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.