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Tribes of Native America

The Chickasaw Nation
By: Neileigh B. & Sara W.

General Overview: The Chickasaw Indians lived in the North American Southeast. They were a Muskogean- speaking tribe.

	*Food- The Chickasaw people would hunt bison, deer, bear, and fish. They grew maize, beans and squash.*
	*Clothing- Men: summer: breech cloths (shirts dressed in deerskins). winter: long shaggy animal skins.* *Women: summer: dresses made from skins. winter: buffalo wraps. Women made moccasins for the whole family.*
	*Shelter- Summer: wooden structures about 12x20 ft featuring a roof, a porch and a balcony. Winter: a circular house made of mud and partly sunk.*
	*Culture-* *Entertainment: A brutal contact sport played each summer all day games involving entire towns at tens of players similar to modern football- this is called the "ball game".* *Religion: They originally worshiped the sun, they believe the sun is the deity or that the sun is the eye of the deity.* *Arts: The Chickasaw Indians mainly tatooed themselves as their one way of art.* *They typically were not very concerned with many ways of art.* *Family Life: Women were responsible for supervision of the slaves and tending to the fields of corn, beans, and squash. Men hunted and fished.*

Sources Used: http:www.google.com/, http:www.askjeeves.com/, http:www.altavista.com/, http:www.northernlight.com/, and http:www.netscape.com/, www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/houses/housingmap.html, and www.tc.umn.edu/~mboucher/mikebouchweb/choctaw/clife.htm.