Native Americans and their art 5 th Grade

50,000 number of years that they can be dated back. Who can figure out the math to how long ago that was?

Land Bridge Connected Russia to Alaska Does it still exist? What happened to it? What happened to the Native American?

Nomad A nomad is a person that travels from place to place following their food supply

Long Horned Bison & Wooly Mammoth These are animals that they hunted. They used all the parts of the animal for food, clothing, tools, etc. They are now extinct

Clans Smaller groups in a tribe

Earth They respected the earth like their mother because it gave them all things.

Crops Beans, Squash, and Corn

Spiderwoman –(not a current day girlfriend to Spiderman.) She is the animal god that taught the Native Americans how to weave. Many tribes use her symbol in their weavings to thank her for the knowledge that she shared with them.

Loom The base to the weaving

Oral Tradition This is the passing down of the Native American’s history from a tribe elder to the young.