Regions
This region is cold, icy, and home to the Inuit.
Arctic
These dome-shaped homes were used in the Eastern Woodlands.
Wigwam
Stories passed down by word of mouth are called this.
ORal Tradition
The plains tribe were known for using every part of the...
Buffalo
This was often traded between Native Americans and Europeans.
Furs/steal tools
This region has forests and was home to tribes like the Iroquois.
Eastern Woodlands or North East
These cone-shaped tents were used on the Plains.
TIPI
Totem poles were created by tribes in this region.
Pacific Northwest
Inuit used this material to build shelters.
Snow/Ice
This caused many Native Americans to die after European contact.
This region is dry with deserts and canyons.
Southwest
These clay homes were built by Southwest peoples.
Pueblo
Tribes often had this type of leader.
Chief
Southwest people used this to make pottery.
Clay
This agreement between Native Americans and the U.S. government often led to land loss by the native americans
treaties
This region is known for wide grasslands and buffalo.
Great Plains
These wooden houses were used in the Pacific Northwest.
Plank Houses
Describe natives relation to the land
Lived in harmony with the land, only took what they needed, had a lot of respect for nature.
What was the name of the canoe built by the chumash people. What was it made from
Tomol, made from a tree trunk
This law forced many Native Americans to move west in the 1800s.
(Indian Removal Act)
This region has lots of rain and forests near the ocean.
Pacific Northwest
Why did Plains tribes use tipis?
They were nomadic and traveled around following the buffalo, TIPIs were easy to transport and move
Why was oral tradition important
Oral tradition is how they passed on their history to the future generations. They did not write books, they told stories.
What does “adaptation” mean?
Changing to fit into your environment
This word means to change in order to fit into a new culture. The US government wanted the natives to do this.
Assimilate