By: Diana Ortiz
Paula Caceres
Felipe Vega
Nowadays Cultures can be compared with the ancient ones, and it is possible to find some similarities, but in fact there are more differences. An example of that is the contrast between the Colombian and Seminole Culture.
In terms of similarities, some people of both cultures adopt the Christianism as their religion belief. Also into this culture, there is a ceremony to be married. Those two are most relevant similarities.
However they have some differences in files life the family structure. For example in the Seminoles tribe is common to find families with two or more wives. In contrast, in Colombian families duogamy is not allowed. In the Seminole tribe the members can’t choose their couple, while Colombian people can choose in a free way the couple. Moreover the Seminole girls get married at 16 years old, and men at 20 years old. In Colombian culture the marriage is a free decision.
The ceremonies also change between those two cultures. For example the burial ritual in the Seminoles society consists on carries the deceased body to the Everglades and put it close to his possessions. Colombian people also celebrate a burial ceremony, but they don’t put the possession surrounding the body.
All in all both cultures have similarities but have differences, specially in the family structure and in rituals.
viernes, 20 de junio de 2008
SEMINOLES HEROES
BY: Diana Ortiz
In the culture Seminole, existed several wars to obtain an economic and law independence. To the passage of these tensions they went honoring personages in the life of the tribe in where of the passage of history heroes took control of their tribe thanks to the contribution done for the well-being of the community.
We found two heroes representative, that thanks to his honor obtained to several profits for the freedom and protection of the inhabited territory. Abraham in 1837 and 1838 defended to his community whipped by the slavery; on the contrary John Horse in 1849 and 1850 defended it of the attacks of the Mexican Indians whom they loved to transfer the border and to invade his territory. We found that these two soldiers of the culture Seminole, each that in his determined time, they marked the history of the community and they stood out like leaders of the same one.
These two personages have some similarities, but without doubt, noticeable differences.
On the other hand, both soldiers Seminoles focused in the protection of the community, without mattering what he could happen to them to obtain it. Abraham in the second war Seminole I release of the slavery to a multitude of people Seminoles of General Jesup giving them the freedom, on the other hand, Horse, protected the borders of its territory of the bad intentions of Mexican soldiers whom they loved to invade the space and to adapt it anyway to it.
On the contrary these two soldiers handled noticeable differences in the form to act their community in front of, on the other hand Abraham assured nonknowledge that came for its future, in its unfortunate life, thus did not concern that it happened with its life, on the contrary Horse to him gave the life by the others like a sacrifice marked in its life, by the protection of the life of its community before himself.
On the other hand, the personality of these two heroes was specially different, since Abraham recognized itself in the diplomacy to solve any conflict, different from Horse that preferred the violence beings that the conciliation. It is significant to stand out that Horse more than Abraham I look for the benefit of the community without thinking about him, and always respect as much to its friends as to its enemies.
Even though which in the culture Seminoles existed wars, thanks to these could obtain their independence. The heroes marked to history thanks to their valiant performances for the well-being and the security of the community Seminole.
In the culture Seminole, existed several wars to obtain an economic and law independence. To the passage of these tensions they went honoring personages in the life of the tribe in where of the passage of history heroes took control of their tribe thanks to the contribution done for the well-being of the community.
We found two heroes representative, that thanks to his honor obtained to several profits for the freedom and protection of the inhabited territory. Abraham in 1837 and 1838 defended to his community whipped by the slavery; on the contrary John Horse in 1849 and 1850 defended it of the attacks of the Mexican Indians whom they loved to transfer the border and to invade his territory. We found that these two soldiers of the culture Seminole, each that in his determined time, they marked the history of the community and they stood out like leaders of the same one.
These two personages have some similarities, but without doubt, noticeable differences.
On the other hand, both soldiers Seminoles focused in the protection of the community, without mattering what he could happen to them to obtain it. Abraham in the second war Seminole I release of the slavery to a multitude of people Seminoles of General Jesup giving them the freedom, on the other hand, Horse, protected the borders of its territory of the bad intentions of Mexican soldiers whom they loved to invade the space and to adapt it anyway to it.
On the contrary these two soldiers handled noticeable differences in the form to act their community in front of, on the other hand Abraham assured nonknowledge that came for its future, in its unfortunate life, thus did not concern that it happened with its life, on the contrary Horse to him gave the life by the others like a sacrifice marked in its life, by the protection of the life of its community before himself.
On the other hand, the personality of these two heroes was specially different, since Abraham recognized itself in the diplomacy to solve any conflict, different from Horse that preferred the violence beings that the conciliation. It is significant to stand out that Horse more than Abraham I look for the benefit of the community without thinking about him, and always respect as much to its friends as to its enemies.
Even though which in the culture Seminoles existed wars, thanks to these could obtain their independence. The heroes marked to history thanks to their valiant performances for the well-being and the security of the community Seminole.
jueves, 19 de junio de 2008
death and burial ritual
By : Paula Caceres
Into the Seminole culture there is an important ceremony about the death, the information of this ceremony is reduced; in fact the ceremony varies in each case.
For example when john tiger, an important man in the tribe died, his burial ceremony consist in put the decease body in a casket and then in a canoe and taken to the everglades.
The tribe member in charge of the burial chewed bay leaves and spat and the men who carried the casket, for give them strength and to ward evil spirits.
When they arrived to a specific place, they leave the casket and spat against the bay leaved, but this time spat the casket. At this moment also put near the casket some possession of dead man and leaves the body approximately for thirty days. After this ceremony the body would be carried to the resting deep place.
John tiger’s family leaves their houses, and Mrs. Tiger went to the everglades for 6 weeks. Trough this ceremony the men and women were crying and their hair handing loose.
Other example of this ritual was the dead of a Seminole girl in the entrance of her husband store. The body still in the same place until it was ready for final disposal. The women and boys stay in the place and didn’t do any move, while a medicine man sat near the place and sang and sprinkled all the day.
In the burial ceremony, the Seminoles also put near the decease body food and drink in containers, during three consecutives days by three different people. Nevertheless, the possession and every item are broken before put in the coffin, because this tribe believed that the breaking of an abject sets the spirit free.
http://jaxx18x.tripod.com/seminoleindians/id6.html
Into the Seminole culture there is an important ceremony about the death, the information of this ceremony is reduced; in fact the ceremony varies in each case.
For example when john tiger, an important man in the tribe died, his burial ceremony consist in put the decease body in a casket and then in a canoe and taken to the everglades.
The tribe member in charge of the burial chewed bay leaves and spat and the men who carried the casket, for give them strength and to ward evil spirits.
When they arrived to a specific place, they leave the casket and spat against the bay leaved, but this time spat the casket. At this moment also put near the casket some possession of dead man and leaves the body approximately for thirty days. After this ceremony the body would be carried to the resting deep place.
John tiger’s family leaves their houses, and Mrs. Tiger went to the everglades for 6 weeks. Trough this ceremony the men and women were crying and their hair handing loose.
Other example of this ritual was the dead of a Seminole girl in the entrance of her husband store. The body still in the same place until it was ready for final disposal. The women and boys stay in the place and didn’t do any move, while a medicine man sat near the place and sang and sprinkled all the day.
In the burial ceremony, the Seminoles also put near the decease body food and drink in containers, during three consecutives days by three different people. Nevertheless, the possession and every item are broken before put in the coffin, because this tribe believed that the breaking of an abject sets the spirit free.
http://jaxx18x.tripod.com/seminoleindians/id6.html
TRADE SEMINOLE TRIBE
BY: FELIPE VEGA
Prior to the Seminole tribe had a route to trade, that route now is known as the Ocmulgee river. Since 1734 the european colonist began move among the seminoles.
some europeans were married with indian women for take the power in the clans. The trade began when the husband of the indian women, gave clothes to him. little by little the Indians went away adapting a new style life. like "Shiny and colorful European glass beads replaced the shell beads the Indians had previously worn for decoration along with their tattooing or body paint. Wool and cotton cloth replaced hides for clothing". Also the women using the new cloth materials, metal needles, and thread traded for deer hides.
the same happened with indian men, they sarted looking the europeans how wore, and they look that the indians women preferred the europeans men. therefore the warriors started to "spent increasingly more time and went greater distances to hunt deer or other animals providing furs or skins for trade"
http://www.kislakfoundation.org/millennium-exhibit/downs1.htm
Prior to the Seminole tribe had a route to trade, that route now is known as the Ocmulgee river. Since 1734 the european colonist began move among the seminoles.
some europeans were married with indian women for take the power in the clans. The trade began when the husband of the indian women, gave clothes to him. little by little the Indians went away adapting a new style life. like "Shiny and colorful European glass beads replaced the shell beads the Indians had previously worn for decoration along with their tattooing or body paint. Wool and cotton cloth replaced hides for clothing". Also the women using the new cloth materials, metal needles, and thread traded for deer hides.
the same happened with indian men, they sarted looking the europeans how wore, and they look that the indians women preferred the europeans men. therefore the warriors started to "spent increasingly more time and went greater distances to hunt deer or other animals providing furs or skins for trade"
http://www.kislakfoundation.org/millennium-exhibit/downs1.htm
lunes, 16 de junio de 2008
LANGUAGES, DIFFERENCES WITH MICCOSUKEE TRIBE , AND NAMES FOR SEMINOLES TRIBE
BY: FELIPE VEGA
The seminole tribe have 2 tipical languages, the Maskókî and Mikisúkî, this two language is only two languages among the dozens languages spoken by the ancestral in southeast. The Maskókî is called creek too by the speakers. Maskókî only speak in oklahoma as in south Florida. Mikisúkî is a dialect of Hitchiti, it was it a dialect of the typical language, Maskókî.
Besides, seminole and miccosukee tribu was the same tribe, they have differences in political but never in cultural. Prior to 1957 the seminole tribe created a political orzanizational called the Seminole Tribe of Florida, as a result that in 1962 the Miccosukee tribu created the same organization with other name Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.
The seminole tribe, has differents philosophies, such as, the married ceremony, structure family and the names for the children. Before to the baby birth, his mother gives a name,this name dure for 14 years, thereafter, the community does a ceremony to gives him titles in battle or as community leaders, this all depend, the young of the behavior had , and his style, like, warrior or community leader. for example the young is a warrior, he is called asén yahola.
The seminole tribe have 2 tipical languages, the Maskókî and Mikisúkî, this two language is only two languages among the dozens languages spoken by the ancestral in southeast. The Maskókî is called creek too by the speakers. Maskókî only speak in oklahoma as in south Florida. Mikisúkî is a dialect of Hitchiti, it was it a dialect of the typical language, Maskókî.
Besides, seminole and miccosukee tribu was the same tribe, they have differences in political but never in cultural. Prior to 1957 the seminole tribe created a political orzanizational called the Seminole Tribe of Florida, as a result that in 1962 the Miccosukee tribu created the same organization with other name Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.
The seminole tribe, has differents philosophies, such as, the married ceremony, structure family and the names for the children. Before to the baby birth, his mother gives a name,this name dure for 14 years, thereafter, the community does a ceremony to gives him titles in battle or as community leaders, this all depend, the young of the behavior had , and his style, like, warrior or community leader. for example the young is a warrior, he is called asén yahola.
Religious believes
BY:PAULA CACERES
The Seminoles are one of the five tribes that has a fast adaptation of the white mans civilization. Some of the Seminoles, converted to Christianity, however some others never considered converting to the christen faith, and continue with the ancient tribal beliefs.
In these ancient beliefs, are present a Great Spirit, and some other good and bad spirits, these spirits may influence the affairs of men and are appeased with offerings and prayers. Seminoles believe in a sky world( above the earth) and in a sub world(below the earth), moreover believe that all the creatures and inanimate things have spirit, and the spirit set free when the object is broken or the creature dies. Additionally they believe in legendary creatures, like mischievous dwarf-like creatures and mythical serpents of irregular size, and extraordinary abilities.
Seminoles think that humans are weak, and the super natural are all powerful, in this way, they believe in an orderly world, in consequence when they hunted and killed animals, the know is necessary keep things intact, so they would apologize to the animals, through rituals and purified themselves.
http://jaxx18x.tripod.com/seminoleindians/id3.html
The Seminoles are one of the five tribes that has a fast adaptation of the white mans civilization. Some of the Seminoles, converted to Christianity, however some others never considered converting to the christen faith, and continue with the ancient tribal beliefs.
In these ancient beliefs, are present a Great Spirit, and some other good and bad spirits, these spirits may influence the affairs of men and are appeased with offerings and prayers. Seminoles believe in a sky world( above the earth) and in a sub world(below the earth), moreover believe that all the creatures and inanimate things have spirit, and the spirit set free when the object is broken or the creature dies. Additionally they believe in legendary creatures, like mischievous dwarf-like creatures and mythical serpents of irregular size, and extraordinary abilities.
Seminoles think that humans are weak, and the super natural are all powerful, in this way, they believe in an orderly world, in consequence when they hunted and killed animals, the know is necessary keep things intact, so they would apologize to the animals, through rituals and purified themselves.
http://jaxx18x.tripod.com/seminoleindians/id3.html
FAMILY
by: DIANA ORTIZ
SEMINOLE FAMILY
The family is the base of the society, giving to emphasis in the culture and the reproduction the community seminole it has one structures relative based on his beliefs and customs that make individual and different front from the different tribes from North America.
The family in the tribe seminole is conformed by a husband, one or more wives and the children. Already which the tribe is located in Florida, this is due to prevail by some laws of the same one. Therefore when a husband leaves state and is committed in marriage with another woman was of the limits of the state, it commits bigamy, and it is punished so much with the law of the United States and the Seminole tribe.
The consolidation of a family initiates in the conformation of the pair. This occurs of the following way. A man around the 20 years or less can be interested in a woman of 16 years. When this is past, the man goes to the father of the woman of which one has been interested. They make an agreement between the families and one arrives a date for the commitment and the wedding. The marriage ceremony is generally a very simple and simple ritual. It is made in the house of the mother of the law. The day of the marriage ceremony the fiancès sleep their respective paternal houses and on the following day conyugues, will be able to live in their own house.
When one is a divorce, the tribe seminole is very strict. And single east event occurs when the husband does not fulfill the requirements to him to the wife. Then one reaches an agreement and the spouses separate. The woman remains living in the house with the children and the man must go away to another place.
The family of seminoles is of traditional, and full culture costumary strict. It is important to emphasize the quality in the education and transmission of the culture.
http://www.nanations.com/seminole/seminole/seminole-society.htm#Family
SEMINOLE FAMILY
The family is the base of the society, giving to emphasis in the culture and the reproduction the community seminole it has one structures relative based on his beliefs and customs that make individual and different front from the different tribes from North America.
The family in the tribe seminole is conformed by a husband, one or more wives and the children. Already which the tribe is located in Florida, this is due to prevail by some laws of the same one. Therefore when a husband leaves state and is committed in marriage with another woman was of the limits of the state, it commits bigamy, and it is punished so much with the law of the United States and the Seminole tribe.
The consolidation of a family initiates in the conformation of the pair. This occurs of the following way. A man around the 20 years or less can be interested in a woman of 16 years. When this is past, the man goes to the father of the woman of which one has been interested. They make an agreement between the families and one arrives a date for the commitment and the wedding. The marriage ceremony is generally a very simple and simple ritual. It is made in the house of the mother of the law. The day of the marriage ceremony the fiancès sleep their respective paternal houses and on the following day conyugues, will be able to live in their own house.
When one is a divorce, the tribe seminole is very strict. And single east event occurs when the husband does not fulfill the requirements to him to the wife. Then one reaches an agreement and the spouses separate. The woman remains living in the house with the children and the man must go away to another place.
The family of seminoles is of traditional, and full culture costumary strict. It is important to emphasize the quality in the education and transmission of the culture.
http://www.nanations.com/seminole/seminole/seminole-society.htm#Family
jueves, 12 de junio de 2008
GENERAL SEMINOLE
BY: FELIPE VEGA
Language in the Seminoles
There is no such thing as a "Seminole" language. Today, the members of the Seminole tribe speak one or both of two languages: Maskókî and Mikisúkî. These are the only two left from among the dozens of dialects that were spoken by their ancestors here in the Southeast. Maskókî, erroneously called "Creek" by English speakers, is the core language. Mikisúkî is a dialect of Hitchiti, which was itself a dialect of the core language, Maskókî. Although Maskokî is spoken in Oklahoma as well as in Florida, Mikisukî is spoken in only one place on earth: in South Florida, by the members of the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes.
What is the difference between the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes?
The difference is political, not cultural. In 1957, many of the Native Americans in Florida formed a political organization called the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Others, wishing to make political decisions separately, formed the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida in 1962. Today, there are also about 100 individuals living in South Florida, especially near the western end of the Tamiami Trail and the lower Gulf Coast, who qualify for membership in either Tribe but also choose to remain separate. They are referred to as "Independents" or "Traditional."
The name for Seminoles
Seminole naming systems are very different from those of the Western or Plains Indians, with whom most movie-goers are familiar. Women are given one name, shortly after their birth, and they keep it all through their lives. Their names usually are words taken from medicine songs (ritual chants) and do not translate well. After a woman has her first child, only her mother and older Clan relatives are permitted to use her name. All others refer to her in reference to her own child's name, that is, as "so-and-so's mother."
Seminole men, on the other hand, traditionally received one name and many titles during their lifetimes. Their boy names were discarded when they passed into manhood (around age 14 or 15). Thereafter, they received ceremonial titles or earned titles in battle or as community leaders. The famous warrior, called "Osceola" by English speakers, is an excellent example of this process. We do not know his boy name but, in young manhood, he was given the ceremonial title of asén yahola. Asén is an important ceremonial drink. Yaha is the wolf, and yahola is the cry of the wolf or the ritual song that is sung when asén is drunk. English speakers, who could not pronounce his title correctly, corrupted it as Osceola. Today, Seminole men and women also have English names, in addition to traditional names.
Language in the Seminoles
There is no such thing as a "Seminole" language. Today, the members of the Seminole tribe speak one or both of two languages: Maskókî and Mikisúkî. These are the only two left from among the dozens of dialects that were spoken by their ancestors here in the Southeast. Maskókî, erroneously called "Creek" by English speakers, is the core language. Mikisúkî is a dialect of Hitchiti, which was itself a dialect of the core language, Maskókî. Although Maskokî is spoken in Oklahoma as well as in Florida, Mikisukî is spoken in only one place on earth: in South Florida, by the members of the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes.
What is the difference between the Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes?
The difference is political, not cultural. In 1957, many of the Native Americans in Florida formed a political organization called the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Others, wishing to make political decisions separately, formed the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida in 1962. Today, there are also about 100 individuals living in South Florida, especially near the western end of the Tamiami Trail and the lower Gulf Coast, who qualify for membership in either Tribe but also choose to remain separate. They are referred to as "Independents" or "Traditional."
The name for Seminoles
Seminole naming systems are very different from those of the Western or Plains Indians, with whom most movie-goers are familiar. Women are given one name, shortly after their birth, and they keep it all through their lives. Their names usually are words taken from medicine songs (ritual chants) and do not translate well. After a woman has her first child, only her mother and older Clan relatives are permitted to use her name. All others refer to her in reference to her own child's name, that is, as "so-and-so's mother."
Seminole men, on the other hand, traditionally received one name and many titles during their lifetimes. Their boy names were discarded when they passed into manhood (around age 14 or 15). Thereafter, they received ceremonial titles or earned titles in battle or as community leaders. The famous warrior, called "Osceola" by English speakers, is an excellent example of this process. We do not know his boy name but, in young manhood, he was given the ceremonial title of asén yahola. Asén is an important ceremonial drink. Yaha is the wolf, and yahola is the cry of the wolf or the ritual song that is sung when asén is drunk. English speakers, who could not pronounce his title correctly, corrupted it as Osceola. Today, Seminole men and women also have English names, in addition to traditional names.
SEMINOLE CULTURE
BY: PAULA CACERES, DIANA ORTIZ, FELIPE VEGA
ART
The expression of Seminole culture has also been manifested on the artist's canvas. Noah Billie, perhaps the most acclaimed of Seminole painters, had a distinctive style and a love of culture which is very evident to anyone who views his works. Wracked by illnesses with origins in Agent Orange-soaked Vietnam, Noah struggled to maintain his strength while producing a significant body of work, much of which is preserved in the Tribe's Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. He died in the early spring of 2000 at the age of 51, while his first large exhibit was being planned at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.
CHICKEE
"Chickee" is the word Seminoles use for "house." The first Seminoles to live in North Florida are known to have constructed log cabin-type homes, some two stories tall, with sleeping quarters upstairs. The chickee style of architecture - palmetto thatch over a cypress log frame - was born during the early 1800s when Seminole Indians, pursued by U.S. troops, needed fast, disposable shelter while on the run. Though indigenous peoples in other parts of North and South America have developed similar dwellings, it is generally agreed that the Seminole Indian technique and product are far superior.
So popular, efficient and functional is the chickee that such Seminole architecture can be seen all over South Florida. The chickee structure should last about ten years and needs to be re-thatched every five years. Several Seminole Tribal members make a living building custom chickees for both commercial and private interests.
CLANS
Each Seminole Indian born of a Seminole mother is a member of her "Clan" - a traditional extended family unit. Husbands traditionally went to live in the wife's clan camp. Each clan is characterized by a non-human entity with which is shares many traits, such as strenght, courage, or endurance. There are eight Seminole clans - Panther, Bear, Deer, Wind, Bigtown, Bird, Snake, and Otter.
SEMINOLES AND CHRISTIANITY
Chickee Baptist Church
Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma began to be Christianized mainly through the efforts of the Southern Baptist Convention, Home Mission Board as early as 1846. Baptist missionaries came to the Oklahoma Creek and Oklahoma Seminole tribes in the 1870's.
The Episcopal Church established Glade Cross Mission in the Big Cypress in the 1890's. Another mission of that name was established at Everglade, Florida 1933-1960. Both produced negligable conversions.
In 1907, the first the first Indian missionaries came to the Florida Seminoles living near Indiantown east of Lake Okeechobee. The missionaries were Creek Baptist Indian missionaries from Oklahoma. The northern group of Seminoles were targeted, as like the missionaries, they spoke the Creek or Muscogee language.
One family of Florida Seminoles living at Indiantown (which included a prominent medicine man and bundlecarrier) was baptised in 1920. That family moved to the Dania (now Hollywood) Reservation and formed the nucleous of the small group of Christian Seminoles. Missionary activities continued among the Creek-speaking Seminoles around Indiantown.
The First Seminole Indian Baptist Church was dedicated in 1936 on the Dania Reservation. 1945 saw many conversions at Dania and Big Cypress. By 1946, several Seminole men, Mikasuki-speakers from southern Florida settlements, had enrolled as ministerial students at the Florida Baptist Institute. These converts included a prominent and influential medicine man.
In 1948 a Mission was dedicated on the isolated Big Cypress Reservation. In 1949, mission work was being conducted by a Seminole among the non-reservation Indians along the Tamiami Trail. That same year, a second church, the Mekusukey Independent Church was formed on the Dania Reservation and in 1953, a Mission was organized on the Brighton Reservation.
MEDICINE
BY : PAULA CACERES
The Seminoles have many traditions concerning death that use the medicine. Among these are that the widow have to wait four years to remarry, in the traditional burials, leave the body on an platform, surrounded by favorite possessions, also in the mourning process the family mourns for four days, and in the last day used some herbs made by the medicine man. The family members drink these herbs with tea or wash whit them and the widow will wear black and mourn for four moons.
The medicine men and women, have an important role in the Seminole’s live, not because they replace medical doctors, but they use the natural resources and know how to employ them to treat a variety of physical and mental disorders.
In this way Seminoles believe that the medicine influence the human life in some files like the bad luck, good luck, failure, safety among others, so the medicine men and women represent a respectful figure into the tribe
ART
The expression of Seminole culture has also been manifested on the artist's canvas. Noah Billie, perhaps the most acclaimed of Seminole painters, had a distinctive style and a love of culture which is very evident to anyone who views his works. Wracked by illnesses with origins in Agent Orange-soaked Vietnam, Noah struggled to maintain his strength while producing a significant body of work, much of which is preserved in the Tribe's Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum. He died in the early spring of 2000 at the age of 51, while his first large exhibit was being planned at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.
CHICKEE
"Chickee" is the word Seminoles use for "house." The first Seminoles to live in North Florida are known to have constructed log cabin-type homes, some two stories tall, with sleeping quarters upstairs. The chickee style of architecture - palmetto thatch over a cypress log frame - was born during the early 1800s when Seminole Indians, pursued by U.S. troops, needed fast, disposable shelter while on the run. Though indigenous peoples in other parts of North and South America have developed similar dwellings, it is generally agreed that the Seminole Indian technique and product are far superior.
So popular, efficient and functional is the chickee that such Seminole architecture can be seen all over South Florida. The chickee structure should last about ten years and needs to be re-thatched every five years. Several Seminole Tribal members make a living building custom chickees for both commercial and private interests.
CLANS
Each Seminole Indian born of a Seminole mother is a member of her "Clan" - a traditional extended family unit. Husbands traditionally went to live in the wife's clan camp. Each clan is characterized by a non-human entity with which is shares many traits, such as strenght, courage, or endurance. There are eight Seminole clans - Panther, Bear, Deer, Wind, Bigtown, Bird, Snake, and Otter.
SEMINOLES AND CHRISTIANITY
Chickee Baptist Church
Tribes of Indians in Oklahoma began to be Christianized mainly through the efforts of the Southern Baptist Convention, Home Mission Board as early as 1846. Baptist missionaries came to the Oklahoma Creek and Oklahoma Seminole tribes in the 1870's.
The Episcopal Church established Glade Cross Mission in the Big Cypress in the 1890's. Another mission of that name was established at Everglade, Florida 1933-1960. Both produced negligable conversions.
In 1907, the first the first Indian missionaries came to the Florida Seminoles living near Indiantown east of Lake Okeechobee. The missionaries were Creek Baptist Indian missionaries from Oklahoma. The northern group of Seminoles were targeted, as like the missionaries, they spoke the Creek or Muscogee language.
One family of Florida Seminoles living at Indiantown (which included a prominent medicine man and bundlecarrier) was baptised in 1920. That family moved to the Dania (now Hollywood) Reservation and formed the nucleous of the small group of Christian Seminoles. Missionary activities continued among the Creek-speaking Seminoles around Indiantown.
The First Seminole Indian Baptist Church was dedicated in 1936 on the Dania Reservation. 1945 saw many conversions at Dania and Big Cypress. By 1946, several Seminole men, Mikasuki-speakers from southern Florida settlements, had enrolled as ministerial students at the Florida Baptist Institute. These converts included a prominent and influential medicine man.
In 1948 a Mission was dedicated on the isolated Big Cypress Reservation. In 1949, mission work was being conducted by a Seminole among the non-reservation Indians along the Tamiami Trail. That same year, a second church, the Mekusukey Independent Church was formed on the Dania Reservation and in 1953, a Mission was organized on the Brighton Reservation.
MEDICINE
BY : PAULA CACERES
The Seminoles have many traditions concerning death that use the medicine. Among these are that the widow have to wait four years to remarry, in the traditional burials, leave the body on an platform, surrounded by favorite possessions, also in the mourning process the family mourns for four days, and in the last day used some herbs made by the medicine man. The family members drink these herbs with tea or wash whit them and the widow will wear black and mourn for four moons.
The medicine men and women, have an important role in the Seminole’s live, not because they replace medical doctors, but they use the natural resources and know how to employ them to treat a variety of physical and mental disorders.
In this way Seminoles believe that the medicine influence the human life in some files like the bad luck, good luck, failure, safety among others, so the medicine men and women represent a respectful figure into the tribe
miércoles, 11 de junio de 2008
paula caceres profile
My name is Paula Caceres, I am 17 years old, actually I’m studding international business in the sabana university and I’m in 3 semester.
Apart from the university, as hobbies I ride horse and play tennis. Also I like the music, go to theatre and cinema
Apart from the university, as hobbies I ride horse and play tennis. Also I like the music, go to theatre and cinema
FELIPE VEGA PROFILE
I´m studing Business Administration, I´m 8 semester at the Sabana University, I pratice some sports like squash, soccer, and karts. My hobbies are listen music, and watch comic movies.
DIANA ORTIZ PROFILE
I´m studing psychology at the Sabana University, I´m in 8 semester, in my free time I read books, i like to listen music, and watch good movies.
martes, 10 de junio de 2008
Information about Seminoles
BY: PAULA CACERES, DIANA ORTIZ, FELIPE VEGA
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT SEMINOLES
The Seminole are a Native American people originally of Florida and now residing in Florida and Oklahoma. The Seminole nation came into existence in the 18th century and was composed of Native Americans from Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama, most significantly the Creek Nation, as well as African Americans who escaped from slavery in South Carolina and Georgia. While roughly 3,000 Seminoles were forced west of the Mississippi River, including the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, who picked up new members along their way, approximately 300 to 500 Seminoles stayed and fought in and around the Everglades of Florida. In a series of wars against the Seminoles in Florida, about 1,500 U.S. soldiers died. The Seminoles never surrendered to the United States government; hence, the Seminoles of Florida call themselves the "Unconquered People."
Today, they have sovereignty over their tribal lands and an economy based on tobacco sales, tourism and gambling. The "Seminoles" are also the symbol of the athletic teams of Florida State University. In response to the NCAA's proclamation that Native American names and logos will not be permitted by its member institutions unless the namesake tribe concurs, both the 3,100-member Seminole Tribe of Florida and the 6,000-member Seminole Nation of Oklahoma have officially approved the relationship and the details of the images used.
SEMINOLE NATION TODAY
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma has about 6,000 enrolled members, who are divided into fourteen bands. Two are called "Freedmen Bands" (also black seminole) because they count their descent from escaped slaves. Band membership is matrilineal: children are members of their mother's band. The group is ruled by an elected council, with two members from each band. The capital is at Wewoka, Oklahoma. The Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida entered into agreements with the US government in 1957 and 1962, respectively, confirming their sovereignty over tribal lands and agreeing to compensation for seized territory. Since then, the tribes have developed an economy based largely on sales of duty-free tobacco, tourism and gambling.
On December 7, 2006, they purchased the Hard Rock Cafe chain of restaurants. The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida was formed in the 1960s by members of the Florida Seminole community who were unsatisfied with the Seminole Tribe of Florida; they were largely Mikasuki-speaking descendants of the Chiaha, or Upper Chehaw, who had originally lived in the Tennessee Valley as opposed to the majority of Seminoles who spoke Creek. The Miccosukee Tribe set up a 333 acre reservation on the northern border of Everglades National Park, about 45 miles (72 km) west of Miami.
"When South Florida tourism boomed in the 1920s, Seminoles capitalized by wrestling alligators for money. In 1979, the Seminoles opened the first casino on Indian land, ushering in what has become a multibillion-dollar industry operated by numerous tribes nationwide." In more recent years, the Miccosukee Tribe has sustained itself by owning and operating a casino, resort, a golf club, several museum attractions, and the "Indian Village". At the "Indian Village", Seminoles demonstrate traditional pre-Columbian lifestyles to educate people about their culture.
The use of "Seminole" as a namesake is common in Florida, with one county named after them and another county named after Seminole leader Osceola (both located in the Orlando Metropolitan Area). There is also a city named for them in Pinellas County, Florida.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT SEMINOLES
The Seminole are a Native American people originally of Florida and now residing in Florida and Oklahoma. The Seminole nation came into existence in the 18th century and was composed of Native Americans from Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama, most significantly the Creek Nation, as well as African Americans who escaped from slavery in South Carolina and Georgia. While roughly 3,000 Seminoles were forced west of the Mississippi River, including the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, who picked up new members along their way, approximately 300 to 500 Seminoles stayed and fought in and around the Everglades of Florida. In a series of wars against the Seminoles in Florida, about 1,500 U.S. soldiers died. The Seminoles never surrendered to the United States government; hence, the Seminoles of Florida call themselves the "Unconquered People."
Today, they have sovereignty over their tribal lands and an economy based on tobacco sales, tourism and gambling. The "Seminoles" are also the symbol of the athletic teams of Florida State University. In response to the NCAA's proclamation that Native American names and logos will not be permitted by its member institutions unless the namesake tribe concurs, both the 3,100-member Seminole Tribe of Florida and the 6,000-member Seminole Nation of Oklahoma have officially approved the relationship and the details of the images used.
SEMINOLE NATION TODAY
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma has about 6,000 enrolled members, who are divided into fourteen bands. Two are called "Freedmen Bands" (also black seminole) because they count their descent from escaped slaves. Band membership is matrilineal: children are members of their mother's band. The group is ruled by an elected council, with two members from each band. The capital is at Wewoka, Oklahoma. The Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida entered into agreements with the US government in 1957 and 1962, respectively, confirming their sovereignty over tribal lands and agreeing to compensation for seized territory. Since then, the tribes have developed an economy based largely on sales of duty-free tobacco, tourism and gambling.
On December 7, 2006, they purchased the Hard Rock Cafe chain of restaurants. The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida was formed in the 1960s by members of the Florida Seminole community who were unsatisfied with the Seminole Tribe of Florida; they were largely Mikasuki-speaking descendants of the Chiaha, or Upper Chehaw, who had originally lived in the Tennessee Valley as opposed to the majority of Seminoles who spoke Creek. The Miccosukee Tribe set up a 333 acre reservation on the northern border of Everglades National Park, about 45 miles (72 km) west of Miami.
"When South Florida tourism boomed in the 1920s, Seminoles capitalized by wrestling alligators for money. In 1979, the Seminoles opened the first casino on Indian land, ushering in what has become a multibillion-dollar industry operated by numerous tribes nationwide." In more recent years, the Miccosukee Tribe has sustained itself by owning and operating a casino, resort, a golf club, several museum attractions, and the "Indian Village". At the "Indian Village", Seminoles demonstrate traditional pre-Columbian lifestyles to educate people about their culture.
The use of "Seminole" as a namesake is common in Florida, with one county named after them and another county named after Seminole leader Osceola (both located in the Orlando Metropolitan Area). There is also a city named for them in Pinellas County, Florida.
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