Native American Culture

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Native American Culture
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They Were Here First!

• Experts believe that the first people to come to
  North America may have come across a frozen
  bridge of land that once connected Asia and
  Alaska.
• These people were called the Paleo-Indians.
• Native Americans spread out and settled in many
  different environments.

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Arctic IndiansThe Inuit

• Region Arctic
• Lived in present day Alaska and northern Canada.
• Climate Freezing

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Northwest IndiansKwakiutl

• Region Northwest Coast
• Lived on the Pacific Northwest coast.
• Climate Rainy and Mild

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Plateau IndiansNez Perce

• Region Plateau
• Lived in high country between the Rocky Mountains
  and Cascade Mountains in Washington
• Climate

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Southwest IndiansHopi

• Region Southwest
• Lived in the hot, dry desert in present-day
  Arizona
• Climate Hot and Dry

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Plains IndiansPawnee

• Region Plains
• Lived in the middle of the United States in the
  Great Plains were there are few trees and lots of
  grassland.
• Climate Dry

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Southeastern IndiansSeminole

• Region Southeast
• Lived in present day Florida
• Climate Warm and wet

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Where We Live Determines How We Live

• The land and the climate affect how the Native
  Americans met their basic needs.
• Basic needs are things people must have to
  survive such as
• Food
• Clothing
• Shelter
• The Indians met their needs by using things in
  their environment.

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Arctic IndiansThe Inuit

• Food
• Fished
• Hunted
• Shelter
• Igloos
• Made from blocks of ice

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Igloo
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Northwest IndiansKwakiutl

• Food
• Fished
• Hunted,
• Gathered roots and berries.
• Shelter
• Plank Houses
• Used timber from cedar trees

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Plateau IndiansNez Perce

• Food
• Fished
• Hunted
• Gathered roots and berries
• Shelter
• Earth Lodges
• Earth and plant materials for summer and winter
  houses

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Southwest IndiansHopi

• Food
• Mainly Farmers
• Shelter
• Pueblos
• Made from adobe or dry clay and stone.

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Pueblo
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Plains IndiansPawnee

• Food
• Hunted
• Farmed
• Shelter
• Tepees
• Made from Buffalo Hide

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Tepee
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Southeastern IndiansSeminole

• Food
• Farmed
• Hunted
• Fished
• Gathered food
• Shelter
• Chickees
• Used palmetto trees

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Chickees
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What did they wear?

• The Native Americans used things in their
  environment to make clothing.

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Arctic IndiansThe Inuit

• Clothing
• Used skin from seals, hides, and fur.
• Seal skin resisted water so they could wear it
  when they went into the icy ocean!

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Northwest IndiansKwakiutl

• Clothing
• Used plant materials, hides, and fur.

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Plateau IndiansNez Perce

• Clothing
• Used plant materials, hides, and fur.

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Southwest IndiansHopi

• Clothing
• Grew cotton and made clothing form it.

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Plains IndiansPawnee

• Clothing
• The Pawnee used buffalo hides.

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Southeastern IndiansSeminole

• Clothing
• Used plant materials and hide.