Transcript Native Americans (show)

Social Studies
Unit 2-Part One
Native Americans
Kwakiutl
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Location- Northwest region
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Shelter-Built large homes
(plankhouses) from cedar sticks
and bark.
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Food- Salmon, shellfish,
clams, deer
Clothing- used tree bark to
make clothing as well as skins
from deer, etc.
Known for their totem poles
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Kwakiutl Totem Poles
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Kwakiutl U.S. map location
Nez Perce
Location- Plateau Region
 Shelter-rounded homes
(earthmounds) made from
sticks and plants
 Food- salmon, various fish,
plants and berries
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Clothing- animal skins
Nez Perce
Nez Perce U.S. map location
Hopi
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Location- Southwest
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Shelter- Built large “pueblo”
homes with many rooms made
from adobe bricks (clay, stone,
straw)
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Food- farmers- Grew beans,
squash, and maize (corn )
Clothing- breech cloths
Were the first in the world to fire
clay pottery
Hopi
Hopi
Hopi U.S. map location
Pawnee
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Location- Plains Region
Shelter- teepees (needed
for quick travel)
Food- Hunted buffalo, Grew
corn, squash, and beans
Clothing-buffalo skins
Pawnee
Pawnee U.S. map location
Seminole
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Location- Southeast Region
Shelter- chikees (built of
wood and straw and has no
walls)
Food- Alligator, turkey,
deer, corn, beans, squash
Clothing- deer skins
Seminole village
Seminole U.S. map location
Inuit
Location- Arctic Region
 Shelter- igloo homes made
of ice and snow
 Food- Fatty meats (caribou,
seals, walruses)
 Clothing- Thick clothing
(made of skins with thick fur
and blubber)
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Inuit Children
Inuit US. Map location
Questions for review:
What tribe was known for their pottery?
 Why would the Inuit not eat corn, beans and
squash?
 What tribe ate alligator?
 What were the Hopi Tribe’s homes made out of
and why?
 Why did the Pawnee need to live in homes that
were made for such quick travel?
 Why would the Inuit tribe eat such fatty foods?
 Which tribe used cedar bark to make their
clothing?
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