Transcript The First Americans Native/Indians

The First Americans
Native/Indians
The First Americans
• Native Americans
were the first people to
live in America.
• The believed that the
land was for everyone
to use and share.
• Some were hunters
and some were
farmers.
Tribes
• Not all Indians looked
alike or acted alike.
• Each had different
cultures and customs
like people today
• Four Major groups were
The Plains, Eastern
(Woodland),
Southwestern and
Northwestern
Language
Tribes
• Tribes from different areas
looked and talked
differently
• Plains-Sioux, Cheyenne,
Crow,
• Northeastern (Woodland)Iroquois, Hurons, Abenaki
• Southwestern- Pueblo,
Navajo, Pima
• Northwestern, Chinook,
Tillamook, Tlingit.
Homes
• Because each tribes lived
in different areas of the
countries, they had
different kinds of house
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Teppees
Longhouses
Adobe
Wighwams,
Chickees
Wickiup
Food
• Native Americans ate
from the land. They
hunted, fished, and
farmed depending on
where they lived
– buffalo, deer, wild
animals, fish
– corn, squash, pumpkin,
beans, berries, and nuts
Clothing
• Native Americans did
not dress like us today.
They made their own
clothes out of animal
skins (buffalo, deer,
ect..., furs, feathers,
wild cotton, beads
and even plants
Plains
• Lived in the central
United States between
the Rocky Mountains
and the Mississippi
River. They all
depended on the
buffalo for clothing,
food, and many of
their daily items.
Plains Indians
http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/plains.html
Summary
• Plains Indians lived in the Central U.S.
• Traveled around and used sign language
• Depended on the Buffalo for food and daily
living items
• Lived in tepees
• Ate buffalo meat, corn, squash, and beans
• Wore buffalo skins, and beads
Southwest Indians
• Lived in Arizona, New
Mexico, northern
Mexico, and southern
Utah. Many different
groups lived in this
area. One of the most
important and highly
developed and
civilized were the
Pueblo
Southwest Indians
http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/swest.htm
Summary
• Lived in villages and desert lands
• Were farmers and raised wild cotton and
turkey. Several crops included corn, bean,
pumpkin,and squash,
• Made clothes from wild cotton
• Lived in adobe houses in high cliffs or
caves
Northwest Coast Indians
• Lived along the Pacific
Ocean from northern
California to Alaska
with the ocean on one
side and thick forest on
the other
• Their lives were similar
to the Plains Indian but
also included fishing
Northwest Coast Indians
http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/nwindian.htm
Summary
• Lived in an area bordered by an ocean on
one side and forest on the other
• Hunted and fished for food which included
seafood, berries, wild game, whales, and
otters
• Made their clothing out of wood (woven
cedar bark
• Lived in long houses
Eastern Woodlands
• Lived east of the
Mississippi River in
wooded areas. They used
wood to make weapons,
tools, many daily items,
and even their clothes.
• Different areas lived in
different kinds of houses,
longhouse, chickee, or
wigwams.
Eastern Woodland Indians
http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/indians/woodland2.html
Summary
• Lived in wooded areas
• They gathered nuts, berries, and hunted game in
the woods for food. Some groups fished and
raised corn, beans, and squash.
• Lived in many different types of houses which
included longhouse, chickee, and wigwam
• Their clothes were made out of skins, furs,
feathers, and woven plants
• They traded Wampum beads