The Apalachee By: Robby

Table of Contents Slide 1:Title Slide 2: Table of Contents Slide 3: Present Day Tribe Slide 4: Food Slide 5: Clothing Slide 6: Ball Game Slide 7: Clothing Slide 8: Housing and Villages Slide 9: Mystery Crystal Cross Slide 10: Trading Network Slide 11:Did You Know? Slide 12: The Council House Slide 13: Bibliography

Present Day Tribe  Now located in Libuse, Louisiana  Have been featured in The Wall Street Journal  The tribe doesn’t live on a reservation. Instead, they live on a small community where they practice their traditions.  Now located in Libuse, Louisiana  Have been featured in The Wall Street Journal  The tribe doesn’t live on a reservation. Instead, they live on a small community where they practice their traditions.

Food Food Hunted deer, black bears, rabbits, and ducks Fished for turtles, oysters, and unknown types of fish Gathered strawberries, roots and shoots of greenbrier vine, hickory nuts, saw palmetto berries, and persimmons Hunted deer, black bears, rabbits, and ducks Fished for turtles, oysters, and unknown types of fish Gathered strawberries, roots and shoots of greenbrier vine, hickory nuts, saw palmetto berries, and persimmons

What They Wore Wore breechcloths Usually shaved their hair in the mohawk style and tied feathers on top Often had tribal tattoos Painted themselves red before battles Wore breechcloths Usually shaved their hair in the mohawk style and tied feathers on top Often had tribal tattoos Painted themselves red before battles They wore wraparound skirts made of woven fiber Their hair was pulled up into buns on the top of their head Often wore long strings of shell jewelry They wore wraparound skirts made of woven fiber Their hair was pulled up into buns on the top of their head Often wore long strings of shell jewelry Men’s Clothing Women’s Clothing

Ball Game h There were two teams, each with about forty to fifty players h It was played with a small ball and a goal. The goal was a pole with an eagle’s nest on top h Players got one point by hitting the pole and two by getting the ball in the eagle’s nest h The team with eleven points would win h There were two teams, each with about forty to fifty players h It was played with a small ball and a goal. The goal was a pole with an eagle’s nest on top h Players got one point by hitting the pole and two by getting the ball in the eagle’s nest h The team with eleven points would win

Location  Lived in northern Florida  Were between the Ochlockonee and Aucilla rivers  Lived in the Tallahassee area  They were west of the Timucua’s land.  Lived in northern Florida  Were between the Ochlockonee and Aucilla rivers  Lived in the Tallahassee area  They were west of the Timucua’s land.

Housing and Villages They lived in river cane huts thatched with palmetto, palm leaves, or the bark of cypress or poplar trees Houses were often located by lakes Food was stored in underground pits lined with matting. Smoked or dried food was placed in the pits over fires.

Mystery Crystal Cross The Apalachee chief has a crystal cross which was discovered in a dig. About fifteen years ago, archaeologists excavated the cross during a dig at an Apalachee burial ground. The Apalachee chief wonders if this could have been made by his ancestors?

Trading Network Trading Network The trading network extended from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes, and westward to what’s now Oklahoma. The Apalachee obtained copper artifacts, sheets of mica, greenstone, and galena through these trades. It is thought that these items were paid for with shells, pearls,shark teeth, preserved fish and sea turtle meat.

Did You Know? kThe Apalachee spoke a Muskogean language that is now extinct kThe Appalachian Mountains were named after this tribe kThe tribe was destroyed and dispersed in the eighteenth century kThe Apalachee spoke a Muskogean language that is now extinct kThe Appalachian Mountains were named after this tribe kThe tribe was destroyed and dispersed in the eighteenth century

The Council House The council house served as a city hall, a ceremonial center, and a lodge.

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