4th Grade Native Americans

The physical environment lacked forests, major rivers, and streams and was full of very flat grasslands.

• Eastern Woodlands

• Great Plains

• Southwest

• Pacific Northwest

This Native American Group included the Cherokee, Iroquois, and Seminole tribes

• Great Basin

• Great Plains

• Southwest

• Eastern Woodlands

This group had a great supply of fish, especially salmon, seals, otters, and whales. They did not have to plant crops, because their environment was so rich.

• Pacific Northwest

• Eastern Woodlands

• Great Plains

• Great Basin

This group relied almost exclusively on the buffalo for food, weapons, and clothes. They also ate corn and beans.

• Southwest

• Great Plains

• Great Basin

• Eastern Woodlands

This group made totem poles to tell stories of Earth’s creation, family, or tribe history

• Southwest

• Great Plains

• Pacific Northwest

• Eastern Woodlands

There was little rainfall in this groups environment. It was mostly desert.

• Southwest

• Pacific Northwest

• Great Plains

• Great Basin

This group ate nuts, seeds, berries, and plants. There were very few animals to hunt, so they ate what they could find.

• Great Plains

• Great Basin

• Eastern Woodlands

• Southwest

Their culture included Kachina dolls, which helped to instruct children about the spirits.

• Pacific Northwest

• Great Plains

• Eastern Woodlands

• Southwest

This Native American group included the Anasazi, Navajo, and Apache tribes.

• Great Plains

• Southwest

• Eastern Woodlands

• Pacific Northwest

This groups housing had to be mobile since they had to move to follow the herd.

• Great Plains

• Great Basin

• Pacific Northwest

• Eastern Woodlands