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​Natchez

Climate- there climate is mild but the summers were steamy and hot.The Natchez people of the gulf coast created a complex society.At the top stood the rulers are called the great sun.The bottom people were commoners are stinkards. The Natchez are a well known tribe. They formerly lived on and around St Catherine’s creek. The Natchez engaged in three wars with the French in 1716, 1722, and 1729. The last, which proved fatal to there nation. That was a attempt of the French governor, chop art to occupy the site of there principle. In 1730 the Natchez abandoned their villages. They separated into three bodies. The first body was not far from there home. The second body fled to Sicily Island. Sicily is near by the Washita River. The third and most numerous divisions was received by the Chickasaw and built a village in and by the north Mississippi. That is called by Adair, Nanne Hamgeh; in the 1735.

Location- The natchez were one of the last group to live in the area wich is now the southwestern mississippi

Daily Life- They were hunters and gathers. They also farmed. Hunting, gathering, and farming are what there daily activites were. That is how they provided for there tribes. There society was called cheifdom. It was divided into two ranks nobility and commoners. The female were decided by there heredity. What class you are in decides your daily activites. History- There is evidence that says that the natchez started in or around 700 AD. The evidence also thinks they last until the 1730's. The tribes were in the french war at this time. They think that there cultures started in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Best Known Feature- They are mostly known for there religious belifs and costums. The Natchez religion consisted of moundbuilding. It's a exspression of there complex tribal religon. The mounds stood for sacred buildings. Many of these mounds still stnd today. The great sun is carried on a litter carried by eight guys. When carring the litter the men went as fast as possible. The natchez thought that in the distant past the son of ditey came to earth and brought plant growth. They belive that they came down as there own giving them laws, customs, cerimones, and arts. They thought it made them powerful. The ditey they say retired and they made a stone sculpture in there main temple. The mounds were so they think constructed and done in stages that started in the thirteenth century.

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__Creek __ In the sixteenth century, the Muskogee or the Creeks controlled most of Georgia.During that time the Cherokee pressured the Creeks to move to an island. When the Creeks refused a battle started for the land at Slaughter Gap in Lumpkin County in the sixteen hundreds. The Cherokee defeated the Creeks. The Creeks then retreated to a line roughly south of the Etowah River. A later battle forced the Creeks south of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers. []     Where did the Creeks get their name? The white people called them Creeks after the Ocmulgee Creek in GA. The creeks originally called themselves Istichata, but they began to call themselves Muskogee after the Europeans arrived. Where do the Creeks live? The Creeks are from the American southeast, particularly from Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and North Carolina. A lot of Creeks were forced to go to Oklahoma in the 1800’s like other Indian tribes. How is the Creek Indian nation organized? There are now two Creek tribes. The Poarch Creeks that live on a reservation in Alabama, and the land of which belongs fully to the tribe. Then there are the Oklahoma Creeks that live on trust land. The Creeks have grown its own laws, police, government, and other services, like a small country. But the Creeks are still U.S. citizens and must obey America’s laws. In the past all the chiefs were elected by the tribal council and were all male. Now Creek council members and principal chief are elected and can be male or female. What were men and women’s roles in the Creek tribe? Men were hunters and sometimes warriors to protect their families. The women were farmers and did most of the cooking and watching the children. Both male and female took part in story telling, music and art, and traditional medicine. What were the Creek homes like in the past? They lived in settled villages of single family housed made around a village square. The houses were made of plaster and rivercane walls with thatched roofs. Houses were also built in larger circular buildings for ceremonial purposes and most towns had a ball field with benches. Some villages even had reinforced walls around them to guard the village against attack. What was Creek food like in the days before supermarkets? The Creeks were farmers. The women harvested corn, beans, and squash. The men took care of the meat: shooting deer, wild turkeys, and small game fishing in the rivers. Their dishes included cornbread, soups, and stews cooked on stone hearths. What were the Creek Weapons and tools like in the past? Creek hunters mainly used bows and arrows. The fishers used Fishing spears, nets or hooks made of bone. When men didn’t use their bows they fought with their war clubs and tomahawks. What were Creek arts and crafts like? The Creeks were known for their baskets, woodcarvings, and glazed pottery.[]