Native American Cultural Regions of US

The Native Americans in this region used the trees from their environment to make totem poles which told important events from their history.

• Northwest Coast

• California-Intermountain

• Northeast Woodlands

• Southwest

The Native Americans in this region used birch and cedar bark to make lightweight canoes.

• Eastern Woodlands

• Southeast

• California-Intermountain

• Plateau

The Native Americans in this region made homes called chickees that were raised so they were out of the swampy waters.

• Plateau

• Great Plains

• Southeast

• Northwest Coast

The Hopis were a Native American group in this dry, desert-like region. They built their homes called pueblos into the cliffs that covered the region.

• Southeast

• Northwest Coast

• Great Plains

• Southwest

This region had tall redwood trees and the Natives living here used shells for beads and as currency.

• California-Intermountain

• Eastern Woodlands

• Great Plains

• Plateau

This region has flatlands, hills and deep valleys. The Natives of this region built their homes partly underground and used grass-mats for the roof.

• Plateau

• Great Plains

• Eastern Woodlands

• Southeast

The Native Americans living in the Great Plains region relied heavily on what natural resource for their survival?

• sheep

• crops

• buffalo

• deer

Natives in the Southeast region wore leggings made of this to protect their legs from sharp grasses and mosquitoes.

• buffalo hide

• deer hide

• sheep hide

• raccoon hide

What did the Native Americans from the Northwest Coast region use to help keep their clothing waterproof?

• cedar bark

• grass

• adobe

• buffalo hide

What plant did the Native Americans of the Southwest region use to make clothing to help them stay cool in the hot summers?

• indigo

• adobe

• cotton

• squash