Title: Native American Culture Groups
1Native American Culture Groups
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3By the 1400s Native Americans lived Throughout
all parts of the Americas. Within each of the
major culture groups, Different nations shared
similar ways of life During thousands of years,
Native Americans developed many different ways to
get food, build homes, practice religion, and
enforce laws They spoke more than 1,000
languages. MAIN IDEA The earliest inhabitants
of North America developed unique and thriving
cultures
4Compare/Contrast
Similarities Differences
Each nation had sm. Group of leader who decided for the whole group Law enforcement
Shared common ancestory Decided leadership
No one could own land Language
Power of spirits found in nature Food, dress, home, hair
5Arctic
- The Aleuts
- Both in the far northern region
- Shelter is made from sod, driftwood, whale bone
and animal skins - Food clams, berries and seafood
- Good weavers, made elaborate designs
- Both traveled in boats that held up to 12
passengers made from driftwood - Religion was based on nature spirits and believed
in reincarnation (both)
- The Inuits
- Shelter is made from sod and skin tents
- Food whale, walrus and seal
- Made things from soapstone
- Storytelling and singing as part of their
religion and to pass down history - Both groups mummified corpses
6Sub-arctic
- Location Canada and northern US
- Homes built mainly from sod
- Hunted moose, beaver, rabbit and deer
- Art/Recreation played with dolls, played a
version of basketball and a game of hoops and
poles - Transportation canoes and rafts
- Religion worshipped nature
- Advances great hunters of meat and owned large
tracts of land
7The Northwest Coast
- Location Pacific Northwest
- Shelter homes made from wood
- Food Salmon, bear, moose and seals and did not
grow crops - Recreation totem poles w/ animals to praise the
spirits - Trans canoes that hold 50 people
- Religion Worshipped animals
- Advances Carved items out of wood
8California
- Location Along the Pacific Coast
- Shelter made huts out of basic materials
including wood - Food fished and tried plants
- Recreation build long wooden canoes,
- Trans used canoes and rafts and walked
- Religion believed in what leader believed and
that the ground around them was sacred - Advances Expert fisherman and made bows and
spears to help them
9Southwest
- Location pueblo area in what is today Arizona,
New Mexico - Shelter adobe, brick and stone
- Food corn, squash, beans and grew tobacco
- Recreation made wampuns, sand painting, pottery
- Trans traveled by river and horses
- Religion Believed in mother nature
- Advances jewelry making, Kachina dolls, crop
growing, well making and canals
10The Great Basin
- Location Dry desert area in north half of the
intermountain region in present Utah and Nevada - Shelter hogans (type of hut), long house, plank
house and chickee - Food seeds, berries, snakes, rodents and insects
and lizards - Recreation weaved baskets, kids played and
planting - Trans walked and rode horses
- Religion believed in powerful spirit beings
based on mythology - Advances basket weaving and horse riding
11Plateau
- Located east on the NW coast
- Shelter made underground
- Food Salmon, bugs, fruit and berries
- Art/Rec Rock painting, weaving, carving and
clothing - Trans Used rivers
- Religion spirits inhabiting living and
non-living things - Advances built good housing
12The Plains
- Located west of the Mississippi River to the
Rocky Mtns. - Shelter lived in tepees and lived in villages
- Food Ate corn, beans, squash, sunflower seed and
grew tobacco - Art/Rec Used buffalo bones for tools, cooking
utensils and ceremonial purposes - Trans Used horses from Europeans
- Religion No specific religion Animists
- Advances Used weapons from Europeans and were
good horsemen.
13The Northeast Woodlands
14Northeast Woodland
- Located in dense forest with fertile rivers in
present day Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin - Houses made of wood and tree bark
- Food grew corn squash and beans three sisters
- Art/Rec Beads, shells used for necklaces, made
woven baskets - Trans Made canoes from trees and traveled by
foot - Religion Believed in one great spirit
- Advances Canoes and good weavers
15Southeast
- Five main tribes cherokee, seminole, chocktaw,
creek, and chickasaw located in modern day
southeast (TX, OK, MO, KY, VA, TN, AK, MD, FL) - Shelter Adobe homes
- Food Hunted Buffalo, deer and bear, fished in
streams and farmed - Art/Rec artwork that represented their
environment, played ball games lacrosse, version
of basketball - Trans Traveled by foot and canoe
- Religion polytheistic
- Advances good sport player and made canoes,
jewelries and kachina dolls
16Review
- Vocabulary (next slide)
- What beliefs about land and nature did most
Native Americans share? - Think about one of the ten Native American
culture areas. Think about the areas physical
environment. Draw a scene that shows that
environment.
17Vocabulary
- Define the following
- Shaman
- Totem pole
- Potlatch
- Tepee
- Iroquois League