Chapter 3 American Indian Cultural Regions
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How and why did American Indian cultural regions differ?
CHAPTER 3
AMERICAN INDIAN CULTURAL REGIONS
3.1 INTRODUCTION
Adapting to surroundings
Variety
Ways
of cultures
of living
American Indians
Settled
Nomadic
Cultural Regions
7
different regions
Use
artifacts to determine regions
3.1 INTRODUCTION
Artifact
Human-made
object that helps us understand how
the people who made them lived
Hopi’s
use clay pots to store food
Indians in the Northwest uses wooden boxes
why>?
3.2 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST
COAST
Lived on a narrow strip along Pacific Coast
South of Inuits
Geography
Dense fir, pine, cedar grew to the coastline
Settled
Mild climate
Heavy
on rocky beaches
rainfall
Wildlife
Fish, whales, deer, elk, mountain goats, bears, wolves
3.2 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST
COAST
Shelter
Kwakiutls
Totem
used would from forest
poles outside each home
Clothes
Cedar
bark
Protect
from rain
Also used for rope
Fishing nets and traps
3.3 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE CALIFORNIAINTERMOUNTAIN REGION
Inland from pacific coast
Southern
California
Sierra
Nevada
Great Basin
Various Environments
Great
Basin=dessert
California=milder climate
Tribes/Nations/Families
Shoshones,
Paiutes, Miwoks, Pomos
3.3 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE CALIFORNIAINTERMOUNTAIN REGION
Homes
Ice
cream
Using nature
Shells
and beads
Roots, branches, grasses, reeds, etc
3.4 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST
Driest cultural region
Southwestern
United States – Northern Mexico
Mountains, mesas, canyons, and deserts
Little rainfall & extreme temperatures
Tribes
Apaches
nomadics
Hopis
settled
3.4 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST
Homes
Stone and adobe
Cliff dwellings
pueblos
Clothing
Wore cotton
Weaving for blankets and cloth
Dyes and decorations
Food
Clay pots
3.5 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE PLATEAU
Between the Cascade and the Rocky
mountains
Flatlands,
rolling hill, and gorges
Include Canada and states
Summers and winters
Little rainfall
Water
from rivers
Tribes
Nez
Perces, Spokanes, and Yakimas
3.5 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE PLATEAU
Natural environment
Plants and animals
Deer
and bear
Jackrabbits
fish
Forests
Thick grasses, berries and camas
Culture
Underground homes
Grass clothing
Digging stick
3.6 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE GREAT PLAINS
East of the Plateau
Rocky
Mountains to Mississippi Valley
Canada to Texas
Mostly treeless grassland
Many animals
buffalo
Tribes
Cheyennes,
Pawnees, Comanches, and Sioux
3.6 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE GREAT PLAINS
Buffalo considered sacred
Extremely
valuable
teepee
How were buffalos used?
3.7 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE EASTERN
WOODLANDS
Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean
Four seasons
Rain=streams and rivers
Birch, oak and maple trees
Turkey, deer and beaver
Tribes
Iroquois
Mohawks,
Senecas
Algonquin
Mohegans,
Delawares
3.7 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE EASTERN
WOODLANDS
Homes
Wigwams
Winter
and summer
Clothing
Deer
hide and other animal skins
Capes from turkey feathers
Canoes
Multiple
trees
Light weight
3.8 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE SOUTHEAST
Ohio Valley to Gulf of Mexico and Texas to Atlantic
Ocean
River valleys, mountains, coastal plans, and swamps
Hot weather
Seminoles lived in the Florida Swamplands
Various plants
Deer, alligators, fish and snakes
Creeks lived in Georgia and Alabama
Became Seminoles under Spanish rule
Escaped
slaves also joined the tribe
3.8 AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE SOUTHEAST
Homes
Chickees
Wooden
platforms
Slanted roof
No walls
Clothes
Leggings
Canoes
for protection
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The Makahs
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The Taos
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The Iowas
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The Senecas