1. North American Cultural Map Activity
Created by Mr. Stephenson
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2. North American Cultural Map
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3. The 10 Different Native American Cultural Groups of North America
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Northwest
Subarctic
Plateau
Arctic
Great Plains
Southeast
Northeast
Southwest
Great Basin
California

4. Arctic Cultural Group
Food: Mainly seals, but also sea otters and fish.
How food was obtained: Hunting and Fishing.
Housing: Igloos
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5. 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
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6. 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
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7. 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
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8. 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).
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9. 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
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10. 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
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11. 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).
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12. 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.
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13. 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.
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