Customs the miami

 

Its social system was based on exogámicos clans, and the heads of the clans also were member of the advice of the town. One of them was chosen civil caudillo. The caudillo soldier was chosen by his ability, and directed the incursions. The main food of its diet was a particular type of maize, considered like better than the one than worked their neighbors. During the summer they occupied permanent towns of agricultural character, and during the winter they moved to the plains with other tribes, in order to hunt the bison. They lived in cockpits covered with scrub, similars to those of the tribes of his environs, and in addition each town had a great house where advice and other ceremonies celebrated. Piankashaw, nevertheless, was culturally more similarities to the kikapú and winnebagoTambién celebraban elMidewiwin o Gran Sociedad de Medicina, organización secreta donde los miembros de la misma se creían capaces de proporcionar bienestar a la tribu y curar la melancolía. Eran importantes en las ceremonias los amuletos medicinales sagrados y otros objetos mágicos .