Native American Indian Seminole

Palmettos are kind of like big palm trees. And they have large bayonet type leaves, and when you pull them off, they get very stringy, and they woven together into thatch match and it did a very good job of keeping The Rain out, keep the elements out. Originally the seminoles lived in large villages of chickpeas arranged around a town square, with central buildings in it like meeting halls and sports fields and stuff. As the seminoles moved south, they began living in smaller groups, and remote areas of the Everglades. They also began building their houses on wooden stilts. This is important. Make a little note in your housing section if you would, and these wooden stilts raised the building up the floor off of the ground, a foot or two, so as to protect them from their environment. You know, there's nothing worse than trying to catch some sleep. And I love the little alligator, just kind of crawling up into bed with you and snuggling up and yeah, no. 

So with their houses elevated above the ground, this kind of stopped the poisonous snakes and not so friendly alligators were crawling into bed with them at night. Seminoles were a farming people, and the seminal women harvested crops of corn, beans, and squash, or their primary staple foods. The seminal men did most of the hunting, and fishing, catching games such as deer and wild turkeys, rabbits, turtles, and yes, alligators, alligator tail soup, anyone? Yum. Seminal men wore, what are they wearing? They wore breech cloths, we know what those are. And some of the women wore wrap around skirts, usually woven from palmetto palmetto fronds. The seminoles also wore moccasins on their feet. Shirts were not necessary in the seminal culture. But men and women both wore poncho-style mantles in cooler weather. 

You got to remember it was pretty hot down and you have so they didn't really need a whole lot of clothing. I won't look as I could push the button. In colonial times, the seminal adapted European costumes into their own characteristics and styles. Including turbans and long colorful colorful, tunics for the men, and full patchwork skirts for the women. This was long after the settlers showed up. Hey, that's everything we got. That's at all. The sun's gone down, it's late, it's been a long night. I hope you guys have enjoyed our series. And we're going to have one more with a quick review of everything you need to know for your test. So thank you all so much, and have a great night.