5. The use of colours Painting your face and shoulders was an everyday and dress-up activity for native men and women. Face paints were made by combining bear grease with certain roots and natives painted each other, since there were no mirrors. The early 19th century Seminoles, a North American tribe, called themselves the "Unconquered People." They painted themselves accordingly: RED: The colour of war. The Red Stick Creeks were the warrior villages who formed the nucleus of the Miccosukee Seminoles. Red would be painted in bands or stripes on the face, as well as on the backs of the hands and on knife handles. WHITE: The colour of peace. The White Stick villages were the peace party among the Seminoles. If a group of Seminoles wore a strip of white, they were ready to talk truce. BLUE: This colour was for happiness. BLACK: A "living" colour, black was worn on the face to prepare for war. GREEN: Worn under the eyes, green was supposed to empower the wearer with night vision. YELLOW: Yellow represented death, as it is the colour of "old bones."

8. Colours (what is available on the island?)
Symbolism (consider pig, sea, mountain, fruit, spear, cross, choir)