Southwest Region Indians
What were sedentary people?
Someone that stayed in one place.
Where did they live?
Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and parts of Canada along the pacific coast
What did they build from wood?
Homes, Canoes, Tools, and Weapons from wood
What did they live in?
Tipis or lodges
Where did inuit people live?
Alaska and Greenland
They planted...
cotten to make clothing
What are Potlaches?
Feasts or parties celibrating a family.
Who taught them to learn with stories?
Grandfathers
What did they used to do to chase the buffalo?
Stampedes, They would dress up in coyote skin or wolf skin.
What name did they get called that was offensive (to them)?
Eskimo
Hogans were used by...
The Navajo people. Woman and men had their own.
What did they eat?
Salmon, whales, otters, and seals
How many people could live in a longhouse?
20-100 members
What are palisides?
Tall fences for protection
What did they eat?
Seals, Whales, Polar bears, and Caribou
What were Kivas?
Pit houses used by men for cerimonies.
Built canoes from.....
cedar or spruce trees
Who raised the children?
Grandmothers
What did shamans use for rituals?
Sweat lodges
What did they use to hunt?
Harpoons (sharp like spear)
What was a katchinas?
Spirit dolls
Totem poles represented...
a cheif or familys history
What was there main resource?
Trees
Sun dances were cerimonies where....
They would do fasting, sining, dancing and praying.
What do they live in?
Iglooes in winter & tents in summer