Native American Tribes

For the past 2 days we have been researching about two different Native American Tribes. The two native tribes I picked to research were Apache and Shawnee. 

• Draw this table up in your books 
• Choose 2 Native Indian Tribes and add the Questions to your table
• https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/indian-tribes-list.htm - Note this website does not have all the information you will need. You need to do more searching and reading.

What To Look For:	Tribe 1: Apache	Tribe 2: Shawnee
Communication Verbal-Non Verbal	The members of the Apache tribe spoke in the Southern Athabaskan (Apachean) language.	The Cherokee tribe spoke in their own dialect of the Iroquian language family, unlike the other 'five civilized tribes who spoke in the Muskogean language. The name Cherokee, derives from the Creek word "Chelokee" meaning "people of a different speech.
Religion Rituals	The religion and beliefs of the Apache tribe was based on Animism that encompassed the spiritual or religious idea that the universe and all natural objects animals, plants, trees, rivers, mountains rocks etc	The Dakwanekawe or Bread Dance was an important Shawnee ceremony which was traditionally held in the spring and in the fall. ... The Buffalo Dance was generally held in late August or early September.
Territory Where was their Tribe located	The Apache are people of the Southwest Native American cultural group. The location of their tribal homelands
Hunting and Gathering Methods and Tools (Weapons)	bows and arrows, stone ball clubs, spears and knives. The rifle was added as their favored weapon with the advent of the white invaders.	The weapons used  by the Cherokee included war clubs, tomahawks, battle hammers, knives, bows and arrows, spears and axes. Cherokees also used blowguns, generally for small game, but occasionally for warfare.
Celebrations	Some Apache Ceremonies. Traditionally, Apache religious ceremonies focused on curing, hunting and gathering rituals, puberty ceremonies, and obtaining personal power and protection.	They raised the "three sisters" crops of corn (maize), beans and squash and celebrated the Busk, or Green Corn festival
Clothing	The clothes worn by the men always included breech cloths which were made from a long rectangular piece of animal skin or cloth which was worn between the legs and tucked over a belt. They also wore war shirts which were made of leather. Special, highly decorated aprons were worn over breech cloths and worn on special occasions.	The Cherokee men originally wore breech cloths made from deer skin or bark fabric of the type depicted in the Green Corn Dance picture. The Cherokee used mulberry bark to make fibers woven into soft shirts and other clothes. Leggings and moccasins were also worn. Chiefs wore long, full cloaks made of feathers and feather caps. The men shaved their heads, leaving a scalplock, which they allowed to grow long. They painted and tattooed their  bodies and faces. The Cherokee women wore knee-length, wraparound skirts, also made from a bark fabric or deerskin. A poncho style blouse was later introduced.
Food	The food that the Apache tribe ate depended on the natural resources of the area they roamed in. Small game, such as rabbit was a staple part of their diet together with corn, sheep and goats that they often traded with the farming Native Indians that lived in the Southwest	The food that the Cherokee tribe ate included deer (venison), bear, buffalo, elk, squirrel, rabbit, opossum and other small game and fish. Their staple foods were corn, squash and beans supplemented with wild onions, rice, mushrooms, greens, berries and nuts
Name of their Chief	The names of the most famous war chiefs of the Apache tribe included Cochise, Geronimo and Victorio.	Shawnee leader; with his brother Tenskwatawa, attempted to unite tribes west of the Appalachians against the expansion of European-American settlement.