CALUSA

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CALUSA

• BY
• ERIC
• AND
• HARRY

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HOW THE CALUSA LIVED

• THE CALUSA LIVED ON THE COAST AND ALONG THE INNER
  WATERWAYS.
• THEY BUILT THEIR HOMES ON STILTS AND WOVE
  PALMETTO LEAVES TO FASHION ROOFS BUT THEY DIDNT
  CONSTRUCK ANY WALLS

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THE CALUSA AS SHELL INDIANS

• THE CALUSA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE FIRST SHELL
  WERE DISCARDED INTO HUGE HEAPS.
• UNLIKE OTHER INDIAN TRIBES, THE CALUSA DID NOT
  MAKE MANY POTTERY ITEMS.
• THEY USED THE SHALLS FOF TOOLS, UTENSILS,
  JEWELRY, AND ORNAMENTS FOR THEIR SHRINES.
• SHELL SPEARS WERE MADE FOR FISHING AND HUNTING.

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THE CALUSA AS SAILORS

• LIVING AND SURVIVING ON THE COAST CAUSED THE
  TRIBES MEN TO BECOME GREAT SAILORS.
• THEY DEFENDED THEIR LAN AGAINST OTHER SMALLER
  TRIBES AND EUROPEAN EXPLORERS THAT WERE TRAVELING
  BY WATER.

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WHAT HAPPENENED TO THE CALUSA

• WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE FIERCE SAILING INDIANS?
  THE CALUSA TRIBE DIED OUT IN THE LATE 1700S.
• ENEMY INDIAN TRIBES FROM GEORGIA AND SOUTH
  CAROLINA BAGAN RIAIDING THE CALUSA TERRITORY.
• MANY CALUSA WERE CAPTURED AND SOLD AS SLAVES.

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INTERNET SOURCE

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