Eastern woodlands
What are the 3 sisters?
bean, corn, squash
What did they live in?
Tipis
What does sedentary mean?
means they stay in one spot
What are potlatches?
feasts or parties with family.
What is a eskomo?
a person who eats raw meat.
grandmothers
What do stampedes do?
moved the buffalo
What are kachina?
its a doll
What do totem poles represent?
represented family history or honored a chief
What did they use to hunt?
Harpoons were used to hunt.
what where the 2 languages they spoke?
Algonquian, Iroquois
What did you do at Sun Dances?
dance, fasting, singing, and praying
What are hogans?
its homes used by navajo people. men and women.
Where did they live?
Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and Canada, along the Pacific coast
What did they use to make instruments?
caribou and walrus stomachs to make instruments.
How many family members could live in a long house?
20-100
What do nomadic people do?
They moved with buffalo
What are kivas?
They are pit houses
What did they build their canoes out of?
They build canoes out of cedar or spruce trees.
What did they make clothing out of?
walrus
How did the grandfathers teach the kids?
though stories
What are palisades?
tall fence for protection
What are pueblos?
it's like a modern-day apartment building built on the side of a mountain
What did they eat?
sea food
What did they use to travel?
dog sleds