Native Americans - The first Americans - Tribes

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What are the 6 best known tribes in America?

1. The Pueblo
2. The Apache
3. Iroquois
4. Dakota (Sioux)
5. Chinook
6. Haida

Where did the Pueblo People live?

Arizona,  New Mexico

What was the quality of the Pueblo People?

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What was the living situation of the Pueblo People

Groups or villages in towns. Shared terraced buildings made of adobe. Some buildings contained 800 rooms.

What were the clothes of the pueblo people?

Cotton for clothing and blankets. Leather moccasins

What did the Pueblo people mosty eat?

Maize, beans.

What was the Pueblo's irrigation?

Built canals for agriculture.

What was the location of the Apache People?

They were the neighbours of the Pueblo People

What was the quality of the Apache people?

Fierce warriors, feared.

How did the Apache people provide food?

Hunter/gatherers in desert/mountains. Also raiding the Pueblo.

What did the Apache people do with their horses?

Led to them raiding white settlements too.

From what is the group of the Iriquois tribe made up?

Group of tribes (a “nation”).

Where did the Iriquois live?

Woods of north-eastern North America.

How did the Iriqious provide food?

Skilled farmers. Also hunters and fishermen.

What was the Iriqious transportation?

Birch bark canoes.

What was the Iriqious living situation?

Permanent villages, long wooden huts with barrel-shaped roofs. Could fit 20 families, each their own apartment on either side of central hall.

What was the Iriqious fighting method?

Fierce warriors. Built stockades around villages. Eager to win glory, boys taught from early on to not fear pain or death.

What did the Dakota/Sioux name mean?

Dakota, meaning “allies”. Other tribes called them Sioux, “enemies”.

Where was the Dakota/Sioux tribe located?

Between Rocky Mountains and Mississippi River.

In what kind of houses dit the Dakota/Sioux tribe live?

Teepees

What kind of clothing did the Dakota/Sioux tribe wear?

Clothes made of buffalo hide.

Why were the Dakota/Sioux tribe so dependent on buffalo's?

They moved with them (transport), they were their food and their clothing.

What was the food of the people (chinook/haida) in the Northwest Coast?

Gatherers and fish.

What was the activity of the Chinook/Haida people?

Feasting, carving, building.

In what kind of accomodation did the Chinook/Haida people live?

Large houses of wooden planks, carved gables and doorposts.

What are the 5 aspects of 'Native Americanness'?

1. The social and political organization
2. Religion
3. The Great Mistery
4. Economy
5. Warfare

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