Food
Which type of fish was the most important to the tribes?
Salmon
Where did Native Americans get their water?
rivers and lakes
What type of home did Native Americans stay in during the winter?
longhouse
Which generation did the Native American leaders come from?
Elders
What did Christopher Columbus call the Native Americans and why?
Indians
What did the Native American women use a hitting stick and a tarp to get?
berries
How did Native Americans travel on the water?
They paddled canoes.
What type of home did Native Americans make from buffalo hides?
tepee
How did the leaders know how to do their jobs?
They were told and taught by previous generations how to do their jobs.
What do Native Americans prefer to be called by?
Their tribe name.
What animal did many tribes migrate with for food?
buffalo
What food did Native Americans find in the water?
fish, oysters, clams...
What type of home did migrating Native Americans make out of branches?
war lodge
True or False: Only the strongest men were leaders.
False
What did the explorers and fur traders bring that the Native Americans were happy to trade for?
iron pots, metal knives, horses, guns
What was an important crop that the Native American women used a digging stick to plant?
corn
True or False: Water is a necessity.
True
What was special about shelters made with tool mats?
They were waterproof and cool in the summer.
Did the Native Americans have a president?
No
When the settlers came where did the Native Americans get moved to by the U.S. government?
reservations
How did the early Native Americans keep their food from spoiling?
What did the woman say water was to Earth?
bloodline
What type of wood did Native Americans use to make their lodges?
cedar
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.
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.