Chickasaw Indians

General Information

• Chickasaw
• Around 750 in population until white showed up
• now only 300

Location

• Lived in Mississippi,Alabama,and tennessee
• Now live in Oklahoma on reservation

Daily Life

• Men went hunting, art, music storytelling
• Women farmed and cooked
• Children would play and hunt with father

Food

• Corn
• Beans
• Squash
• Sunflower seeds
• Nuts, berries, plums
• Deer, turkeys, fish, and sassafras tea

Spiritual Life

• Used a staff to find new home
• Did rituals after every hunt

Interesting Facts

• Rivercane basket
• Wood carvings
• Pottery
• used beads to make necklaces
• used cradle boards for babies

Weapons

• Blow gun
• Bow and arrow
• tomahawk