native americans: dwellings & adaptations
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Native Americans: Dwellings & Adaptations. 6 th Grade. Plains Indians. Lived in grass lands of the Great Plains of the United States. (dark green) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Native Americans: Dwellings & Adaptations
6th Grade
Plains IndiansLived in grass lands of the Great Plains of the United
States. (dark green)Food: game animals (bison), vegetables (corn,
maize, beans and pumpkins), wild fruits.
Hunters, farmers and gatherers.
They traded with other tribes.
Plains Indian DwellingsThey lived in teepees, which were easy to move.
Woodland IndiansLived in wooded areas of the east coast of the
United States. (light green)Food: deer, bear, moose, squash, beans and
corn.Hunters, gatherers
and farmers.
Woodland Indian Dwellings
They lived in wigwams and longhouses. The Wampanoag were the first tribe to have contact with European explorers.
Northwest Coast IndiansLived on the coast of the
United States and Canada. (red)
Food: mainly fish, bear, caribou, wild berries.
Hunters and gatherers.
Northwest Coast Indian Dwellings
They lived in wooden longhouses, called tlingits, with totem poles.
Southeast IndiansLived in the south east corner of the United
States. (yellow)Food: fish and wild game (deer), wild fruits and
vegetables, shellfish and corn.Hunters, gatherers,
and fishing.
Southeast Indian Dwellings
They lived in chickees, rectangular structures made with wooden poles, bark roofs and plastered with mud.
Pueblo IndiansThey lived in the southwest desert portion of the
United States. (pink)Food: Pueblo’s were mostly vegetarian, but they
hunted rabbit and squirrel occasionally.
Pueblo Indian DwellingsThey lived in adobe houses. Most of the houses
were made from a type of clay mixed with straw. They lived in cliffs to keep cool and to be protected from enemies.