Native Americans
Hopi
Inuit
Kwakiutl
Nez Perce
Pawnee
Seminole
Location
Southwest
region
Arizona &
new Mexico
Arctic
North America
Alaska & Canada Northwest
Pacific Coast
Plateau
Region
Washington,
Idaho,
Oregon
Plains Region
Eastern Plains
Nebraska and
Kansas
Southeast
Region
Florida,
Everglades
Climate
Very hot in
the day; very
cold at night;
light rain; dry
air
Nine months
were very cold;
three months
were warm
Rainy
Mild
temperatures
Cold and mild
temperatures
Rainy, stormy, and
cold
HOT, cool,
muggy, rain
Clothing
Women –
wool dresses,
hair in buns
Men – kilt,
loincloths,
animal skin
and fur;
moccasins
Fur and skin;
parkas; boots;
mittens; antler
sunglasses;
waterproof
Women – bark
and goat fur
aprons
Men –
capes/robes
made of
cedar bark
and fur
Women – deer
skin dresses
Men – buck
skin shirts,
leather
leggings
moccasins
Men –
breechcloths,
leather
leggings, deer
skin shirts,
moccasins
Women – deer
skin dresses,
decorated with
beads
Housing
Pueblos
made of
adobe; slept
on rugs; oven
on roof;
houses
Traveling/huntingigloos
Winter – sod,
wood, and mud
homes
Summer – animal
“Big Houses”
Made from
cedar logs
Removable
boards on roof
4 families
Wickiup – long
house
teepees, one
family, animal
skin and
woven grass
Women – deer skin
skirts, ponchos, war
bonnets
Men – Moccasins,
war shirts, face
painting, leather
leggings,
breechcloths
Everyone – buffalo
pants shirts, shoes,
gloves
Farming – earth
lodges, bark, grass,
skin, dirt
Gathering/huntingTeepees, buffalo
skin, trees
Chickees –
frames –
cypress logs;
roof – palmetto
leaves;
platform floors;
Native Americans
stacked on
top of each
other
skin tents
Decorate
outer walls
outer walls,
wooden
frame
Earth houses
no walls
Native Americans
Interesting
Fact
Hopi
Inuit
Kwakiutl
Nez Perce
Pawnee
Buns mean the
women were
single; carried
water in pottery;
made pottery,
jewelry, and
Kachina dolls;
vegetarians,
used ladders to
reach homes
Walrus/seal skin
was used for
boats; igloos
were warm;
traveled by
sleds; used
teeth as tools
Skeletons from
eaten fish are
thrown back
into the water,
with hope they
will come back
next year;
canoes are 60
ft long; carved
stories of
humans and
animals into
totem poles;
kids had
chores,
respected
elders; clan
leaders can be
men or women;
not wasteful;
caught enough
fish to eat for a
whole year;
body art;
traveled to find
food
Largest tribe in
the region,
means
“pierced
noses”, helped
Lewis and
Clark, kids
went to school,
lived in villages,
spiritual about
nature, made
bear claw
necklaces,
Chief Joseph,
wove baskets
*used
cradleboards
*men and
women painted
their bodies
*used all parts
of the buffalo
*women’s hair
was shorter than
men’s
*porcupine quills
were used for
painting and
jewelry
Seminole
*kids had more
chores than
play time
*used dugout
canoes
*boys played
stickball
(lacrosse)
*platforms
protected from
swamp animals
and floods
Native Americans
Natural
Resources
Corn, squash,
pumpkins,
beans, peppers,
rabbits,
antelope,
snakes, goats,
sheep
Seals, harpoons,
arrows and
bows, white fish,
arctic char,
polar bear,
walrus, caribou,
iceberg=fresh
water
Specialization
Farmers; hunters, Fishing
jewelry makers,
Hunting
ceremonies;
Building homes
basket weavers
Salmon,
whales, seals,
wild roots,
moose, shell
fish, berries, sea
weed, geese,
cedar trees,
goats, nuts,
bears
Roots, nuts,
berries, wild
onion, carrots,
potatoes,
huckleberries,
acorns,
salmon, trout,
deer,
antelope, elk
Buffalo, elk,
trees, fruit, buck,
caribou,
sunflowers,
antelope,
beans, squash,
corn, horses,
trees, moose,
porcupine,
grass, sweet
potatoes, nuts
Fishing
Gathering
Hunting
Carving
Gathering
Fishing
Hunting
Hunting
Carving
Art
Gathering
Farming
Corn, deer, fish,
bananas, fowl,
alligators,
squash,
peanuts,
shellfish,
oranges, turtles,
sweet potatoes,
melons,
palmetto trees,
cypress trees,
coconuts
Hunters
Farmers
Fishermen