Native American Homes
This kind of home was built by the Native Americans of the Southwest Desert (Hopi, Aztecs, Mayans, etc.). It was made of stone and mud and stood several stories high and used wooden ladders.
What is pueblo?
This tribe was from the Eastern Woodlands. They originated in modern-day Florida. They ate fish and small animals. They made their clothes from cotton and trees. Their homes were called "chickees."
What is Seminole?
This time period is known for nomadic people with large prehistoric animals (megafauna), came by foot
What is Paleo Indian Era?
What it means to move from location to location with no permanent settlement.
What is nomadic?
This Pacific Northwest region was known for carving cedar trees. Name TWO reasons why they would do this.
What is create canoes, totem poles, or plankhouses?
This kind of home was built on stilts and was found only in the Everglades (modern day Florida). It was made of palmetto bushes and cypress tree logs.
What is a chickee?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
We learned that each tribe and region is unique. However, they share many similarities. Which element of culture is common among most Native American tribes?
direct connection with Earth, animals, and spirits
A grain, also more commonly called corn, which has kernels which is often yellow, but can be various shades of red and brown enclosed in a leafy husk. It is an important food source.
What is maize?
This type of people moved from location to location hunting prey and searching for nuts, berries, and other foods.
What is hunter/gatherer society?
The landbridge that most historians believed used by the First Americans is known as
What is the Bering Land Bridge?
This type of dwelling is cone-shaped tent, usually covered with animal skins, specifically the buffalo. It is used as a home, especially by the indeginous people of the Great Plains.
What is a tipi (teepee)?
The term that Native Americans used to create homes, structures, tools, etc. They are made from items such as trees, clay, and leaves to make the things they needed for survival.
What is natural resources?
These people living in the era lived primarily in temporary housing, used bows and arrows, were slowly becoming healthier people
What is the Woodland Era?
What is climate?
Explain the female gender roles of Native Americans.
- Eastern Woodlands studied family lineage and arranged marriages on the women's side
- Men primarily hunted and engaged in protection
- Women grew crops and tended to homes and children
This type of dwelling was created out of natural resources found especially in the Plains and even the Desert Southwest Region. It is carved into the ground, domed shaped, and typically faces the East.
What is a Hogan?
Another term for time period.
What is era?
These people were nomadic people and used throwing stick (atatl) to hunt.
What is the Archaic Indian Era?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!
Solve this problem - How many years are the Paelo Indian era and the Archaic Indian era?
Paelo Indian era 10,000 BCE - 6,000 BCE (4,000 years)
Archaic Indian era 6,000 BCE - 700 CE (6,699 years)
4,000+6,699 = 10,669 years
What animal was hunted in the Plains region?
What is the buffalo?
Many first Americans lived in these wooden structures made from Cedar tree wood. They are often adorned with totem poles. They are found in the Pacific Northwest region.
What are plankhouses?
The name associated with medicine men.
What is the shaman?
A social event or ceremony used by the Pacific Northwest Native American Tribes. It usually marked important life events such as feasts, memorials, marriage, etc. It is often a celebration on the water.
What is a potlatch?
What is megafauna?
Provide at least THREE different examples of culture.
music, dance, song, language, folklores, traditions, holidays, religion, clothing, etc.