- Fact 2 - The Southeast
area covers
parts of the U.S. states of Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Southern Virginia, Tennessee, Florida and
Alabama
- Fact 3 - The Native Indians of the
Southeast included the Cherokee, Chesapeake, Chickasaw,
Choctaw, Creek, Pensacola and Seminole
- Fact 4 - Food: Turkey, bear, corn,
corn bread and hominy grits
- Fact 5 - The Southeast Indians were
tribes of hunter gatherers and hunter farmers. Men were in charge of hunting for food
and protecting the camp and the women were in charge of the land
and home.
- Fact 6 - Homes and Houses: Wattle and Daub Houses
(Asi) were used
by the Cherokee who wanted
permanent homes to suit their farmer-hunter life styles
- Fact 7 - Asi - Wattle and Daub Houses were
made by using a framework of poles intertwined with
branches and vines covered with mud
- Fact 8 - Homes and Houses: Chickees: Chickees are
also known as stilt houses or platform houses and used by the
Indians of Florida (which has a hot, swampy climate)
such as the Seminole tribe
- Fact 9 -
Seminole Chickee homes and houses
were houses without permanent walls made of of thick wooden
posts which supported a wooden platform and covered by a
thatched roof. The wooden stilts allowed the home to be raised
several feet off the ground. If there was heavy rain hide or
cloth was drapped over the frame for shelter
- Fact 10 - Life style - They lived
in extended family groups
- Fact 11 - Clothing for men: Men wore
breechcloths which were made from a long rectangular piece of
animal skin or cloth which was worn between the legs and tucked
over a belt, so that the flaps of the breechcloth covered the
front and behind. The legs were bare. They also wore war shirts
which were made of leather
- Fact 12 - Clothing: Special, highly decorated
aprons were worn over breechcloths and worn on special occasions.
- Fact 13 -
Clothing for women: Women wore leather dresses made of buckskin
(the skin of a male deer)
- Fact 14 - Buffalo skins were worn over the
shoulders for warmth
- Fact 15 - Shoes and footwear:
Moccasins were made of soft leather or deerskin and sewn
together with deer sinew. Moccasins were a soft slip on shoe, or
slipper, consist of a sole and sides made of one piece of
leather, stitched together at the top and were a light beige
color.
- Fact 16 - Headdresses: Roach
headdresses (also called porcupine roaches) were worn by the
Cherokee men which was made of a stiff thin strip of animal hair
that goes over the top of the head. They were held open by
comb-like objects, originally carved of antler, called roachspreaders. Roach headdresses stood straight up from the
head like a tuft or crest and are closely associated with the
Mohawk or Mohican tribes. Roach headdresses were made from a
variety of hairs including white deer tail hair, often dyed red,
moose-hair, porcupine hair and black turkey beard.
- Fact 17 -
Roach headdresses were
attached to a scalp-lock to look like a crest, with the rest of
the head probably shaven. The name derives from its resemblance
to the roaching or clipping of a horse’s mane. Sometimes
feathers or shells were added as decorations
- Fact 18 - Women's Hair: Hair was
kept long, sometimes braided
- Fact 19 - Ceremonies: The Great
Corn Festival
- Fact 20 - Face paint / War Paint: Men wore
bright face paint in times of war.
- Fact 21 - Weapons included bows and
arrows, blowguns, tomahawks, spears and knives
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