Indigenous People of North America

This First Nation group lived in the interior of North America which consists of flat landscapes and a dry climate.

• The Plateau

• The Northeast Woodland

• The Northwest Coast

• The Plains

This region is one of the few indigenous groups that practiced land ownership. They typically lived in longhouses that were home to extended families.

• The Subarctic

• The Plateau

• The Plains

• The Northwest Coast

Corn, beans, and squash became this group's staple crops, and was known to them as "The Three Sisters".

• The Plains

• The Northeast Woodland

• The Northwest Coast

• The Subarctic

Groups in this region celebrated significant events by hosting huge potlaches, a festival usually hosted by the chief and his family.

• The Pueblo

• The Northwest Coast

• The Arctic

• The Plateau

This First Nation group used sign language to communicate with other nomadic groups when they crossed paths.

• The Arctic

• The Plains

• The Northeast Woodlands

• The Plateau

The Algonquian and the Iroquois describe the broader language family and culture that many dozens of different tribes were a part of in this region.

• The Plains

• The Northeast Woodland

• The Northwest Coast

• The Subarctic

In the Plains culture, women owned the tipis and could kick out a husband that neglected his family

• True

• False

Their villages were called kivas and were built on mesa tops and sometimes in cliff recesses

• Eastern Woodlands

• Plains

• Pueblo

• Subarctic

During hunting season this group used a conical mat house because they were easier to move. This was a tipi-like structure covered by tule reed mats.

• The Northeast Woodlands

• The Arctic

• The Plateau

• The Northwest coast

Most villages were located by the ocean where fish were abundant. Salmon was a staple of their diet and was held in high regard.

• The Plains

• The Northeast Woodland

• The Northwest Coast

• The Subarctic