z5+Southeast

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The southeast is hot but in the summer it can be very hot and steamy. The climate is mild and is good for farming

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__ Homes __

// Wattle and Daub Houses // Rivercane, wood and vines make a thin frame that was covered in plaster. The roof was thatched with grass or shingled with bark. They are made to stay in one place and can only be made in warm climates
 * Catawba & Creek **

// Chickees // Wooden poles held up a thatched roof and a wood platform was held up off the ground multiple feet. There were no walls. Tarps of hide and cloth were tied to the structure of the chickees when it rained. The swamp animals couldn’t reach the chickees and the chickees didn’t sink into the ground because of their height. It was so warm any walls and such were unnecessary // Brush Shelters (possibly) // A simple wood frame covered with leaves, branches, grass, and such. They were used as temporary shelters for things like hunting trips. // [] // __ Roles __ // Women // The women farmed, took care of the children, and cooked. // Men // The men hunted, and went to war. // Both // Both genders were part of the storytelling, music and art, medicine and politics. In Catawba tribes the men were mostly chiefs, but there were women too. In Creek tribes women weren’t allowed to participate in politics. // [] // & // [] //
 * Catawba & Creek **

__ Food __

The main food was corn. Most recipes that they used included corn. They also used beans, squash, and other wild green foods. Grapes and plums were gathered as well. Hunting and fishing was the source of meat.
 * Catawba & Creek **

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__ Religion __

There are multiple ‘classes’ legends in Creek mythology. The first, the origin of earth included animal spirits. The other included the master of breath. They thought they came from red earth from the ‘old creek nation’, and white man came from the foam of the sea. Most everything has to do with animals. // [] // When a Catawba Indian died a ritual in which ‘ wakefulness, it being forbidden to speak the person’s name, and ashes being blown on the corpse ’. The ashes were supposed to appease the spirit. If it was satisfied then three days later the spirit came back and drank out of the pot of water placed at the person’s head. If the water rippled it meant the dead would not ‘trouble the living’. // [] //
 * Creeks **
 * Catawba **



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