The ChickasawBy: Jalen Cotton

Tristan Stewart-WatkinsJerVonte Johnson

Trey SpeightDestiny SaldanaMontrevan Lake

Tribes of Alabama

CreekCherokeeChickasawChoctaw

Location

The Chickasaw lived in Northwest Alabama.

Houses

Indians made their houses out of feathers and branches.

Food

They ate corn, chicken, and fish.

Clothing--shoes

The wore moccasins to cover their feet

They also used them for their kid’s feet too. Moccasins were used a lot.

This is a picture of moccasins.

Clothing

Chickasaw men usually shave their head except a single scraplock and sometimes they would wear a hair roach. They were made out of porcupine hair. Chickasaw women just put their hair up on top of their heads with strings of beads.

This is a hair roach.

Language

Mountain lion =kowishto'

Most Chickasaw people speak English. Most of them understand it.

They also have their own Chickasaw language.

Traditions in Tools

• Chickasaw hunters used bow and arrows. Fishermen used fishing spears too.

• In war, Chickasaw men fired bows or fought with tomahawks.

• Chickasaw warriors sometimes set arrows on fire before shooting them.

Sources

http://www.bigorrin.org/chickasaw_kids.htm