USI.3 Early North American Cultures USI.3A Locate where the first Native Americans settled with emphasis on the Inuit, Kwakiutl, Lakota, Pueblo, and Iroquois USI.3B Describe how the Indians used their environment to obtain food, clothing, and shelter

USI.3A – GROUPS & LOCATION OF EACH Inuit Kwakiutl Lakota Iroquois Pueblo “Indian” (1)

The Iroquois (Eastern Woodlands)

THE IROQUOIS-Eastern Woodlands Indians Environment: Northeast, heavily forested, Food: -Harvested beans, corn, & squash, potatoes, tomatoes. -Gathered roots, nuts, berries, & maple syrup. -Hunted deer, bear, elk, rabbit, squirrel. Fished Shelter: Lived in “Longhouses” Resources used: Tree bark, saplings Clothing: Animal skins, plant fibers, moccasins

The Lakota (Plains Indians)

THE LAKOTA-Plains Indians Environment: Lived on the Great Plains. Grassy, few trees, flat, hot summers, cold winters Shelter: Lived in tepees made from buffalo skin. Resources used: Buffalo skins, Long poles, cord, stakes Food: Ate mostly buffalo meat, elk, deer, antelope, turkey. Clothing: Wore deer and buffalo skin clothes, headdresses,

A “travois” used for transporting goods.

The Pueblo (Southwest Indians)

THE PUEBLO-Southwestern Indians Anasazi? Shelter: Food: Ate rabbits, deer, birds Lived in adobe houses called Pueblos or cliff dwellings Resources used: Adobe: clay, straw, water. Ate corn, beans, & squash: the “3 sisters” Used irrigation. Environment: Southwest- Desert, little rain, hot. Clothing: Clothes made of cotton, deer and rabbit skins

THE KWAKIUTL Pacific Northwest Indians

THE KWAKIUTL-Northwest Pacific Indians Shelter: Environment: Lived in Pacific Northwest. -Rainy, mild climate. Dense fir, pine, and cedar forests near the ocean shore. Lived in plank houses with several families. Houses had totem poles. Resources used: Wood planks Clothing: Food: Wore plants (cedar bark) animal skin, natural fibers. Ate fish, whales, deer, elk, bears, wolves, berries, seals

THE INUIT-Arctic Indians

THE INUIT-Arctic Indians (Eskimo – “eaters of raw meat”) Environment: Shelter: Winter-Homes were Igloos, made of ice blocks Summer-tents from animal skins Lived in Alaska & Northern Canada. Temperature below freezing much of the year. Snow & Ice Resources used: snow and ice, Animal skins Food: Clothing: Ate reindeer, whale, walruses, seals, salmon, caribou, polar bears Clothes, blankets from furs & feathers.

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Shade in their location First Americans Location Describe their environment & climate How They Used Their Environment US1.3B (Where They Settled) Shade in their location Food Clothing Shelter Describe Draw Iroquois (Eastern___ Woodlands__) Heavily forested Cold Corn, squash, beans, tomatoes, potatoes. Roots, nuts, berries. Deer, elk, bear, squirrel, rabbit. Fished. Deer skins Plant fibers moccasins Name: Longhouse Resources used: Tree bark Saplings Lakota (Plains____) Grassy few trees flat hot summers cold winters Buffalo Elk Deer Antelope Turkey Buffalo skins Headdresses Teepee Long poles Cord stakes Pueblo (Southwest__) Desert Little rain Hot Corn, squash, beans. Rabbit, deer Birds Used irrigation Cotton, deer & rabbit skins Adobe: Clay, straw, water Kwakiutl (Northwestern_ Pacific___) Mild weather Rainy Many big trees Mountains Fish, Whale Seals Bears Salmon berries Seal skin Animal furs Bark, Plants Moccasins Plank house Wood-planks Inuit (Arctic_____) Cold, Icy, Lots of snow Temperature below freezing most of year Alaska, Northern Canada Polar bears Whales, Walrus Fish, Salmon Caribou, reindeer Animal skins Fur coats Igloo Snow & ice