Miami Tribe by Marilynn Madden https://padlet.com/mmadden231/pmi4e9ivyii6 en-us 2018-08-20 14:03:17 UTC 2018-08-21 14:39:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Interaction mmadden231 https://padlet.com/mmadden231/pmi4e9ivyii6/wish/274052999
  • Lived in villages of small oval houses with walls made of woven reeds
  • Each village also had a larger house that was made for a council 
  •  Today they only build reed houses for fun most of them now live in houses and apartments like us

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  • Women wore skirts and leggings
  • The Men wore Breechcloths 
  • The Men did wear shirts in cool weather but even in the winter the ment still did not wear long pants
  • They all wore Leather moccasins 

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  • They were farming people
  • Corn, Beans, and squash 
  • Men also hunted buffalo
  • They would set controlled fires to draw large animals to the hunters 
  • Soup, cornbread, and stews  

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  • They made canoes by taking out the insides of a tree
  • They used dogs as pack animals to pull wooden sleds and backpacks
  • Today Miami people use cars like we do

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  • They traded with all other tribes of the Great Lakes
  • They really liked to trade buffalo hides
  • In the late 1700’s the Miami tribe led a coalition to the great lakes

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  • They had a lot of plant life so they were able to make medicine that was needed 
  • The medicine was sometimes made for cuts, fractures, or even an arrow or a gunshot wound
  • If the medicine did not work they would call in someone called Shamans and they were believed to be able to heal people with supernatural powers. 

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  • The Miami believed that a spirit called “Manitous” Would help them gain power
  • The Miami believed that Manitous roamed the world and could take shape of any human form
  • They believed that the source of the power of the Manitous was the sun
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  • Hunting provided some of the things that they needed to survive 
  • They grew crops and fields were cleared but the slash and burn technique
  • They also hunted bison by an ambush or a fire drive

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  •  In the past the Miamis spoke Miami-Illinois language
  • It has a long name because two tribes spoke the same language
  • Today no Miami people are fluent in this language

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