EASTERN WOODLANDS
ALGONQUIAN TRIBES
By Sabey Smith
Region
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My region is the Eastern Woodlands.
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It is east to the Great Plains.
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It is above the Southeast Region.
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There are mostly woods in the Eastern
woodlands as well as many streams
and rivers.
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This region’s climate is cold in the
winter and hot in the summer.
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There are four very different seasons
here.
Tribe
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Some of the tribes from my region are the
Mohegan and the Delaware who speak
Algonquian.
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An origin story of the Algonquian tribes is
“Chahnameed Squeezes The Stone” which is
about a man who tricks another man that he can
squeeze water out of a stone.
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Three artifacts of the Algonquian are light canoes,
wigwams, and a ceremonial cape.
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They made the canoes out of birch tree bark. They
made the wigwams also of bark of birch trees. The
ceremonial cape is made out of turkey feathers.
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The Algonquian used canoes to mostly go fishing.
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They used wigwams for shelter.
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They wore ceremonial capes for special
occasions.
Survival
The Algonquian ate animals
such as turkeys and deer that
roamed the forests.
The Algonquian hunted
animals in the woods.
They also grew crops for
food.
The Algonquian probably ate mostly
meat for the winter seasons because
they can’t grow crops in snow.
Clothing
The Algonquian tribes made
ceremonial capes out of
turkey feathers.
They also made moccasins out of
animal skins of the animals they
hunted.
When there were cold winters,
they made thicker and warmer
clothes. In the summer seasons
they wore thinner and cooler
clothing.
Homes
 The Algonquian tribes lived in wigwams.
 To make them they used small trees to form a dome-shaped frame. Then they covered the frame with mats
made from the bark of birch trees.
 Most of the wigwams the Algonquian made were permanent.
Hiwatha
When Hiwatha was a small boy, he lived with
his grandmother Nokomis. He always wanted
to sing. "You must go the forest and listen to
the birds and copy them", said Nokomis. Each
morning, at sunrise, Hiwatha would go to the
forest and listen to the birds singing, but he
never could retain their songs. "You must try
once more", said his grandmother. The
following morning Hiwatha went back to the
forest, he listened and listened to the birds,
and tried to imitate their songs. Suddenly he
heard some beautiful music and it came from
afar. Walking slowly, he followed the echo.
Then he came upon a high waterfall, it was a
waterfall that gave forth music. At once
Hiwatha started to sing, and he called his song
the laughing waters. Out of the wood of alder
he carved a flute, and played his song. Ever
after, when Hiwatha went to the forest, he
would take his flute along, and would play and
sing the song of the laughing waters to the
warbling of the birds. "And that is how the
Indians obtained their music", said White
Caribou Woman.
Fun Facts
 “Hiwatha” is one of the many Algonquian
Legends.
I chose the Algonquian tribes for my project because I think they are the most important and common tribes in
The Eastern woodlands region. Honestly, I chose these tribes also because it’s fun to say. 
I chose the Eastern woodlands because I think there are a lot of interesting facts about this region.