Native Americans of Early Indiana

Which sentence is true?

• In the 1900s, lots of Native American tribes moved to the state of Indiana.

• From the late1600s to early 1800s, Native American groups moved into land that would become Indiana.

• Native American groups never lived in our area.

Which Native American group lived in what is now Northern Indiana?

• Kickapoo

• Shawnee

• Potawatomi

Why did the Miami tribe and others come to this area?

• good hunting, fishing, and farmland

• no where else to go

• tired of traveling

The Kickapoo worked hard to keep something out of their group. What was it?

• They kept their people from farming.

• They didn't want European traders bringing new things.

• They didn't want to bring horses into their lives.

Many groups had clans. The Lenape expected this to happen when the men wanted to marry. What is it?

• Men were expected to marry a woman in their own clan.

• Only the women chose the men they would marry.

• A man would choose a woman from another clan to marry.

What was a wigwam?

• a Native American dance celebrating a harvest

• a place to bury the dead

• a small round house covered in bark, animal skins, or mats of woven reeds

If you were in the Rounded-Feet clan, what tribe were you in?

• Miami

• Lenape

• Kickapoo

• Shawnee

The Native American groups had to adjust to our weather changes from summer to winter. Most of the groups did this.

• They moved to winter hunting camps in warmer areas so they could find food.

• They lived by their crops in the winter time and picked food as they needed.

• They just wore winter clothes and boots to stay warm in the winter.

The Kickapoo were the first to ____________.

• Build longhouses to live in

• begin farming

• hunt on horseback

• build fireplaces for cooking

What did the Potawatomi live in during the summer?

• wigwams

• longhouses

• teepees

• apartments