1. 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

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

5. The Iroquois
(Eastern
Woodlands)

6. 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

9. The Lakota (Plains Indians)

10. 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,

11. A “travois” used for transporting goods.

12. The Pueblo (Southwest Indians)

13. 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

15. THE KWAKIUTL Pacific Northwest Indians

16. 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

18. THE INUIT-Arctic Indians

19. 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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21. 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