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Tutelo Indian Tribe
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Work Cited
http://tutelotribe.org/history.htm
http://dice.missouri.edu/docs/siouan/Tutelo.pdf
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tutelo-tribe.htm
Tribal Wear
-Body Paint: bodies tattooed with different symbols
-Animal skins were a big part of their wardrobe: garments of skin, moccasin buckskin
-During celebrations, they wear feather match-coats, false face masks and headdresses of turkey feathers
-They had festivities (not specific)
Tutelo Indian Tribe
Taboo
-Cannibalism
-Venison and Turkey must never be cooked together because fear of provoking the hunting god and being unable to kill anything afterward.
History
Religion
-Resettled at many places due to being an obstacle to other tribes or lacked resources
-Usually moved along with the Saponi tribe
-Had conflicts with the Iroquois tribe (eventually made peace)
Death and Afterlife beliefs -
- Bodies of more important individuals were dried after certain organs being removed and then decorated with ornaments..etc, then placed in a temple-tomb.
-women would paint their faces with black coal, sit for 24 hours in their houses mourning with 'great' expression (yelling..etc.) to express their emotions
-They would have bear sacrifices then have shamans pray to the Gods for plentiful crops that season
-One supreme god that had several deities, believed to have mad numerous worlds before this one, but the rest 'failed'; stars and moon (related to religious ways), very moralistic
About Tutelo Tribe
-The Tutelo today live in the coal regions of Central Pennsylvania.
-Rather smaller tribe, 750 people by mid-1700
Languages spoken: Siouan Proper, Southeastern
Historical events
Eugenics Movement: caused a celebre in the Buck vs. Bull
-legitimacy vs. illegitimate
Famous Members
-John Buck- Chief of Tutelo
-Nikonha- Last known full blood
-Carrie Buck- 'Cause' of Eugenics movement (key role)
-John Key- Last one to speak the language