Eastern Woodlands

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Native Americans
Who Settled in the United States of America

• Eastern Woodlands
• Plains Region
• Southwest Region
• Northwest Region

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Plains Native Americans

• Location
• Boundaries from N to S- Northern US to Texas
• Boundaries from E to W- Mississippi River to
  the Rocky Mountains
• Climate
• Summers- Hot and very dry
• Winters- Very cold and snowy

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Plains Native Americans

• SOME OF THE TRIBES
• Sioux
• Mandan
• Cheyenne

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Plains Native Americans
Dwellings

• Tepee Sioux and Cheyenne
• Made From
• - 15-20 Animal hides (buffalo or deer)
• - Several long, thin poles for support
• - Easy up, easy down (portable
• home)
• - Single family home

Earth Lodge Mandan Made From - Grass
and dirt - Several thick logs for support -
Permanent home - Could fit over 20 people - It
was so strong that you could sit on the
roof!
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Plains Native Americans

• CLOTHING
• Made from
• Animal Skins (TANNING)
• Fur
• Plant fibers
• Types of Clothing
• Leggings, dresses, breechcloths, buffalo robes
• Moccasins (hard, rawhide)
• HEADDRESSES-feathers, horns, and animal heads
• Clothing was often embroidered with porcupine
  quills or elks teeth

• FOOD
• HUNTING
• BUFFALO, elk, wolves, bear, deer, antelope,
  rabbits, etc.
• Pemmican- Buffalo meat, buffalo fat, and berries
• GATHERING
• Wild berries
• Nuts and seeds
• Wild vegetables- turnips corn, and beans

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Plains Native Americans

• Transportation
• They traveled
• On foot (snowshoes in winter)
• Horse (after the Europeans)
• Travois (First pulled by dogs
• then horses)

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Plains Native Americans
JOBS

• WOMEN
• Cooked/Sewed
• Built tepees
• Tanned hides
• Instructed the girls
• Raised the family
• Gathered fruits, nuts, vegetables
• Collected wood buffalo chips

• MEN
• Hunted/Fished
• Painted outside of tepees
• Made weapons
• Defended against invasions
• Shamans Chiefs
• Instructed the boys

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Plains Native Americans

• CRAFTS
• Painted tepees
• Animal skin (leather) crafts
• Headdresses
• Hide paintings
• Embroidery/beadwork
• Parfleche pouch

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Plains Native Americans

• DEFINITIONS
• Pemmican- a mixture of dried buffalo meat,
  buffalo fat, and berries
• Parfleche- a pouch made from buffalo or deer hide
  that carried pemmican or other small items
• Shaman- the tribes spiritual leader and healer
• Travois- the poles from the tepee were used to
  make a sled to carry the familys belongings from
  place to place. It was first pulled by dogs, and
  later by horses.