How Did We Get Here?
These skilled people followed animals and gathered wild plants for food.
Who were hunters and gatherers? (Nomads)
This enormous animal provided Great Plains tribes with food, clothing, shelter, tools, and other important materials.
What is the bison?
This Arctic group used kayaks to hunt seals and small whales.
Who are the Inuit?
Northwest Coast tribes used this plentiful tree to construct large homes.
What is cedar?
The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca originally formed this alliance.
What is the League of the Iroquois/Iroquois Confederacy?
According to the Clovis Theory, early humans crossed this land bridge connecting Siberia and Alaska.
What is Beringia?
This portable shelter was perfect for Great Plains tribes because it could easily be assembled and taken apart.
What is a teepee?
n the winter, Inuit people constructed these shelters from blocks of snow.
What are igloos?
The Tlingit, Chinook, and Kwakiutl lived in this Native American cultural region.
What is the Northwest Coast?
According to tradition, these two leaders helped create the Iroquois Confederacy.
Who are Deganawida and Hiawatha?
This theory argues that early humans may have traveled along the Pacific Coast using small ocean vessels.
What is the Kelp Highway Theory?
The warm climate and good soil of this region allowed tribes such as the Cherokee, Seminole, and Natchez to become successful farmers.
What is the Southeast?
Southwestern tribes used sun-dried bricks called this to build homes in their hot, dry environment.
What is adobe?
Eastern Woodlands people constructed these large shelters that could house entire extended families or clans.
What are longhouses?
The constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy was known by this peaceful name.
What is the Great Law of Peace?
These scientists study artifacts such as arrowheads to learn about people who lived thousands of years ago.
Who are archaeologists?
Great Plains tribes followed bison herds instead of remaining permanently in one location. This lifestyle is known by this term.
What is nomadic?
Southwestern farmers dug these to move river water toward their crops.
What are irrigation ditches?
This important fish influenced both the diet and spiritual beliefs of Northwest Coast tribes.
What is salmon?
The specially chosen leaders who served on the Great Council were known by this title.
What are Sachems (or Rayaneh)?
According to this theory, similarities between European and American stone tools may suggest that people traveled along Atlantic ice floes.
What is the Solutrean Theory?
Corn, beans, and squash were important crops in several Native American regions. In the Northeast, these crops were given this famous nickname.
What are the Three Sisters?
Inuit people melted this material from seals and whales to produce oil that could provide heat and light.
What is blubber?
This belief holds that animals, objects, creatures, and places can possess a spiritual essence.
What is animism?
These important women selected the Sachems who represented their clans.
Who were the clan mothers?