it. The clans had particular religions and ceremonials. The members of one tribe when visited another village, expected to have food and clothes from the village that they were visited.

1. Paleo-Indians Paleo-Indians are described as the initial Americans, those who set forth the preliminaries of Native American culture. They trekked in bands of around fifteen to fifty individuals, around definite hunting terrains, establishing traditional gender roles of hunter-gatherers. It is agreed that such Paleo-Indians began inhabiting America after the final Ice Age, and that by 1300 B.C.E. human communities had expanded to the point of residing in multiple parts of North America. As these early Native Americans spread out, their sites ranged anywhere from northern Canada to Monte Verde, Chile.

Native American research Chickasaw Tribe Hook: Did you know Native Americans have lived in America for several generations. Explaining hook: It is important because people think that Europeans were the first to discover america but this is not true.

Many people in the Hoh tribe like to make wooden carving out of the trees around them. The decorative carvings appeared mostly on canoes, but can also be seen on various wooden