NorthEastern & Woodlands
Foot or canoes made of birch bark and tree
What is a form of transportation in the northeastern & woodlands?
horses made it easier to move travois- which dogs pulled
What are some forms of transportation in the great plains
foot
What type of transportation did they use in the southwest?
dugouts- canoes made from cedar wood on foot
What is a form of transportation in the northwest coast?
dugout canoes, rafts and foot
What are a form of transportation in the southeast?
Bear deer elk beaver corn squash beans fish
What is some food people eat in NorthEast and Woodlands?
buffalo, corn, beans, squash and pumpkins
What is some food that people in the great plains ate?
they developed irrigation for corn, beans, squash and cotton
What kind of food did they eat in the southwest?
seals, sea otters, whales, nuts, berries, small animals
What kind of food did they eat in northwest coast?
corn, nuts, beans, squash, berries, deer, fish and turkey
What are kinds of food they ate in the southeast?
Longhouse- made of tree & bark. many families lived in it, women owned it
What kind of shelter do they used in northeastern woodlands?
tepee-poles and buffalo hide lodges-large round huts built over a deep hole
What kind of shelter do the people use in the great plains?
pueblo-village made of adobe
What type of shelter do the people use in the southwest?
longhouse made from cedar wood
What kind of shelter did they use in northwest coast?
wigwamns in winter (made with sticks, birch bark and grass? longhouses in the summer
What kind of shelter did they use in the southeast?
Fertile soil, rivers, forest
What type of environment is there int he northeastern and woodlands?
flat and grassy land with few trees
What type of environment do they have in the great plains?
hot & arid, not many trees or rivers
What is the environment in the southwest?
mild climate with oceans, rivers, streams
What kind of environment do they have in the northwest coast?
moderate climate, great soil, coastal waters, rivers forests
What is the environment like int he southeast?
Masks scare away evil spirits Prayed for animals they killed Iroquois league- 5 groups of NA Great Council to make devisions for all of them Wampum belts
What are some other fun facts about northeastern and woodlands?
powwows-dances and ceremonies guns, bows and arrows they used buffalo for food, clothing, blankets pots and tools and utensils
What are some other fun facts about the great plains?
many droughts kachina dolls- educate kids on their religion snake dances mesas- hills with flat tops where villages were built to keep away enemies men- weaved clothing women owned property, and made baskets & pottery
What are some fun facts about the southwest?
potlatch- party to show wealth totem poles- tell story about ancestors shaman-medicine man plenty of food- no need to farm
What are some other fun facts?
before going to war, they fast for 3 days, drink snakeroot potion and vomit to purify their bodies spirits. worshipped the deer god had green corn ceremony
What are other fun facts about the southeast?