Native American Tribes

In a Tlingit clan, the oldest male was the head of the family group, the family head with the highest status-based on wealth, character, and ancestors

• Eastern Woodland

• Great Plains

• Southwest Desert

• West and Northwest

Hopi men governed the villages

• Eastern Woodland

• Great Plains

• Southwest Desert

• West and Northwest

Hopi used dry farming to grow crops in dry climate and built homes made of adobe clay

• Eastern Woodland

• Great Plains

• Southwest Desert

• West and Northwest

Kwakiutl shamans were spiritual healers who performed dancing ceremonies wearing wooden masks.

• Eastern Woodland

• Great Plains

• Southwest Desert

• West and Northwest

Lakota built lodges in villages

• Eastern Woodland

• Southwest Desert

• Great Plains

• West and Northwest

Tlingit got most of their food from the ocean and built large wooden multi-family houses

• Eastern Woodland

• Southwest Desert

• Great Plains

• West and Northwest

In the Great Basin, east of present-day California, the climate was mild and dry

• Eastern Woodland

• Southwest Desert

• Great Plains

• West and Northwest

Made travois for moving people and belongings

• Eastern Woodland

• Southwest Desert

• Great Plains

• West and Northwest

Used buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter, wasting no part of it, mad jerky from dried buffalo meat so that it would last longer, made teepees for shelter out of buffalo hide

• Eastern Woodland

• Southwest Desert

• Great Plains

• West and Northwest

Lakota created special calendars on buffalo hide for keeping track of important events that happened.

• Eastern Woodland

• Southwest Desert

• Great Plains

• West and Northwest