Native American Tribes
Inuit
Kwakiutl
Region/
Climate
Lived in the Artic Region in
areas of Northern Canada and
Alaska. It was rugged, icy, frozen
tundra. Cold all the time.
Lived in the Pacific Northwest
Coast of the U.S. On the coast of
Washington and Canada. It is
covered with forests and waters
and the climate is mild and rainy.
Clothing
Wore lots of layers of fur and
animal skin from elk, bear, and
caribou.
Lived in igloos made from snow
and ice and makeshift tents
made from animal bone and
skin.
Used the bark from trees to make
clothing along with furs from
animals.
Made large plank houses from
wood logs.
Fished and ate ocean animals
when possible. Hunted artic
game like polar bear, seals,
walrus, and caribou. Gathered
berries.
Fished and hunted forest animals
like deer and caribou. Gathered
nuts and berries.
Animals, fish, ocean, snow and
ice
Difficult life in a harsh climate.
Nomadic to find food. Used their
resources to survive. Cold and
Harsh life.
Ivory carvings, weapons, and
clothing
Pacific Ocean, forests, animals,
lakes and streams, fish, plants
Were friendly, social people. They
danced and sang songs during
their many ceremonies and
traditions. Potlaches were their
most important tradition. Used
their resources. Made totem poles
to tell a story of their family.
Totem poles, masks, weaving and
woodwork.
Animal spirits and the shaman
was the religious leader.
Animal spirits represented them.
Shaman were medicine men.
Shelter
Food
Resources
Way of
Life
Arts and
Crafts
Religion
or Beliefs
Nez Pierce
Lived in the Northern area of the
Great Basin region. Parts of Idaho,
Washington, Oregon. The land is
covered with plateaus and valleys.
It is quite barren but also some
forests. Rocky Mountain area
Decorated deer skin dresses and
shirts. Moccasins from animal skin
and leather leggings for the men.
Made longhouses and round
houses from woven mats, wood
poles, and cedar chips. Dug into
the ground a few feet with the
poles extending up over the hut.
Hunted elk, deer, and buffalo.
gathered roots, berries, fruits,
bulbs, nuts, and fished for salmon.
They had more food choices than
other tribes in the Southern Great
Basin.
Stone, rivers, forests, animals,
plants, roots, and grasses.
They were hunter gatherers.
Warm summers and cold winters.
They were crafty and decorative.
Liked fancy decorations. They had
to use their resources the best they
could to survive.
Basket weaving, beadwork,
painting, wood carving, quilting.
Animal spirits and natural spirits.
Shaman religious leaders.
Hopi
Region/
Climate
Clothing
Shelter
Food
Resources
Way of
Life
Pawnee
Southwest region. Arizona
and New Mexico. Hot, dry,
little rain. Lots of desert and
mesas.
Hot summers/cold
winters. Change of
seasons. Great Plains
region. Nebraska and
Kansas. Flat and grassy
plains.
Cool clothing. One shoulder Animal skin dresses and
dresses, cotton clothes,
leather leggings, men
breechcloths, men didn’t
wore no shirts. Robes
wear shirts, Moccasins
from buffalo in the
winter. Moccasins and
headdresses.
Adobes called pueblos made Earth lodges made from
from clay, mud, straw and
wood poles packed with
stone. Door was in the roof. earth and soil. Teepees
made from animal skins
Farmers- Corn, beans,
Farmed crops of corn,
squash, pumpkins. Gather
beans, and squash.
nuts and berries. Hunted
Hunted buffalo, deer,
deer when possible.
antelope, bear, and
wolves.
Clay, stone, mud, plants,
Buffalo, animals,
crops, animals, cotton, soil
land/earth/soil. Horses,
crops, travois
Traveled with the travois
Farmers, Peaceful people.
behind dogs, nomadic hunters
Craftsman, women were
of buffalo, many traditions,
important and were land
dancing and song.
owners
Storytellers, animals were
Seminole
Iroquois
Southwest region in Florida.
Everglades area. Swampy,
lakes, and rivers. Hot and
Humid. Forced to Oklahoma
in 1837
Eastern Woodlands in the
Northeastern U.S. New York
state. Change of the seasons.
Hot summers and cold winters.
Mountains, forests, lakes,
rivers and ocean.
Animal skin breechcloths and
leggings. Wrap around skirts
and long dresses. Moccasins.
Animal skin and plant
materials to make
breechcloths and dresses.
Men wore no shirt.
Chickees made from wood
frames with thatch roof of
palmetto leaves and open
sides. 3 ft off the ground.
Gathered nuts, berries, and
roots. Farm corn, beans,
squash, and banana. Hunted
deer, turkey, and alligator
Longhouses 150 feet long
made of wood and bark.
Several families lived in the
small rooms inside.
Hunted deer, elk, bear and
fished. Farmed corn, beans,
and squash.
Rivers, lakes, plants, forests,
crops, soil, water, and
animals
Hunters/gatherers/
farmers, warriors, used their
environment, told legends
and stories. Song and dance
Forests, animals, fertile soil,
plants, crops, ocean, lakes,
rivers.
Music and dancing. Tools and
weapons. 5 nations made the
Iroquois to bring peace after
constant war. Women were
important and powerful.
Government.
wampum belts, tribal masks,
beadwork, dolls, jewelry,
canoes
Natural spirits and one creator
of the spirits. 6 festivals a year
and rituals with dancing.
important. Life depended on
the changing seasons.
Arts and
Crafts
painting, weaving, jewelry,
pottery, and carving
pottery, basket weaving,
painting, instruments
Religion
or Beliefs
Kivas, spiritual place.
Kachina doll used to do
ritual dances. Believed in
one creator.
natural spirits. Many
gods. rituals and dances
to the gods. Sun dance
beadwork, wood carving,
jewelry, quilts, basket
weaving, masks
Animal and natural spirits.
Many festivals. Some
converted to Christianity
because of the white people.