How do Seminole 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 Seminole children like to go hunting and fishing with their fathers. In the past, Seminole kids had more chores and less time to play, just like early colonial children. But they did have palmetto dolls and wooden toys, and teenage Seminole boys liked to play ball games like stickball, similar to the Iroquois game of lacrosse. Like many Native Americans, Seminole mothers 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 Seminole tribe? Seminole men were hunters and sometimes went to war to protect their families. Seminole women were farmers and also did most of the child care and cooking. Both genders took part in storytelling, artwork and music, and traditional medicine. In the past, the chief was always a man, but today a Seminole woman can participate in government to
