Native American Homes
This home is built out of compressed snow building blocks stacked around a circular hole in the snowy ground.
What is an igloo?
This animal was the primary food source of the Plains tribes. After the meat was eaten, the rest of the animal was the primary natural resource for the tribes used to make their tools, homes, and clothing.
What is bison or buffalo?
This game first began by kicking a rock back and forth using your ankles. Today we use a ball of rice or beans covered in cloth.
What is hacky sack?
This region has extremely cold weather conditions.
What is the Arctic region?
This home is a cone shaped home built with long poles and covered in animal hides. It could be broken down to be moved from place to place.
What is a teepe?
This was the main food source hunted by the Inuit tribes. It was too cold to make fires, so many times, this protein was eaten raw.
What is whale?
These two kinds of small boats were used for transportation among many different tribes and are widely used still today.
What are kayaks and canoes?
This region consisted of mainly wooded areas.
What is the Eastern Woodlands?
This home is very long and narrow. It was built using tree branches and tree bark. Several families would live together in this type of house.
What is a longhouse?
Corn, cotton, sunflowers, beans, cacti, and insects were staple foods of this tribal region.
Who were the Southwestern Tribes?
These statues were carved of cedar wood to tell stories or to honor family members that had past. They were made by the Northwestern tribes.
What are totem poles?
This region consisted mainly of desert.
What is the Southwest region?
These homes were named after the clay, mud and dirt material used for homes in the southwest.
What is adobe?
This popular combo of corn, beans, and squash were commonly known as “The Three ________“ by many tribes.
What is The Three Sisters?
Native Americans commonly used these types of stories to explain how things were created or to teach a lesson. They almost always were connected to nature in some way.
What are myths, legends, or folklore?
This region consisted of flat grasslands.
What is the Plains region?
These dome shaped homes were semi-permanent homes built using branches to create the dome shape and bark sheets to cover the dome frame.
What is a wigwam?
This root vegetable was popular among the Plains tribes. It is typically white with a purple tip.
What are turnips?
This religious leader decreed European settlers the legal right to declare ownership over any land that belonged to any Native Tribes. This decree has never been reversed or revised.
Who is the Pope?
Located in the Southwest region, this tribe is one of the largest tribes n North America. Their tribe was famously known for helping send secret codes during WWII.
Who were the Navajo?