Native Americans

Inuit
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The Inuit tribe lives in the Far Northern part of North
America.
They are sometimes called Eskimos.

Inuit
Clothing of sealskin and furs

Inuit
The Inuit use dogsleds for transportation. The Inuit hunt sea mammals for food and clothing.

Inuit
The Inuit live in Igloos made of ice or sod.

Kwakiutl
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The Kwakiutl live in the Northwest parts of Canada and the
US.
The Kwakiutl live as far south as
California.

Kwakiutl
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Kwakiutl
They lived in houses made of branches and trees.
Some lived in wooden houses.

Kwakiutl
•The Kwakiutl were known for their beautiful baskets.
•They used these baskets to gather nuts and berries from the forest.
•Kwakiutl also hunted for the small game around their villages.

Kwakiutl
The Kwakiutl wore very little clothing during the warmer months, but made clothing for winter out of fur, grasses, and bark.
This man has a blanket draped over himself.

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The Sioux Lived it the Great Plains region of the US.
The Sioux were
Nomads.
They were very skilled fighters
Sioux

Sioux
The Sioux hunted buffalo. They used the buffalo in every part of their lives.
They also used every part of the buffalo, none was wasted.
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Sioux
The Sioux made clothing from Buckskin. They wore shoes called
Moccasins. Their clothing was decorated with beads.

Sioux
The Sioux live in tepees. They take down the tepees and follow the buffalo.

Sioux
The Sioux used horses in warfare and hunting. They captured the horses after they were lost by the Europeans.

Pueblo
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The Pueblo lived in the Southwestern part of the US.
The land was very mountainous.
The word “Pueblo” means village in
Spanish.

Pueblo
The Pueblo ate buffalo, and grew maize. Maize was a very important part of their diets.

Pueblo j
Poncho
The Pueblo lived in
Pueblos, “Apartment
Complexes” built from
Adobe. Adobe are dried mud bricks.

Pueblo
The Pueblo wore light fabrics. They also wove their own wool blankets. Some Pueblo wore ponchos at night to keep them warm.

Pueblo
The Pueblo used Turquoise, a stone found in their area, to decorate their clothing and to construct jewelry.

Pueblo
The Pueblo made Kachinas. These were figurines for the children as toys. They were also held as religious symbols. The children learned about their culture through kachinas

Iroquois
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The Iroquois were a
League of Native
American Tribes.
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They were made of the Onondaga,
Cayuga, Oneida,
Seneca, and the
Mohawk.

Iroquois
The Iroquois made their clothing from buckskin. They decorated them with feathers and beads.

Iroquois
The Iroquois lived in longhouses. These longhouses were built by bending saplings to form the frame, then placing bark on top.
Many families lived in on longhouse. They were normally 60-
150 ft long

Iroquois
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The Iroquois depended on three plants. They called them the Three Sisters.
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Corn
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Beans
Squash
They also hunted small game around their homes