The Shawnee Tribe

The Shawnee Tribe Did you know that the Shawnee Indian federation of tribes is a interest tribe? I recently have well-read that they be nomads. Nomads be people who travel instead of settling in one place. grey Ohio, West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania were a couple of states they once lived in. Until al more or less 1660 Iroquois drove out the tribe to southerly Carolina, Tennessees Cumber primer basin, eastern Pennsylvania, and southern Illinois. They had tried to re shape, but again they were forced to leave by American settlers.The settlers pushed them first to Missouri and then to Kansas, but the Shawnee people settled in Oklahoma after the Civil War. The Shawnee survived using various methods of hunting and join forcesing. both(prenominal) men and women had responsibilities in providing food. They hunted many carnals including deer, squirrel, turkey, raccoon, bear, muskrat, rabbit, and ducks/geese. They set traps for the animals, and they disguised themselves to ruffle in with their surroundings to get close enough to club or shoot them. People never wasted anything they employ each the different parts for different things.In January and February they hunted beaver for their pelts and meat to trade with the settlers. In the summer time they, and during fall, groups of men and women would leave the village and hunt. Small fugitive lodges were apply. An different way to get food was to plant or gather it. They planted beans, squash, corn, pumpkins, and melons but corn was their main food. They garner tempestuous berries, nuts, maple, roots, and wild honey. In the springtime women planted crops and summer through fall they gathered wild plants and fruits.Tapping maple trees for sap was another thing they did. Raiding beehives was also touristed to get honey. The women were roughlyly responsible for planting, harvesting, and taking care of crops. Roles for people are very important because the people would know what their job was and w hat others jobs were. Men were very important because they mostly hunted, carved wood into ladles, bowls, and spoons, were in charge of politics and war, and were warriors. Women had many roles, but some were harder than others. They built homes and fires, habilimented the game, cooked, lanted crops, scraped skins and tanned hides, make clothing, wove blankets, and made vessels of clay. They also served as advisors of peace and war. They managed all farming activities and ceremonies in the village. Both men and women took part in storytelling, artwork, music, and traditionalistic medicine. Young girls learned from their mothers how to gather wild foods, plant crops, care for children and consummate househ doddery duties. Boys were taught to hunt and fight from their fathers. At age nine, boys began special pedagogy and self-discipline. Parents were strict, and the children were seldom punished.They were expected to be the judge of their own behavior. However, the parents expecte d last standards of behavior and responsibility. Special jobs of the Shawnee tribe include being a chief. Chiefs would make do problems and activities, good or bad and also dealt with problems that could not be contumacious by individuals or families. War chiefs protected the tribe from enemy combat and decided when to go to war. They had to prove themselves in battle as leaders and warriors. Chiefs inherited their positions as peace, clan, or war chiefs. Peace chiefs could also call-off a war.The Thawikila and Chalaakaatha divisions were in charge of governing the people and chiefs came from one of the two divisions. rank and file for one of the five divisions was inherited by the fathers side. garment of the Shawnee was homemade and you had to make your own clothes in order to support warm. Deerskin clothing was what most Shawnee people wore. During the winter, men and women added loose shirts and leggings and would also confine themselves in buffalo robes or fur cloaks ma de of bear or moose skins. Decorations were important to the tribe. They dyed clothing, porcupine quills and feathers and points were also used.Men wore headdresses made of animal fur and decorated them with feathers from a bird of prey such as an eagle, hawk, or owl. Men mostly wore shirts and leggings and women wore shirts with leggings or dresses. After contact with the European traders, the Shawnee began to own glass beads which they used on their clothing. Jewelry include silver pins, necklaces, and bracelets for women. Men liked to wear silver nose go and earrings. jumps, music, and ceremonies were all important to the Shawnee tribe. Spring held a dance named Spring dough trip the light fantastic in which they prayed for plentiful crops.In the summer they held the Green Corn Dance in celebration for the growing of corn. Fall held the Fall Bread Dance where they prayed that game would be plentiful also and gave thanks for the harvest. Musical instruments included skin drums , gourd rattles, deer-hoofed rattles and sometimes reed flutes. Many different tools were used by the Shawnee and they needed them to survive. They used hammers made of stone or other hard substance, some had handles and some did not. Knives and saws were made of shells, stone, or other materials. Borers were inwrought tools used for making holes in soft or hard objects.An chop was another tool made of shells, iron, or copper. The blade could easily turn at a right angle. It was held with your hands or attached in various ways to a handle by a rawhide. nigh other weapons are bows and arrows, stone tomahawks, spears, and chipped flint arrow points. Homes and shelters were another tip that was needed by the Shawnee. The home they lived in was called a wegiwa which were tree poles cover by bark or animal skin. The frame of the house was made of sapling tied together and covered with bark from elm or welt trees.When bark was not available animal skin was used. There were no windows and there was only one opening in one stopping point for a door and a hole in the mettle of the capital for the smoke from the cooking fire. In a pit in the middle of the floor is where they burned the fire. Inside walls were lined with raised wooden platforms that were used as beds. Homes were sometimes furnished with shelves, benches, and tables. The Shawnees way of life came to an abrogate by splitting into gauzy bands and moving away from others. The Shawnee had many wars with American settlers over land rights.One Native American named Tecumseh, who was an excellent communicator and military strategist, was esteem greatly by the Shawnee. They followed his every command. During the Battle of Thames in 1813, Tecumseh was shot and killed. With his closing the Shawnee people lost their spirit to fight. They then scattered and drifted in small bands into Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Some remained in Ohio. Between 1825 and 1900 the United States Government took more land rights away through various treaties. This led to more movement and most Shawnee became part of a non-native society.The Shawnee tribe is so interesting and amazing. Shawnee people desire in one female God, Our Grandmother, and she created the earth and made people. When people grew old she scooped them up in nets and brought them to the sky. Also, the most sacred spirits to the Shawnee were Tobacco, Fire, Water, and Eagle. Daniel Boone was one of the most famous prisoners taken in war and was held for several(prenominal) months. During that time he made friends with them and participated in their games. When he went back to the settlers he realized that the Shawnee tribe was a friendly tribe.Another interesting fact about the Shawnee is that parents would plunge their babies into setback or freezing cold water every day for several months because they wanted to make their children tougher. The Shawnee tribe was fun to study and I learned a lot about their way of l ife and history. BIBLIOGRAPHY Bial, Raymond. The Shawnee. Tarrytown, New York. benchmark Books, 2004. Flanagan, Alice K. The Shawnee. Canada. Childrens Press, 1998. Mattern, Joanne. The Shawnee Indians. Manakato, Minnesota. Bridgestone Books, 2001. Yacowitz, Caryn. Shawnee Indians. Chicago, Illinois. Heinemann Library, 2003. Additional research includes many websites