Floridas Native

American Ancestors
Colton Bisbemrich, Nate Pudlo, Julia Sevco,
McKenzie Stoeckle,

First Floridians-Indian
Tribes
Calusa
Apalachee
Creek/Seminole
Timucua

Calusa

Location - Southwest Florida

Housing - Canopies with no walls, roofs of palm leaves supported by wooden
poles
Jobs - Great Sailormen and Fishermen
Diet - Fish, Oysters, Seafood, Birds, Small game
Language - Calusa
Interesting Facts
Originally called Calos which means fierce people
Believed 3 supernatural spirits that ruled the world
Believed peoples spirits migrated to animals upon death
Practiced sacrificial worship
Warrior Reputation - Powerfully built men
Established Centralized Government
Constructed a Canal System

Apalachee

Location - Northwest Florida near present day Tallahassee

Housing - Rivercane huts thatched with bark

Jobs

Men - Hunters

Women - Farmers

Diet - corn, beans, squash, berries, nuts, fruit

Language - Apalachee

Interesting Facts

Name means people on the other side

Highly organized farming tribe

Considered wealthy and fierce

Creek/Seminole
Location

- Started in Northern Florida but retreated to Southern Florida into the

Everglades

Housing
Jobs

Men

- Hunters and Gatherers

Women
Diet

- Chickees - No walls, built on stilts, wooden floor, thatched roof

- Farmers

- Corn, Beans, Squash, Deer, Turkey, Rabbits, Turtles, Alligators

Language

- Creek

Interesting
Bands

Facts -

of Creek Indians migrated to Florida from Georgia and Alabama

1770s

- Joined with other small tribes and became known as Seminoles which means
wild people or runaway

Seeking
Skills

land to live in peace

- Woodcarving and basketry

Timucua
Location

- Northeast Florida
Housing - Circular one room houses made of trees trunks covered by dried palm
leaves; Lived in clans in villages near water
Jobs Most common job - warriors and hunters
High status job - skilled potters and canoe makers
Women and children - planted and harvested crops
Diet

- maize, squash, beans, turkey, deer

Language - Timucua language used by explorers to communicate with other tribes
Interesting Facts
First Native Americans to see the Spanish explorers
Highly organized farming tribe
Decorated their skins with tattoos and paint
Buried their chiefs in mounds

Various Tribes
Housing
Seminole
Timuca
Apalachee

Calusa

Interaction of Floridas
Tribes

Calusa - warlike people who dominated the Timucan

tribe

Calusa - fought with the Creek at first but later joined

into the Seminole tribe

Apalachee - traded with the Creek at first but later

fought the Creek tribe

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