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The Seminole are a Native Americans tribe originally of Florida, who now reside
primarily in that state and Oklahoma. The word Seminole is a corruption of cimarrón, a
Spanish term for "runaway" or "wild one", historically used for certain Indian groups in
Florida. Seminole culture is largely derived from Creek culture. Most Seminoles speak
the Mikasuki language. The most important ceremony is the Green Corn Dance, which is
include use of the black drink and ritual smoking of tobacco. As the Seminole adapted to
the Florida environment, they developed their own local traditions, such as the
worked in groups. They hunted, fished, and farmed. The lived in the
forest, and they found natural resources from the forest. The can use
the wood for fire, spoon and bowls, hunt the animals for food and coats
in the forest, they also built the house and covered it with bark. They
shared food and many things in a group. But they sometimes fought
Seminoles didn’t have strong immune system, many of them died from
the diseases. Europeans conquered the lands and their food. In 1830s,
of 1830. Seminole was one of the Five Civilized Tribes. They had
were educated and had developed farms and homes. They didn’t want
moved to Indian Territory. Yet, the U.S. Army could not defeat the
Indian Territory, but others stayed in Florida. By the 1850s, they were
one of the only few groups that remained east of the Mississippi River.
Indian lands. The Seminoles also acted to remain their rights, so they
SEMINOLE WARS
In the early 19th century, the U.S. Army made increasingly frequent
the chiefs agreed to leave Florida voluntarily with their peoples. The
to press for removal. In 1835, the U.S. Army arrived to enforce the
history are they lived in Oklahoma and they made farms, grow crops,
feed animals and built house there they made the place more valuable.
And they made their own culture, we can know about the history more
CONCLUSION
Columbians they had calm life but after their life were destroyed.
Farming and fishing turns to wars and conflicts. In our days there are
not too many Native Americans but they are still alive. The Seminoles
Americans during their life always tried to prove their rights because
good agriculture before settlers, Columbians came. After that they had
problems with growing crops because of the bad climate at
WORK CITED
Document 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole
Document 3: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/american-
indians/seminole.htm