Native Americans

Eastern Woodlands
Contributions:  Checks and balances, congress (2 houses), power of veto
Shelter: long houses
lifestyle:  Women made deerskins, children did chores, men hunted & war

• Iroquois
• cherokee
• seminole
• sioux

Mid-Atlantic
contributions:  writing system, clay to make polish, 
Interesting fact: more than 1/3 of the population died.
Shelter: log cabins
Lifestyle: equal power

• Iroquois
• Cherokee
• Seminole
• Sioux

Southeast
Contributions:   flutes, wooden dolls.
Life Style: Hunters gatherers, fishermen
Food:  fish, deer, three sisters

• Iroquois
• Cherokee
• Seminoles
• Sioux

Plains
Contributions:  story telling, sing language, beef jerky, morse code
Life Style:  they moved with the buffalo
Interesting fact: women were in charge 

• Iroquois 
• Cherokee 
• Seminole
• Sioux

Southwest
Contributions:  Strong sense of family, code talkers, turquoise jewelry
Shelter: hogans

• Iroquois
• Cherokee
• Inuit
• Navajos

Arctic 
Contributions:  Parkas, boots, igloos
Food:  fish, whales, 
Lifestyle:  good at fishing

• Iroquois
• Cherokee
• Inuit
• Navajos

Look at area 2.  What Native American group lived here?

• Plains
• Pacific Northwest
• Eastern Woodlands
• Great Basin

Which area did the Iroquois live in?

• Northeast Forests
• Southeast 
• Plains 
• Arctic

In which area did the Navajo live? 

• Northeast forests 
• Southeast 
• Plains 
• Southwest

In which area did the Sioux live?

• Northeast Forests 
• Southeast 
• Plains 
• Southwest