native americans: dwellings & adaptations
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Native Americans: Dwellings & Adaptations
6th Grade
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Plains IndiansLived in grass lands of the Great Plains of the United
States. (dark green)Food: game animals (bison), vegetables (corn,
maize, beans and pumpkins), wild fruits.
Hunters, farmers and gatherers.
They traded with other tribes.
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Plains Indian DwellingsThey lived in teepees, which were easy to move.
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Woodland IndiansLived in wooded areas of the east coast of the
United States. (light green)Food: deer, bear, moose, squash, beans and
corn.Hunters, gatherers
and farmers.
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Woodland Indian Dwellings
They lived in wigwams and longhouses. The Wampanoag were the first tribe to have contact with European explorers.
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Northwest Coast IndiansLived on the coast of the
United States and Canada. (red)
Food: mainly fish, bear, caribou, wild berries.
Hunters and gatherers.
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Northwest Coast Indian Dwellings
They lived in wooden longhouses, called tlingits, with totem poles.
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Southeast IndiansLived in the south east corner of the United
States. (yellow)Food: fish and wild game (deer), wild fruits and
vegetables, shellfish and corn.Hunters, gatherers,
and fishing.
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Southeast Indian Dwellings
They lived in chickees, rectangular structures made with wooden poles, bark roofs and plastered with mud.
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Pueblo IndiansThey lived in the southwest desert portion of the
United States. (pink)Food: Pueblo’s were mostly vegetarian, but they
hunted rabbit and squirrel occasionally.
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Pueblo Indian DwellingsThey lived in adobe houses. Most of the houses
were made from a type of clay mixed with straw. They lived in cliffs to keep cool and to be protected from enemies.