Tribes
Facts
Tribes
100

Hunted by using blowguns with poisoned arrowheads

Paiute


100

Why did the Ancestral Pueblo build cliff dwellings?

It was protection from enemies.

100

Used wampum belts to record decisions

Iroquois

200

Left plenty of animals alive each year so they could have food for the next year.

Washoe

200

Name the "three sisters" planted by the Pueblo.

Corn, beans and squash

200
The two tribes that had bison as their main source of food

Cheyenne and Sioux

300

Built pit houses known as kivas, which were used for ceremonial purposes

Ancestral Pueblo

300
How did the Paiute water their gardens?

irrigation ditches

300

Setting up tepees and taking care of the camp was the responsibility of Cheyenne ___________. 

women

400

Believed their sand paintings could help heal sick people

Navajo

400

The __________  ________   was a nation of five different tribes.

Iroquois Confederacy

400

The decision-making group of the Iroquois was called the ____________    ____________. 

Grand Council

500

Had clans with their own purposes that were named after animals

Ojibwe

500

Managing trade and providing food was the responsibility of the Cheyenne _______.

men
500

The Washoe served _______ the first serving of food at a feast and always spoke kindly of them. 

elders

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