The ApalacheeThe Apalachee

By: Robby By: Robby

Table of Contents• Slide 1:Title• Slide 2: Table of Contents• Slide 3: Present Day Tribe• Slide 4: Food• Slide 5: Clothing• Slide 6: Ball Game• Slide 7: Clothing• Slide 8: Housing and Villages• Slide 9: Mystery Crystal Cross• Slide 10: Trading Network• Slide 11:Did You Know?• Slide 12: The Council House• Slide 13: Bibliography

Present Day TribePresent Day TribeNow located in

Libuse, LouisianaHave been featured

in The Wall Street Journal

The tribe doesn’t live on a reservation. Instead, they live on a small community where they practice their traditions.

Now located in Libuse, Louisiana

Have been featured in The Wall Street Journal

The tribe doesn’t live on a reservation. Instead, they live on a small community where they practice their traditions.

FoodFood

• Hunted deer, black bears, rabbits, and ducks

• Fished for turtles, oysters, and unknown types of fish

• Gathered strawberries, roots and shoots of greenbrier vine, hickory nuts, saw palmetto berries, and persimmons

• Hunted deer, black bears, rabbits, and ducks

• Fished for turtles, oysters, and unknown types of fish

• Gathered strawberries, roots and shoots of greenbrier vine, hickory nuts, saw palmetto berries, and persimmons

What They WoreWhat They Wore

• Wore breechcloths

• Usually shaved their hair in the mohawk style and tied feathers on top

• Often had tribal tattoos

• Painted themselves red before battles

• Wore breechcloths

• Usually shaved their hair in the mohawk style and tied feathers on top

• Often had tribal tattoos

• Painted themselves red before battles

• They wore wraparound skirts made of woven fiber

• Their hair was pulled up into buns on the top of their head

• Often wore long strings of shell jewelry

• They wore wraparound skirts made of woven fiber

• Their hair was pulled up into buns on the top of their head

• Often wore long strings of shell jewelry

Men’s Clothing

Women’s Clothing

Ball GameBall GameThere were two teams, each with

about forty to fifty playersIt was played with a small ball and a

goal. The goal was a pole with an eagle’s nest on top

Players got one point by hitting the pole and two by getting the ball in the eagle’s nest

The team with eleven points would win

There were two teams, each with about forty to fifty players

It was played with a small ball and a goal. The goal was a pole with an eagle’s nest on top

Players got one point by hitting the pole and two by getting the ball in the eagle’s nest

The team with eleven points would win

LocationLocationLived in northern

FloridaWere between

the Ochlockonee and Aucilla rivers

Lived in the Tallahassee area

They were west of the Timucua’s land.

Lived in northern Florida

Were between the Ochlockonee and Aucilla rivers

Lived in the Tallahassee area

They were west of the Timucua’s land.

Housing and Villages

•They lived in river cane huts thatched with palmetto, palm leaves, or the bark of cypress or poplar trees

•Houses were often located by lakes•Food was stored in underground pits

lined with matting. Smoked or dried food was placed in the pits over fires.

Mystery Crystal CrossMystery Crystal CrossThe Apalachee chief has a crystal cross which was discovered in a dig. About fifteen years ago, archaeologists excavated the cross during a dig at an Apalachee burial ground.The Apalachee chief wonders if this could have been made by his ancestors?

Trading NetworkTrading Network The trading network extended

from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes, and westward to what’s now Oklahoma. The Apalachee obtained copper artifacts, sheets of mica, greenstone, and galena through these trades. It is thought that these items were paid for with shells, pearls,shark teeth, preserved fish and sea turtle meat.

The trading network extended from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes, and westward to what’s now Oklahoma. The Apalachee obtained copper artifacts, sheets of mica, greenstone, and galena through these trades. It is thought that these items were paid for with shells, pearls,shark teeth, preserved fish and sea turtle meat.

Did You Know?Did You Know?

The Apalachee spoke a Muskogean language that is now extinct

The Appalachian Mountains were named after this tribe

The tribe was destroyed and dispersed in the eighteenth century

The Apalachee spoke a Muskogean language that is now extinct

The Appalachian Mountains were named after this tribe

The tribe was destroyed and dispersed in the eighteenth century

The Council HouseThe Council House

The council house served as a city hall, a ceremonial center, and a lodge.

Bibliography http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investiga

tions/407_crystalcross.html http://fcit.usf.edu/FLORIDA/lessons/apalach/

apalach1.htm http://www.bigorrin.org/apalachee_kids.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apalachee http://www.missionsanluis.org/research/reconstruc

tion4.cfm http://www.missionsanluis.org/research/

reconstruction3.cfm