My Information About The Choctaw Tribe

 Hello, today I would like to talk about the Choctaw tribe.  I will talk about what the tribe ate, their religions, the climate,  entertainment, the culture and some interesting facts.
                                                                                            
   To begin, I would like to talk about the food the Choctaw ate. They ate sunflowers, berries,  corn, squash and beans (known as the three sisters). The women planted the seeds and harvested them to make cornmeal and other spices.  They also ate fish, deer, and wild turkey. The men would bring their sons and teach them how to hunt with a bow and arrows, tomahawks and clubs. They also enjoyed cornbread, soups, and stews.

Now I would like to talk about the Choctaw religion. The Choctaw tribe considered the sun to be a god. They considered the moon to be the sun's wife, and the stars are the children of the sun and the moon.


   Next I would like to talk about the climate.
   During the summer the temperatures tend to be in the 70's
   and in the winter it is usually in the 30's.
   The warmest month of the year is July.
    The temperature is 90.40 degrees.
     The coldest month of the year is January
     The temperature is 23.20.
      The wettest month of the year is May.
      The average rainfall is 5.72 inches.
  
       Next let's talk about what the tribe did for entertainment.
       People may think that Native Americans are different ,
       but they are just like everyone else.
       The kids played with each other, went to school,
        helped around the house.
        Many Choctaw children liked going hunting and fishing
        with there fathers. Some games and toys were Beaded dolls,
        swimming, foot races, guessing games, Toli (Toli is a lacrosse like stick ball game), and Chunky.(Chunky is a stone rolled over the ground while several players throw spears in a attempt to indicate where the stone will stop rolling).


Do you want to learn about the Choctaw culture? Here is what I know.
For generations, the Choctaw played stickball. They also had a traditional stealing partners dance. They also had a tradition to make swamp cane basket.

And now finally I would  like to tell you about some interesting facts that you might be interested in. Did you know that the choctaw dressed their deceased and laid their favorite food and drinks next to them? They might have laid down drinks like sassafras tea. Then they killed the family dog so that the dog may accompany the deceased  on the journey to the Heaven.
  
Now I hope you know what the Choctaw ate, their religion, the climate, the entertainment, culture and some interesting facts.

                                                

This is the inside of
my groups  Round house

This is my groups totem pole

This is my groups Round house.

             

                                                                               

My Birthday Becomes a Wedding

Halito, hello its Coahoma again and I've got great news Nita is getting married on my birthday. his bride's name is Panola. Her name means cotton. Isn't her name beautiful? Nita said that I can make Walakshi for the wedding. I am wearing my best dress and mother did my hair perfectly. the wedding will be after my birthday and Nita said Panola has a little sister the same age as me. This will be the best birthday/Wedding ever!

This is the best birthday of my life,
Coahoma

My Tribe is My World

Halito, halito means hello in Choctaw, my tribes language. Come in, by the way my name is Coahoma                ( pronounced Kowah-ow mah). My name means red panther. I live in the southeast and I am 10, I will be 11 tomorrow. My mother is teaching me how to weave a swamp cane basket. So far I have managed to make a small basket. I think it is lumpy and uneven. Mother and Father said it was perfect, of course my brother Nita meaning bear said after mother and father had gone that it was the lumpiest basket he had ever seen. I knew he was just teasing me like he always does. Nita loves playing Toli. Everyone says he is the best Toli player in the tribe.
My talent is planting and harvesting. Once I grew some corn that was as big as three of the tribes tallest men on top of each other. Nita says that I am exaggerating, but Mother was so proud. Nita is going hunting tomorrow after he celebrates my birthday.Mother said I should collect every thing Nita needs so that he can restore his hunting tools.
                        

I cant wait for my birthday tomorrow,
  Coahoma