Native Americans in Indiana

The area that is now Indiana was once known as _________ .

• the Miami Region

• the Crossroads of America

• Native America Land

• Huntington

Miami and Potawatomi lived in ________, which were built of poles, covered with bark or cattail woven mats.

• teepees

• caves

• wigwams

• sheds

Work was divided by gender, but sometimes Miami men dressed as women and took on female roles.

• True

• False

Most of what we know about Native Americans in the 1700s was written by _____________ .

• members of Miami and Potawatomi tribes

• Native American women

• Christopher Columbus

• European traders and settlers

The most important Miami village was located where Fort Wayne is today, and it was called __________ .

• Miami

• Indianapolis

• Kekionga

• Chicago

Generally, Native American men hunted, trapped, and traded, while women _____________ .

• slept in and ate chocolate

• looked for new places to live

• wrote stories about life in Kekionga

• farmed, cooked, made clothing, and cared for children

Native Americans often lived in clans, which are groups of families living and working together.

• True

• False

Native Americans in Indiana in the 1700s mostly traded with Europeans from _____________ .

• France and England

• Miami and Fort Wayne

• Germany and Sweded

• Ohio and Florida