Isiah Riomana

 Desert Southwest People  The Pacific Northwest People  The Plains People  The Woodlands People  The Arctic People

The Desert Southwest People are Hopi, Zuni, and the Navajo. The Desert Southwest People lived in the Desert which was very hot. So the weather effected what clothes they wear.

 The Hopi wore very light clothes because how hot it was.  The Hopi Are experts at making baskets and pottery.  Their main crop was corn.  They sometimes traveled long distances to trade.  Jobs were divided among men and women.  Men governed the villages, hunted, and tended crops.  Women owned the property and cared for the family.  Women spent hours each day grinding corn, using smooth, flat stone.  This division of labor helped the Hopi.

 The Zuni wore very light clothes because the weather was hot.  Instead of using wood for their homes the used mud because they had little wood.  The Zuni lived in what is now New Mexico.  Their main crop was corn.

 The Navajo wore really light clothes because they lived as Nomads and the weather was very hot.  The Navajo believed in gods known as the holy people.  The Navajo lived in shelters called Hogans.  The Navajo dug big holes and planted their crops so when rainfall happened it will still get to the crops even though there is little rainfall in the desert.

 The Pacific Northwest are Kwakiutl, Makah, And The Chinook.  The Pacific Northwest lived next to the woods and the sea.  They made lots of things out of wood because they had many trees that grew in the heat and the rain.

 The Kwakiutl whore clothes that had a medium thickness.  They used weapons called harpoons made of wood to hunt the whales.  They also lived in things called long houses which are rectangular houses.

 The Makah used the whale blubber(which they hunted with harpoons) to make oil.  They used the skin for clothes.  They also used their trees to there advantage to barter(which means trade) with the other Indians.  The network they had was good because of all the wood.

 The Chinook lived in a place with lots of rain.  they used their resources wisely to have a great economy.  These people were known to travel long distances to trade.  Last is they made their homes with the wood.

 The Plains People lived in a very green area.  They moved a lot to hunt their pray because they had to follow the buffalo.  Their main food source was Buffalo.  They used buffalo in their ways of life.  They could not stay in the same spot because they could not farm because the soil was to hard.

 These people whore light clothes because they were out in the open.  These people lived in tepees which were easy to move.  Some lived in lodges and used sod to cover their houses.

 These people whore light clothes because they were out in the open.  These people called themselves nokota.  These people hunted deer, elk, and buffalo.  Their lodges could fit up to 60 people.

 The Cheyenne wore light clothes because they were travelers.  These people lived in tepees as well.  There main food source was buffalo.  They also had trees

 These people hunted, they gathered, and farmed.

 These people whore light clothes because in a hot place.  There used animal skin to make clothing.  They also used trees.

 These people whore light clothes as well.  These people farmed.  They used the trees for many things.  They used animals for clothes.

 These people whore light clothes.  They gathered food and they hunted and they farmed.  These people used lots of trees.

 These people whore heavy clothes and had lots of resources.

 They whore heavy clothes  They lived in igloos  They hunted polar bears  They used a lot of ice

 They whore heavy clothes  They hunted whales  And they used ice a lot.

 They used a lot of ice.  They whore heavy clothes  They hunted rabbit.  They hunted foxes.

 Reflections the United States: Making a New Nation; Harcourt School Publishers c2007