Title: Facts for Kids: Seminole Indians (Seminoles)
Headings: Seminole Indian Fact Sheet
Seminole Indian Fact Sheet
Content: What was Seminole clothing like? Did they wear feather headdresses and face paint? Seminole men wore Native breechclouts. Seminole women wore wraparound skirts, usually woven from palmetto. Shirts were not necessary in Seminole culture, but men and women both wore poncho-style mantles in cool weather. Like most Native Americans, the Seminoles wore moccasins on their feet. Here is a website with moccasin pictures . In colonial times, the Seminoles adapted European costume into their own characteristic styles, including turbans and long colorful tunics for men and full patchwork skirts for women. Here is a webpage with pictures of traditional Seminole dress, and here are some photographs and links about Native American style clothing in general. The Seminoles didn't wear feathered war bonnets like the Sioux.