The+Shawnee

Talley, Meredith, Blakely, Georgia
Region: The Eastern Woodlands
 * from 1600s-1800s live mainly in present day Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee

Food Sources:
 * dried pumpkin is very important to the Shawnee
 * use wheat flour to make sour bread and blue bread
 * make maple syrup
 * corn!, beans, squash, hominy(women make it out of corn...hot cereal...can be seasoned with meat), meat, fried bread/most popular, berries, nuts, Indian bread, onions, buffalo, deer

Dwellings:
 * homes called lodges or wegiwas
 * summer lodges -rectangular with arched roofs
 * winter lodges - circular lodges with domed roofs
 * lodges are in groups near rivers, lakes or streams

Clothing: Art: Religious Beliefs:
 * women wore legging and shoes made out of animal skins
 * women and men used animal skins to make legging, dresses and shirts
 * wore ponchos a lot
 * wore best clothes for ceremonies
 * necklaces, jeweled chockers, headdresses
 * Grandmother name is Kohkumthena, sits in a chair in heaven and weaves a basket, a dog will unravel it and make a new world
 * believed that putting a green snake head in a child's mouth is good luck!

the Shawnee had ceremonial dances, most important season was spring because of the Bread Dance History: *1830 Indian Removal Act forced Shawnee and others west of Mississippi River *many Shawnee settled in Oklahoma ***1924 Native Americans became U.S. citizens**
 * Music and Dance
 * moved to Missouri, Kansas, Texas areas

Fun Fact: Today:
 * Each clan is named after an animal
 * Shawnee villages are always made by women
 * had a War Chief and a Peace Chief
 * live mostly in Oklahoma and Ohio, other live throughout the U.S.
 * not on reservations