History Indigenous People

A _________ is a large group of related families. They were very important in people's lives. They might decide who a person should marry, live, when and where people should hunt or how to punish someone who committed a crime.

Mississippian peoples played a game called _________, which involved rolling a dice and seeing who could throw a pole or spear closest to it.

The _________ was one of the most important religious ceremonies of the year. It was celebrated by most Indigenous peoples in Alabama. This was a type of New Year celebration that happened around the first harvest of corn.

Corn, bearn and squash were known as the ________. They were often planted together. Each plant does something to help others.

The groups of people living near the Mississippi River that built mounds and shared a similar culture were known as _____ peoples.

Mississippian peoples mostly lived in ________, larger groups of peoples led by chief. Each town would have its own chief.

The _____ was very important to the Choctaw peoples. One legend says the Choctaw came out of this mound.

The Choctaw and many other indigenous peoples believed in the ______ , which was known by many names.

In the early 1500's something happened that changed the lives al Alabama's Indigenous peoples forever; explorers from ____ appeared in Alabama.

The Spanish explorers hoped to find _____ or other riches.

The Spanish explorers caused many problems for the Indigenous people of Alabama, but one of the most long-lasting was the ______ they brought.

Choctaw peoples enjoyed a sport called _____, which was often used to settle arguments instead of fighting.

According to the tradition, the Choctaw and ________ were once one people. Legend says that they split after twin brothers had an argument about where to go next.

Most Chickasaw families were not as closely related as the Muscogee Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw peoples. However, their cultures shared many things in common.

______ is a Mississippian town in western Alabama that was likely very powerful. It has 29 mounds and one had a wall made of large logs.

The indigenous peoples of Alabama had no _____ to smallpox and measles and other diseases the Spanish explorers brought.

Most Chickasaw families had separate summer and winter _____.

The _____ peoples were not as closely related as the Muscogee Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw peoples. However, their cultures shared many things in common.

After many Indigenous people died from the new diseases their way of life had to change. As surviving towns communicated and cooperated, they eventually formed groups like the ______ .

Most of the people in the Muscogee Creek Confederacy spoke a ____ language. Most Choctaw and Chickasaw peoples also spoke this type of language, so many coule understand each other.

Each Muscogree Creek town had a chief, called a ____ .

The Cherokee and other Indigenous peoples in Alabama built ______ homes, which were made of wood or cane with grass, clay, mud or plaster to fill the cracks.

We have a large amount of written history from the Cherokee because of the writing system, which was invented by _____ in 1821.