1. Native Americans: Then and Now
Cassidy Gazaway

2. Warm Up: KWL Chart
What do you know? What have you learned so far? List as many facts as you can!
What do you want to know? Is there a specific tribe or group you want to know more about?
What did you learn? How has this helped you with your understanding of Native American history? What did you find interesting that you didn’t know before? Save this for after!

3. The Five Tribes Lakota: Great Plains Kawkiutl: Pacific North West
Pueblo: Southwest
Inuit: Arctic Regions
Iroqouis: Eastern Woodlands

4. Lakota Facts Great Plains region
Original homeland was in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North & South Dakota
13 subdivisions
Each is autonomous

5. What Did They Wear? Women wore deerskin or elksin dresses
Men wore breech cloths with leggings
Buffalo-hide robes in bad weather

6. Men’s Roles
Hunters
Warriors
Feeding & defending the tribe
Chiefs

7. Women’s Roles Houses belonged to them women
Were in charge of the house
Took care of the children, cooking, cleaning, and moving

8. Transportation By foot Took their teepees with them
Used dogs to pull a sled
Expert travelers and used horses

9. Kawkiutl Facts KWAH-KEE-OO-TL Pacific North West
Now most speak English, Elders may speak Kwak’wala
Known for their basket weaving
Many Northwest tribes fought with eachother frequently

10. What Did They Wear? Men usually wore nothing!
Women wore skirts made of cedar bark
Moccasins and tunics in the winter
Special tribal paints, headdresses, leggings and tunics for special occasions

11. Men’s Roles Fishermen, hunters, and warriors Builders
Chiefs or head of clans

12. Women’s Roles Gatherers Cooks Took care of the children
Could be the heads of clans as well!

13. Transportation dug out canoes from cedar trees
War canoes were 60 feet long!
Used for hunting and fishing up and down the river

14. Pueblo Facts “town” or “village” in Spanish Southwest deserts
Many large groups did not have a written language
Built clay houses

15. What Did They Wear? Men wore breechcloths or short kilts
Women wore mantas
Deer skin moccasins on their feet
Dress style was changed with the arrival of the Europenas

16. Men’s Roles
Warriors
Hunters
In charge of politics and agriculture

17. Women’s Roles Weave baskets and pottery Storytelling
In charge of the home
Had to teach and pass on the Pueblo Religion

18. Transportation Did not move around much Walked
Used horses once Europeans came