1. By Colin Benedict

2. - 1600 lived in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Florida - 1600 lived in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Florida - Today the Seminole live in Florida and Oklahoma - Today the Seminole live in Florida and Oklahoma -Lived in houses called Chickees -Lived in houses called Chickees

3. - made pendants, beads and canoes - made pendants, beads and canoes - some female Seminole wore twelve pounds of beads a day - some female Seminole wore twelve pounds of beads a day

4. - Male Seminole wore leggings and breech clothes - Male Seminole wore leggings and breech clothes - Female Seminole wore leather dresses and moccasins - Female Seminole wore leather dresses and moccasins

5. - hunted bear, deer, turkey, duck and alligator - hunted bear, deer, turkey, duck and alligator - gathered greens, nuts and roots - gathered greens, nuts and roots - planted corn squash, pumpkins and beans - planted corn squash, pumpkins and beans

6. - Europeans brought many diseases and many people in the Seminole community died - Europeans brought many diseases and many people in the Seminole community died - 1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce stumbled upon Seminole land and he claimed it for Spain - 1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce stumbled upon Seminole land and he claimed it for Spain

7. - Seminole boys learned to hunt and trap while the girls learned to sew and tend to the garden - Seminole boys learned to hunt and trap while the girls learned to sew and tend to the garden -Seminole children had to protect crops from small animals -Seminole children had to protect crops from small animals

8. - the Seminole tribe did not go to war very often - the Seminole tribe did not go to war very often - weapons were tomahawks, clubs, spears, darts, blow guns and bows and arrows - weapons were tomahawks, clubs, spears, darts, blow guns and bows and arrows

9. - a clan was considered a family - a clan was considered a family -there was once many clans now only eight remain panther, deer, snake, bird, otter, wind, bear and big town -there was once many clans now only eight remain panther, deer, snake, bird, otter, wind, bear and big town

10. - lived on everglade islands called hammocks - lived on everglade islands called hammocks - lived in houses called chickees - lived in houses called chickees

11. - there are many Seminole legends - there are many Seminole legends - Seminole legends tell about how the clans were created - Seminole legends tell about how the clans were created

12. - Oceola and medicine man Abacka were both great Seminole leaders - Oceola and medicine man Abacka were both great Seminole leaders - they fought against the U.S. army so that they wouldn’t be removed to the reservation - they fought against the U.S. army so that they wouldn’t be removed to the reservation

13. - the Seminole tribe is working very hard to preserve their culture - the Seminole tribe is working very hard to preserve their culture - there are six reservations five of them are in Florida and the other is in Oklahoma - there are six reservations five of them are in Florida and the other is in Oklahoma

14. - Seminole only speak two languages today - Seminole only speak two languages today - one of them is Muscogee Creek and the other is Muscogee - one of them is Muscogee Creek and the other is Muscogee

15. - the Seminole tribe has many ceremonies and rituals - the Seminole tribe has many ceremonies and rituals - two of them are the stomp dance and the green corn ceremony - two of them are the stomp dance and the green corn ceremony

16. bibliography bibliography http://www.bigorrin.org/seminole_kids.htm