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The Unique Culture And Heritage Of The Piqua Shawnee Tribe
The Alabama state noted that the Piqua Shawnee among other nine tribes is a tribe that exists in their state. The state government of Alabama has encouraged the appreciation of the Piqua Shawnee contributions to the Alabama state by setting aside days that will be jointly celebrated. The Shawnee tribe was a nomadic tribe of farmers and hunters who migrated various areas of Southeast and Northeast. The mode of clothing for the Shawnee people was mainly based on the neighbors they had. Tennessee region is the original home of the Shawnee tribe, but they did not stay there for long, and they later spread to several parts. Apart from Tennessee region, other tribal territories for the Shawnee people were Ohio, Kansas, Texas, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Oklahoma.
The kind of lifestyles that the Shawnee tribe lead was based on the climate, natural resources and the geography of the area they were in. Because of their nomadic life, the Shawnee came into connection with the tribes of different Indian ways of life. The Shawnee tribe did not like war, and that is why they moved from areas that war-prone. Another cause for the displacement of the Shawnee to other parts can be attributed to the coming of the European settlers who colonized them. Many lives were lost as a result of chaos that was experienced in the parts that the Shawnee people stayed in. Another cause for the reduction of the numbers of the Shawnee people were diseases like fever and flu. The structures in which the Shawnee people stayed in were not complicated in making, and they involved using ropes, animal hides or mats and strips of wood.
Wigwams were the kind of structures in which the Shawnee lived in, and they were cone-shaped. The animal hides, or mats which were used to do the roofing were held in place by ropes. Speaking was mainly done through Anglonquian. The food that was consumed by the Shawnee depended on the natural surroundings. There were minimal chances that you will get a man doing farming while there are women to do that. Watching out for the children and cooking were other chores that women of Shawnee tribe did.
When it came to the provision of game meat and fishing, that was a task that was primarily left for the men of the tribe to handle. Various animals like turkey, dear, buffalo and the bear were the ones mainly found in the plains for hunting. While those in the woodland areas relied on fish and small game like raccoon, dear, squirrel, and the beaver. The tribe maintained long hair and cutting was only necessary when one was to be engaged in a battle. Some of the weapons that were utilized are like spears, bows and arrows, knives, hatchet axes, clubs of different sizes and lances.