The document summarizes aspects of life for tribes in the Southeast United States, including their languages, housing, agriculture, religion, folklore, and recreational activities. It notes that the tribes spoke Siouan, Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Muskogean languages and lived in sturdy thatched houses. They grew crops like corn, beans and squash and hunted deer, fish and other game. Religion centered on maintaining harmony with nature and folklore included creation stories and trickster figures. Children played with dolls and tag, while adults engaged in drumming, archery, wrestling and other competitions.

2. Tribes in the Southeast
(Siouan Language)
Missouri
Osage
Catawba

3. Southeast
Tribes(Algonkian
language)
Shawnee
Powhatan

4. Southeast
Tribes(Iroquoian
language)
Cherokee
Tuscarora

5. Southeast Tribes
(Muskogean)
Choctaw
Seminole
Creek
Chickasaw

6. Agricultural Resources of
the Southeast
Maize, beans, squash, different types of
nuts, grapes, persimmons, species of
berries, roots, seeds, and honey
Food that was hunted:
Fish, squirrels, possum, rabbits, turkeys, deer, wat
erfowl, insects, crabs, crawfish, and shellfish.

7. Housing
They had sturdy thatched roofs and had walls
plastered with mud and had poles that were held
together with branches and reeds.
Houses usually had matrilineal families living
with them, which was a lot of people.

8. Religion
The southeastern Native Americans believed
that the sun was a deity or god.
The main reason there was religion for these
Native Americans was to maintain continuity and
harmony.

9. Folklore
Seminole- The rabbit is a symbol of trickery or a
trickster in Seminole folklore and other
Muskogean tribes.
Seminole- The story of the creation of the Earth.
The Seminoles believed that the Earth was
discovered by people venturing through a cave

10. Recreational activities
(Children)
The children played with dolls
They played tag with an interesting stipulation,
the person that was “it” would pretend to be a
jaguar or a similar animal.
Rubber balls

11. Recreational Activities
(Young Adults - Adults)
Play drums and beat them to make a musical
rhythm.
Competitions including
Archery
Wrestling
Foot-racing
Cat’s Cradle