The Quapaw are a Native American tribe originally located in the lower Mississippi Valley. As a tribe, they had a peaceful lifestyle, at least until outer influence with other countries, such as France. While they cooperated peacefully with the French, and later the U.S., that cooperation has been nothing but a source of great misery for them. Both the French and the U.S failed to see them as human beings, and they were repeatedly been off and cheated out of their land. They are thought to have formed in the Ohio Valley, but slowly migrated into the lower Mississippi Valley sometime before 1673 (as that was when they were first observed by Europeans) before their forced relocation by the U.S. to Kansas. According to Simon Audrey, author of …show more content…
The lifestyle of the Quapaw was a spiritualistic yet simple one, as most tribes ' lifestyles were. The tribe was split up into multiple villages, and each village was made up of clans, or family units. Quapaw women wore deerskin skirts and went topless, while the men either went naked or wore loincloths. The hair of a Quapaw woman signified whether she was married or not, as married women let their hair down, and unmarried women kept their locks held in braids. During the colder seasons, both sexes wore leggings, moccasins, and robes. They lived in rectangular, bark-covered houses, with woven mats lining the interior, or sometimes acting as a substitute for bark. Other substitutes included hides and grasses. In "The Quapaw Indians," according to Carrie Wilson and George Sabo III, Every village also had a community building, built like a house but much larger, where people could assemble for meetings and ceremonies. Another structure, roofed but with open walls and a platform was also built near the plaza. Here, leaders conducted public ceremonies and guests were received.(2) As for food, they were skilled farmers, growing "corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, gourds, and tobacco"(Wilson/Sabo 1). However, once horses were brought to America from Spain, the Quapaw hunted herds of buffalo on horseback, much like other Plains Indian tribes. They were also known to create lovely pottery. Ceremonially, the tribe performed stomp dances,
They grew corn, sunflowers, for their seeds, pumpkin, squash, potatoes, spinach prairie turnips, berries, and fruits. Vegetables and fruits was a food that they usually ate with each meal. While the men, hunted was buffalo, deer, elk and wild turkey (Alchin). Twice a year the tribe went on buffalo hunts. The tribe at times ran low on food, and when that happened the tribe at pemmican, dried buffalo (The Pawnee Indian Tribe).
Sports teams should not worry about changing their name, mascot, and pride. The cost would be outrageous. The Washington Redskins are a big NFL team. Auerbach states, “Changing the name of these well-established teams would not be easy . . . they would have to spend millions on marketing in an effort to keep long-time fans and attract new one.” Companies would not be willing to spend millions of dollars on a name change. All of the merchandise would have to be changed, it would be very time consuming. According to the article, written by Auerbach, it is stated that “The Seminole tribe . . . has for generations played a major role in Florida’s maintaining an extensive partnership with Florida State University.” The Seminole tribe gets a special
The Sioux tribe followed the buffalo migration because that is what they would mostly eat apart from elk and deer. They used each part of the buffalo for many purposes. They carved the horns into cups and spoons. The teeth became tools and decorations, and were used in ceremonial rattles. The brain was used to process leather. Bones were made into knives, arrowheads, and shovels. Hides were used to make teepee covers, clothes, belts, bag, dolls, and shoes. The hair was used for headdresses and to stuff pillows, pad saddles and weave ropes. The tongue, heart, and liver were eaten right away. Muscles were cut into strips and preserved as jerky.
Their greatest resources were the trees around them. Most of their tools were made from wood. They also used a lot of bark from the trees to make things. Women made Miwoks, or birch bark containers, strapped to their waist to gather berries. They used a similar container to collect maple syrup. They made canoes out of bark as well. Spears were made out of wood to catch fish. For hunting, they used bow and arrows made from trees. They made stone tomahawks. Snowshoes were another Native American invention. The trees provided them with many tools. -Chevy
The Kiowa were another greatly feared and hostile tribe that strongly resisted European influence in their lives. They originally resided in Montana where
The Choctaw Indians of Alabama are a band of Indians that managed to remain behind in the outer regions of north Mobile and south Washington counties after their tribal lands were given up to the United States in 1830. Beginning in 1830, the most significant period of their removal from their homelands, the majority of the Choctaw tribe was forced along the Trail of Tears settling on reservation lands in Mississippi and Oklahoma. A small group of about 45 families avoided removal by settling and hiding out in the woods surrounding the small communities of Citronelle, Mt. Vernon, and McIntosh.
The women usually harvested most of the food. They ate deohako, or life supporters, which were corn, beans, and squash. These three crops could also be known as the three sisters. They could be mixed together to create a vegetable dish called succotash. The Iroquois people also picked lots of blueberries, strawberries, and cranberries. Tools were created for farming, such as the wooden rake used to level the soil, and a wooden spade to dig the soil. After food was dried, it would be placed into clay pots that were lined with bark to keep mice out. In the fall, men usually hunted for animals like elk, bears, deer and wolves. During the spring, they would go fishing. Men would also help clear fields and build villages, but their primary job was warfare.The Iroquois were always grateful for their food and held six festivals each year to say their
The Comanche Tribe is made up of brilliant horsemen who took control of the Southern Plains. They are most known for playing a large role in Texas frontier during most of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Although the Comanche’s lived near the upper reaches of the Platte River in eastern Wyoming, they later established themselves from western Oklahoma to the Texas Panhandle into New Mexico. Today, currently 5,000 Comanche’s live near Lawton, Oklahoma; their tribal headquarters.
The most noticeable difference is that most tribes wear headdresses. However, the Cherokees didn’t, instead the Cherokee Indian men wore leggings. While the Cherokee wore skirts that wrapped around their body and blouses made of fibers or deer skin. Both the men and women would wear moccasins sometimes even with fur inside the moccasins to keep their feet warm. Other times in order to strengthen their feet, the Cherokee people would endure the pain of going barefoot.
The tribe lived in thatched houses before which were grass huts shaped like beehives. They had a communal way of life in their permanent habitations. When men went to hunt they build temporary shelters from buffalo hides. Before the modern times, the men dressed in breech clothes and occasionally putting on leather chaps to act as leg protection. Their hair was cut in traditional Mohawk or complete shaving of hair and wore single long tassel of hair on the top of the head. Women kept long hair styled in a bum or braid. They wore wrap around skirts and ponchos. In the modern times traditional dress and face paints are only reserved
I chose to research the Oneida Nation Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin Elderly Heath Care. Here is a little background on the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. They are located in Brown and Outagamie Counties. They are descendants of an indigenous Iroquoian-speaking nation that arose in the present-day central-western New York. The Oneida Tribe is a sovereign government. Oneida means “long awaited” and they spoke Oneida. Lastly, they have three clans: Turtle, Bear, and Wolf Clan. The Turtle Clan represents the shifting of the earth and the cycles of the moon. The people of this clan represent the well of information and the keepers of the land. The Bear Clan known as Medicine people, the healers. There are stories passed down about how the Bear
The Cherokee tribe is known as one of the earliest and largest Indian tribe in North America. They are federally recognized even today among several states(museum). While they slowly became Americanized by the Europeans who came over to America, some still practice their typical Indian rituals publicly today. Most converted to Christianity and their government in Oklahoma is based off the American government with three branches. One would believe that the Trail of Tears could have completely vanquished these Indians but many made it through the horrendous trial and kept the Indian bloodline going even present day (Conley).
The Sioux made clothes from animals in their homelands. The men wore breechcloths and thigh length leggings. The leggings often had fringes or porcupine quills on the outside seams. Their shirts were made from a whole animal hide. The hide was sewn under the arms to make loose sleeves. The bottom of the shirt and sleeves had fringes. The shirts were decorated with porcupine quills, beads, hair locks, or animal tails. Women wore deerskin dresses and skirts. The dresses were sewn from 2 or 3 animal skins. The hem and sleeves had fringes. Some dress tops had quill work, beads, elk teeth, or seashell decorations. Men and women wore moccasins. Sometimes they made them with fur still attached. When it was winter, the moccasins could be turned with the
Have you ever heard of the Cherokee Indians? Sure you have! Just as a reminder, they are the biggest tribe, and most known of out of all the Indian tribes there has ever been in the southeast. They are very important to American History and helped shaped us to be the Americans we are today, which is clearly what I 'll be explaining in this paper. Throughout the paper, I 'll tell you everything you need to know about the Cherokee Indians and continue to relate to the thesis.
Clothing was minimal; women wore cedar-bark, netted-twine double apron, and men a waist cord. In cold weather, cloaks or robes of rabbit fur, deerskin, or sea otter fur were worn by both sexes. Footwear included sandals fashioned from yucca fibers and deerskin moccasins. Adornments included bead necklaces and pendants made from bone, clay, stone, shell, bear claws, mica sheets, deer hooves, and abalone shell. Men wore ear and nose piercings made of cane or bone, which were sometimes decorated with beads (Bean and Shipek 1978; Kroeber 1925).