Religions
The Choctaw believed in an evil spirit and a good spirit. They believed in the sun. The sun was known to have the power of life and death. The life was the good spirit and the death was the evil spirit. The sun was so important to them that they even had a Sun Dance that they danced in ceremonies. They were sun worshippers. They also had a symbol. Their symbol was a seal. It had a circle within which was a set of bow and arrows. There was a set of bow and arrows because the Native Americans used bow and arrows to shoot the meat that they hunted. The Choctaw tribe believed that they and other tribes emerged from the Earth and that that was how their tribe started.
Culture
There were many games that they played. The most important games were Stickball and Ishtaboli. Whole villages played against each other.Women usually didn't play but they encouraged their team. If they thought men weren't working hard enough when playing a game, they would whack the men with a stick. The Choctaw tribe danced different dances. Women did all the cooking and men did the hunting. The men rode horses and carried a set of bow and arrows. They shot animals that they saw. Everyone, even kids, had to do chores. When they weren't doing chores, children played. Sometimes they played games and sometimes they played with beaded dolls. Eating utensils were made out of wood, shells, or bison horns.
This photo is from Travis S. Thank you!
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