First Five Indian Nations in Oklahoma

1. First Five Indian Nations in Oklahoma

2. QUIZ

3. Cherokee CULTURE • Family is the center of life. • Numbers 4 and 7 are found numerous times in myths, stories, and ceremonies. • Number 7 represents height of purity which is hard to achieve. Only ones who have achieved this is the owl, cougar, pine, cedar, spruce, holly, and laurel trees. • Sacred things are wrapped in deerskin or white cloth and kept in a special box or place. • Spiritual beings: when someone dies their souls continue to live as ghosts.

4. Cherokee DRESS Men: short gown (hunting skirt) made of deerskin, beaded belt, coarse homespun pantaloons, and an upper part drapped over left shoulder. (in winter these were made of panther, bear, otter, beaver, and buckskin) Women: wrap-around skirt of skin (deer or other small game sewn together, winter was buffalo calfskin), and an upper part drapped over left shoulder. Both: Mocassins

5. Cherokee HUNTED Patridge Pheasant Rabbits Small Birds Fish • Buffalo • Deer • Opossum • Squirrel • Turkey

6. Cherokee WEAPONS • Arrowheads • Spears • Tomahawks • Battle Hammer • Blowguns with darts (in war the darts had poison)

7. Cherokee THE AREA WHERE THEY LIVED Originally: Southern Appalachian Mountains, North and South Carolina, North Georgia and Alabama, Southwest Virginia, and Cumberland Basin of Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Alabama After Removal: Northeast Oklahoma

8. Choctaw CULTURE • Mound builders • Rapidly adding modernity, developed a written language, and new farming methods. • Agriculturists of Southern Indians • Mostly vegetarians. • Believed in good and evil spirits • Cleaned the bones of the dead before putting them in boxes or baskets in the bone-houses. This was done by the older men who grew their nails out very long. • Influenced heavily by Spanish • Placed poles by new graves and then hung hoops and wreaths on them to help spirit ascent.

9. Choctaw DRESS Men: long shirt with bright colors, blanket, leg wrappings, and moccasins Women: red cloth dress/ dresses decorated to how that woman wanted. By the Trail of Tears: they had completely adopted the European dress.

10. Choctaw HUNTED GREW Corn Squash Berries Beans Pumpkins • Ducks • Hogs • Fowl • Fish • Other small animals • Buffalo (in the winter)

11. Choctaw WEAPONS • Tomahawks • Bows and Arrows • Clubs

12. Choctaw THE AREA WHERE THEY LIVED Originally: Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana After Removal: Southeast Oklahoma

13. Chickasaw CULTURE • Thought to be a lot like Choctaw • Hunting was a religious event • Did not eat much meat • Warriors of American Southeast • Anyone who messed with them might not have lived. • At each camp site they would set a pole vertically on the ground. The direction it was leaning when they awoke they would go. If the pole stayed up straight they would stay where they were.

14. Chickasaw DRESS Men: breechcloth with thigh-high deerskin boots to protect legs from underbrush. Warriors wore a mantle of swan feathers. Women: simple short dress Both: buffalo robes in the winter

15. Chickasaw HUNTED GREW Corn Peas Beans Squash Melons Sunflowers Pumpkins • Deer • Bear

16. Chickasaw WEAPONS • Bows and arrows • Knives • Blowguns and darts

17. Chickasaw THE AREA WHERE THEY LIVED Originally: Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee After Removal: Southcentral Oklahoma

18. Creek CULTURE • Very decorative • Fond of music • Family oriented • Buried dead in a square pit under the bed deceased lay in his house • Held many festivals • Worked together on everything • Also known as Muscogees

19. Creek DRESS Men: breechcloth of deerskin Women: skirts with woven plant fibers Both: cloth drapped over left shoulder. In colder weather they wore deerskin, blankets, feather mantles. Eventually adopted European dress like the Choctaws.

20. Creek HUNTED • Deer and small game • Bear • Small birds • Catfish • Turtle • Fish

21. Creek WEAPONS • Blow guns and darts • Bows and arrows • Spears • Knives

22. Creek The Area Where They Lived Originally: Alabama, Georgia, and Florida After Removal: Central Oklahoma

23. Seminole CULTURE • Very religious • Religion: Animistic which is the belief that there is a spirit in natural objects and phenomena • Very enviromental • If the land dies then they die.

24. Seminole DRESS Men: breechcloth with leather leggings or short kilt Women: skirts and leggings or one-piece dress Both: moccasins

25. Seminole HUNTED GREW Corn Squash Peanuts Sweet potatoes Melons Bananas Oranges Pineapples Coconuts • Turtles • Small game • Fowl • Deer • Fish • Shellfish

26. Seminole WEAPONS • Tomahawks • Guns • Knives • Spears • Bows and arrows • Clubs • Blowguns and darts

27. Seminole THE AREA WHERE THEY LIVED Originally: Florida After Removal: Westcentral Oklahoma

28. QUIZ Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw Creek Seminole 1. Which Indians tribe was also known as Muscogees? ANSWER NEXT

29. QUIZ Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw Creek Seminole 2. Which tribe would many people not want to mess with? ANSWER NEXT

30. QUIZ Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw Creek Seminole 3. Which tribe had the most territory? ANSWER NEXT

31. QUIZ Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw Creek Seminole 4. What tribe originally lived in the Southern Appalachian Mountains? ANSWER NEXT

32. QUIZ Bears Fish Turtles Buffalo Deer 5. What was the most common animal hunted? ANSWER NEXT

33. QUIZ Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw Creek Seminole 6. What tribe was more family oriented? ANSWER NEXT

34. QUIZ Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw Creek Seminole 7. What tribe believed in Animisim? ANSWER NEXT

35. QUIZ Gun Knife Bow and Arrow Club Spear 8. What weapon was used among every tribe? ANSWER NEXT

36. QUIZ Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw Creek Seminole 9. What tribe ate mostly vegetables? ANSWER NEXT

37. QUIZ Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw Creek Seminole 10. Which tribe dressed mostly European? ANSWER

38. BACK QUIZ ANSWERS 1. d) CREEK

39. BACK QUIZ ANSWERS 2. c) CHICKASAW

40. BACK QUIZ ANSWERS 3. a) CHEROKEE

41. BACK QUIZ ANSWERS 4. a) CHEROKEE

42. BACK QUIZ ANSWERS 5. e) DEER

43. BACK QUIZ ANSWERS 6. a) CHEROKEE

44. BACK QUIZ ANSWERS 7. e) SEMINOLE

45. BACK QUIZ ANSWERS 8. c) BOW & ARROW

46. BACK QUIZ ANSWERS 9. b) CHOCTAW

47. END QUIZ ANSWERS 10. b) CHOCTAW

48. Related Websites • http://www.cherokee.org • http://www.chickasaw.net • http://www.choctawnation.com • http://www.muscogeenation-nsn.gov • http://www.seminolenation.com