1. Early Native American Cultures
1. Culture = Way of life
2. Parts of culture = Behavior, customs, ideas, skills, homes, clothes, government, protection, religion, sports, transportation, jobs, art, dance, money, language and food

2. 3. Environment = Surroundings
4. Your environment limits and influences your culture.
5. Culture area = Region in which people share a similar way of life
6. Tribe = Group of villages or settlements that share common customs, languages and rituals

4. Mound Builders Lived 3000 years ago in Mississippi
They built large mounds of earth for burial places and public buildings.
Built the first cities in North America.

5. Anasazi Lived in Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.
Cliff Dwellers: built homes in cliffs
Skilled at making baskets, pottery, and jewelry
1300: Mysteriously abandoned their homes

7. Northwest Coast Used canoes to fish, hunted meat and used hides.
Lived in villages, constructed
wooden houses and traded with
other tribes.
Were great craftsmen-bark rope, blankets, jewelry, pottery and clothes.

9. Potlatch-show of wealth
The name comes from a northwest Native American tradition whereby great honor and cultural status was given to those who gave the most away at large celebrations called potlatches.

10. Southwest-Desert religion tied to farming, later became hunters
Farmers-grew corn, beans and squash,
religion tied to farming, later became hunters
Kivas (underground chambers for religion)
Kachinas (masked dancers who represented spirits).

12. Matriarchy-female dominated
Lived with wife’s family in
Adobe houses: Homes made of clay brick.
Hogans (mud over framework of poles)

13. Great Plains *Some farming of corn, beans, and squash
*Hunted buffalo, elk and deer
*Ruling council included great hunters, chiefs respected.

14. *They were nomadic people.
*Lived in sod or matted grass houses, teepees.

16. Eastern Woodlands
Hunters & farmers: planted corn, squash, pumpkins,

17. Lived in longhouses: Long, narrow single room buildings where an entire family would live.
Women owned property in longhouse,
Women farmed and selected chiefs, moved to wife’s longhouse

18. The earliest Native Americans in the New York state area (about 1000 years ago) were the Algonquins.

19. They were pushed out about 1300 by the Iroquois
They were pushed out about 1300 by the Iroquois. This group was a powerful force when the Europeans arrived.

21. Climate – Dress accordingly, houses suited to it and what to eat.
The early Native American cultures made use of and were influenced by things in their environment.
Trees – Weapons, canoes, shelter, fences, totem poles, tools and fire wood.
Animals – Food, clothing, shelter, weapons, utensils, traveled to follow them.
Good soil – Farming
Climate – Dress accordingly, houses suited to it and what to eat.
River – Food, travel and canoes
Plants – Food, face paints and medicines