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The 10 Different Native American Cultural Groups of North America Click on each group to find out more about that group Northwest Subarctic Plateau Arctic Great Plains Southeast Northeast Southwest Great Basin California
Arctic Cultural Group Food: Mainly seals, but also sea otters and fish. How food was obtained: Hunting and Fishing. Housing: Igloos Back to Main Cultural Group Menu
Subarctic Cultural Group Food: Caribou, elk, moose, fish, seals, nuts, and fruit. Favorite dish was Pemmican which was made from dried meat. How food was obtained: Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering. Housing: Lean–to Houses Back to Main Cultural Group Menu
Northwest Cultural Group Food: Lots of fish, acorns, and camas root. Seafood and fish included porpoises, seals, sea otters, salmon, halibut, cod, clams, oysters, mussels, crabs, and even a few large whales. How food was obtained: Mainly fishing and gathering. Housing: Plank houses Back to Main Cultural Group Menu
Plateau Cultural Group Food: Edible vegetables and fruits, including camassia, bitterroot, kouse root, serviceberry, chokecherry, huckleberry, and wild strawberry. Meat included salmon. Occasionally, they hunted bison, deer, and elk. How food was obtained: Mainly gathering, with some fishing and hunting. Housing: Pit houses Back to Main Cultural Group Menu
Great Plains Cultural Group Food: Hunters sought bison (buffalo), wolves, deer. Farmers grew corn, beans, and squash. How food was obtained: Hunting AND Farming. Housing: Hunters used tepees, Farmers used Earth lodges (try to glue both types on packet). Back to Main Cultural Group Menu
Northeast Cultural Group Food: corn (maize), beans, squash, deer, fish (mainly salmon), waterbirds, leaves, seeds, tubers, berries, roots, nuts, and maple syrup. How food was obtained: Mainly hunting and gathering. Housing: Longhouses Back to Main Cultural Group Menu
Great Basin Cultural Group Food: Mainly roots like the camas plant (like onions), and sunflower seeds. Meat, when possible, included bighorn sheep, antelope, deer, bison, squirrels and rabbits. How food was obtained: Mainly gathering, some hunting. Housing: Hogan type houses Back to Main Cultural Group Menu
California Cultural Group Food: Mainly acorns, but also included buckeye, pinion nuts, and native grasses. Meat included deer, elk, rabbits, and sometimes salmon. How food was obtained: Mainly gathering, but they also hunted. Housing: Wigwams AND Wickiups (try to glue both types on the packet). Back to Main Cultural Group Menu
Southwest Cultural Group Food: Mainly corn, but also squash, beans, and sunflower. Very little meat. How food was obtained: Farming. Housing: Pueblo type clay houses. Back to Main Cultural Group Menu
Southeast Cultural Group Food: Wild meat, especially wild hogs and white-tailed deer. Grains included corn, beans, pumpkins, dried fruit, and nuts. How food was obtained: Mainly hunting and gathering. Housing: Houses using “Wattle and Daub” building techniques. Back to Main Cultural Group Menu