The Abenaki and Seminole tribes

Okay, So my first choice of tribes today was the Seminole Tribe of Florida, because their name was completely unfamiliar to me and was not already taken by someone else on this blog, haha.

http://www.seminoletribe.com/

The Seminole tribe was based in Florida. And on their website, included in the first few things you can find, is a little text saying that they are a Federally Recognized Indian Tribe and that they are the only tribe that never signed a peace treaty. And that is something, considering where it is placed, that they are very proud of.

The website showcases a series of categories, varying from the History of the tribe to their culture, the tourism and business aspects and their very own newspaper, The Seminole Tribune. They do have a number of services such as a museum you can visit, a village, a swamp safari and even a motocross ! And let's just note than on top of the page of the website is a little logo which has the colours of the tribe and that says : Seminole Tribe of Florida - In God We Trust. It's nearly an embrace to the American culture there ! How many times have we not associated that quote to the USA ?!

If you look at the history of their tribe, there is a part devoted on the sole fact that they never surrendered, and they are very proud of that fact. It seems like the tribe, today, has found ways of making money (through selling tobacco essentially) and are considered one of the most successful tribes. They have made money through gambling but also other business enterprises and seem to be able to take good care of their community.

Now, second website (and therefor second tribe) is this one : http://www.elnuabenakitribe.org/ The ELNU Abenaki tribe. Compared to the previous website, the layout is much simpler (just wanted to point it out) and the colours less aggressive; here we have a dominance of white and green, on the other one, powerful, aggressive colours such as red, yellow and black gave a different atmosphere.

The Tribe of the Abenaki is based in Southern Vermont. They say they want to maintain their culture in modern society. They say they are not like the average modern tribes, they try to focus mainly on the historical aspect of their culture. They study and teach their history and have many traditional artisans.

Every now and again, they live the way their ancestors lived to be closer to the culture and to be sure this culture will be passed onto future generations. They do this when they have the time, to reconnect fully with their ancestors. They really are focused on their traditions and their history, therefor every year they have a conference that is open to other natives but also non-natives. Their aim is to provide a non-biased history of their tribe.