Shawnee Fariha , Amerah , Issy Name Meaning The Shawnee tribe name meant Southerner they got that name from the Iroquois leader. Shawnee Tribe name meant southerner because the Iroquois leader dragged them to many different places in the south. Clothing Women wore dresses made out of deer skin and how they made it is that they skinned a deer. Men wore skirts made up of deer skin and how they cut it is that they skinned the bottom of the deer foot so they can tie it around there waist Food Men hunted and fished Women planted crops They ate deer and rabbets They also ate bread and green corn. Housing The Shawnee lived in longhouses They also called longhouses wikkums and wigwams. Tools They had bow 'n arrows Spears Axes Schnitzels Stone Tomahawks Nets Arts and Crafts Made pottery Built longhouses Dream catchers Did beadwork Wood carving Dugout canoes Something Special They were part of the Cherokee nation They did the green corn dance and the bread dance The Shawnees formed a alliance with the French and the secret alliance had a prophecy There was a Shawnee school made in 1901