How do Apalachee Indian children live, and what did they do in the past?
They do the same things all children do–play with each other, go to school and help around the house. Many Apalachee children like to go hunting and fishing with their fathers. In the past, Indian kids had more chores and less time to play, just like colonial children. But they did have dolls, toys and games to play with. Ballgames were popular sports among teenage boys as they were among adult men. Apalachee mothers, like many Native Americans, traditionally carried their babies in cradleboards on their backs–a custom which many American parents have adopted now. What were men and women’s roles in the Apalachee tribe? Apalachee men were hunters and sometimes went to war to protect their families. Apalachee women were farmers and also did most of the child care and cooking. Only men became Apalachee chiefs, but both genders took part in storytelling, artwork and music, and traditional medicine. What were Apalachee homes like in the past? The Apalachee Indians lived in rivercane huts
