The Seminole are a Native American people originally from Florida. While most Seminoles now live in Oklahoma, some remain in Florida. They emerged in the 18th century from groups including Creek settlers in northern Florida and speak either Miccosukee or Creek languages today. Seminole men traditionally hunted and went to war while women farmed, and they lived in thatched chickee houses.

1. Seminoles
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2. Seminoles
The Seminole are a Native American people originally of Florida.
Today, most Seminole live in Oklahoma with a minority in Florida;
there are three federally recognized tribes and independent groups.
The Seminole nation emerged in a process of ethnogenesis out of
groups of Native Americans, most significantly Creek from what are
now northern Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, who settled in Florida
in the early 18th century. The word Seminole is a corruption of
cimarrón, a Spanish term for "runaway" or "wild one.

3. Seminole Language
Most Seminole Indians speak English today. Some Seminoles also
speak one of the two native Seminole languages: Miccosukee and
Creek. These two languages are related but different, like English
and German are. If you'd like to know a few easy Seminole words,
istonko (pronounced iss-tone-koh) means "hello" in Seminole
Creek, and chehuntamo (pronounced chee-hun-tah-moh) means
"hello" in Miccosukee. You can also read a Creek picture glossary
here.

4. Where they live ?
● The Seminoles lived in Florida. They started out in northern Florida,
but when the Americans attacked them, the Seminole tribe retreated
further south, into the Everglades. Some Seminole people were forced
to move to Oklahoma in the 1800's along with other eastern tribes.
Other Seminole people still live in southern Florida today.

5. What were men and women's roles in
the Seminole tribe?
● Seminole men were hunters and sometimes went to
war to protect their families. Seminole women were
farmers and also did most of the child care and
cooking. Both genders took part in storytelling,
artwork and music, and traditional medicine. In the
past, the chief was always a man, but today a
Seminole woman can participate in government too.

6. Seminole clothing
● Seminole men wore
breechcloths. Seminole
women wore
wraparound skirts.

7. Seminole homes
● The Seminole people lived in houses called
chickees. Seminole chickees were made of wood
and plaster, and the roofs were thatched with
palmetto fiber.They also began building their houses
on wooden stilts that raised the floor two or three
feet off the ground. This protected their homes from
flooding and swamp animals. Today, most
Seminoles live in modern houses and apartment
buildings.

8. Seminole food
The Seminoles were farming people. Seminole women
harvested crops of corn, beans, and squash. Seminole
men did most of the hunting and fishing, catching
game such as deer, wild turkeys, rabbits, turtles, and
alligators. Seminole Indian dishes included cornbread,
soups, and stews.

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