Virginia's Native Americans Using Environment for Survival

Men caught fish with nets, traps, and spears. They also hunted wild turkey. Women gathered food such as berries.

• winter

• spring

• summer

• fall

Women tended the fields and children sat on high perches taking making sure pests didn't eat the crops.

• winter

• spring

• summer

• fall

This was the busiest time of year. Everyone harvested the crops. Women ground corn into flour, and dried fruits and meat into jerky for the upcoming winter.

• winter

• spring

• summer

• fall

Women made pots, wove baskets, and tanned deer hides for shoes and clothing. Men hunted birds, trapped small animals like rabbits and squirrels to add to their food supplies.

• winter

• spring

• summer

• fall

Virginia is relatively mild with distinct seasons: spring, summer, winter, and fall resulting in a variety of vegetation.

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• weather

• climate

Indians made this from their natural resources around them like twigs, logs, and reeds.

• summer

• clothing

• shelter

• fall

Women made this from deerskin.

• shelter

• Jamestown

• clothing

• spring

This refers to all Indians living in Virginia.

• Eastern Woodland Indians

• Powhatan

• Algonquian

• Werowocomoco

The "three sisters" that grew straight and tall.

• corn

• squash

• beans

The "three sisters" that curled up around the corn's stalk.

• corn

• squash

• beans