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The Apalachee Tribe are originally from Florida. They established themselves in Louisiana in 1835. The word Apalachee mans "people on the other side". The Apalachee were visited by the expedition under Narvaez in 1528 and Desoto in 1539. The explorers spent a month in the Apalachee's town but they were constantly attacked by the warlike natives. The Apalachee led them durring the withdrawel to a coast town named Aute. They were nearly destroyed by the war in the early 1700s and most of the surivors fled to Alabama and Louisiana, where the remaining Apalachee people are living today. In the past their tribe was lead by a chief. The chief was choosen by the tribal council,important men of the tribe. Even though he is the leader of the tribe he has to listen to what the tribal council has to say. If he doesn't he could be kicked out and they will choose a new leader. The type of clothing the Apalachee wore back then is different from what people wear today for example the men wore breechcloth and women wore a wraped around skirt made of woven fiber. Shirts were not necessary in Apalachee culture. Bothe genders wore cloaks in the cooler weather and wore moccasins on their foot. The women and men of the tribe wore their hair in a unique style. Men would shave their heads in mohawks style and tie feathers on top. The women would put their long hair in buns on top of their heads.The men, espeacially warriors, often decorated their bodies with tribal tattoos and painted themselves bright red before battles or dances. Womens don't really like tattoos or paint themsleves but they do like to wear long string of shell jewlery. The tribe lived in rivercane hutsput together with bark or palmetto.Each Family has their own small house. The Council house is a larger version of it. Today the old fashion buildings are only used for educational purposes. There are many Apalachee legends and myths. Storytelling was very important to indian culture. One story they told was called the Origin Of Fire. It is the Hitchiti legend but the Apalachee told the same story. It is about a rabbit that ran away with fire and scattered it everywhere. Around that time people weren't allowed to build a fire except in the ground. It was customary to build a fire just to have a dance. Today, the Apalachee still kept their name. Their name is perserved in the Apalachee Bay and River in Florida. The Apalachee River in Georgia. Apalachee river in Alabama and the Appalachian mountain. The tribe isn't federally recognized in the U.S. so the Apalachee people don't have a reservation or their own government but they do have a community in Louisianna where they continue to practice their culture. In the clothing section, today some still wear moccasins but wear modern clother instead of breechcloth. They only wear feathers in their hair for special occasion such as dances. In this time period they live in normal buildings notthe rivercane huts. I think that the Apalachee tribe did a great job at keeping their identity and history with them.

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