1. Native Americans: Dwellings & Adaptations
6th Grade

2. Plains Indians
Lived in grass lands of the Great Plains of the United States. (dark green)
Food: game animals (bison), vegetables (corn, maize, beans and pumpkins), wild fruits.
Hunters, farmers and gatherers.
They traded with other tribes.

3. Plains Indian Dwellings
They lived in teepees, which were easy to move.

4. Woodland Indians
Lived in wooded areas of the east coast of the United States. (light green)
Food: deer, bear, moose, squash, beans and corn.
Hunters, gatherers and farmers.

5. Woodland Indian Dwellings
They lived in wigwams and longhouses. The Wampanoag were the first tribe to have contact with European explorers.

6. Northwest Coast Indians
Lived on the coast of the United States and Canada. (red)
Food: mainly fish, bear, caribou, wild berries.
Hunters and gatherers.

7. Northwest Coast Indian Dwellings
They lived in wooden longhouses, called tlingits, with totem poles.

8. Southeast Indians
Lived in the south east corner of the United States. (yellow)
Food: fish and wild game (deer), wild fruits and vegetables, shellfish and corn.
Hunters, gatherers, and fishing.

9. Southeast Indian Dwellings
They lived in chickees, rectangular structures made with wooden poles, bark roofs and plastered with mud.

10. Pueblo Indians
They lived in the southwest desert portion of the United States. (pink)
Food: Pueblo’s were mostly vegetarian, but they hunted rabbit and squirrel occasionally.

11. Pueblo Indian Dwellings
They lived in adobe houses. Most of the houses were made from a type of clay mixed with straw. They lived in cliffs to keep cool and to be protected from enemies.