ALABAMA TRIBES Mowa
band of Choctaw Big Cypress Reservation
Modern Cherokee demonstrating an ancient hunting device
The Seminoles, whose ancestors were mainly Creek, fled in the 18th century from Bristish dominated Georgia and Alabama and settled in Spanish-controlled Florida. They built open sided houses called chickees in the swamps. After the United States purchased Florida from Spain, and Jackson became president, he moved to deport all Indians east of the Mississippi to the Plains,.The remaining Seminoles moved even deeper into the swaps, and eventually the government withdrew its troops and left the Seminoles in the Everglades, where approximately 1350 of them remain today. |
Tobacco was the most significant plant to the Indians of the Southeast. It was believed to have awesome supernatural powers to heal or to hurt, to bring good fortune or bad luck, to supress hunger, induce hallucinations, ward off evil spirits and summon the beneficent ones.
Cherokee stone pipes |
MISSISSIPPI TRIBES Mississippi Choctaw Reservation Cherokee Reservation Catawba Indian Nation
Cherokee booger masks These masks were used by the Cherokee to ward off the Europeans' evil influence and disease.
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Osceola was a Georgia-born leader of the Seminoles in their struggle to remain in their Florida homeland. He made his stand by slashing the removal treaty with a knife, and his action triggered a general uprising. In 1837, he fell victim to trickery and was seized by the federal government. He died in 1838, "cursing the white man to the end of his breath". |
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A traditional shirt for an elderly Seminole man |
