Food
Water
Shelter
Leaders
Impact of Outsiders
100

Which type of fish was the most important to the tribes?

Salmon

100

Where did Native Americans get their water?

rivers and lakes

100

What type of home did Native Americans stay in during the winter?

longhouse

100

Which generation did the Native American leaders come from?

Elders

100

What did Christopher Columbus call the Native Americans and why?

Indians

200

What did the Native American women use a hitting stick and a tarp to get?

berries

200

How did Native Americans travel on the water?

They paddled canoes.

200

What type of home did Native Americans make from buffalo hides?

tepee

200

How did the leaders know how to do their jobs?

They were told and taught by previous generations how to do their jobs.

200

What do Native Americans prefer to be called by?

Their tribe name.

300

What animal did many tribes migrate with for food?

buffalo

300

What food did Native Americans find in the water?

fish, oysters, clams...

300

What type of home did migrating Native Americans make out of branches?

war lodge

300

True or False: Only the strongest men were leaders.

False

300

What did the explorers and fur traders bring that the Native Americans were happy to trade for?

iron pots, metal knives, horses, guns

400

What was an important crop that the Native American women used a digging stick to plant?

corn

400

True or False: Water is a necessity.

True

400

What was special about shelters made with tool mats?

They were waterproof and cool in the summer.

400

Did the Native Americans have a president?

No

400

When the settlers came where did the Native Americans get moved to by the U.S. government?

reservations

500

How did the early Native Americans keep their food from spoiling?

dried meat, dug a hole to put food in and covered it with cedar mats
500

What did the woman say water was to Earth?

bloodline

500

What type of wood did Native Americans use to make their lodges?

cedar

500

If a Native American knew a lot about medicine from the previous generations what role would that person have in the village?

Takes care of sick people.

500

True or False: Native Americans were fairly compensated for their land in accordance with the treaties made.

False, many of the things promised in the treaties never happened. Today Native Americans are getting back some the of the rights they were given in treaties.

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