1. Native Americans in the Chicago Area Answers to guided reading questions Answers to guided reading questions

2. #1. Native American groups in the area Sauk Fox Potawatomi Illinois

3. Patterns in how they got their names All related to nature, earth, mankind, animals

4. World Heritage Site, and why that is significant Cahokia mounds Shows importance of Native American civilization (similar to Great Wall of China, pyramids) which so many whites coming to the area ignored

5. #2. Why Sauk and Fox moved west Pushed west by Iroquois who were pushed west by white settlers

6. How Potawatomi angered Iroquois They gave the Iroquois poisoned food when the Iroquois were starving

7. #3. Why Sauk and Fox had two villages They were hunters/gatherers, but also farmers-different villages for different times of the year

8. How animals were used to the fullest Used for food, clothing, tools--all parts of animal were used, including the brain (softened clothing)

9. How chiefs were organized War and peace chiefs

10. The extent of their power Limited--could not force people to follow their ideas, just made suggestions

11. #4. Describe clans and how created Family groups named after an animal Children given names stored by clan Sacred objects/celebrations

12. Why people were also grouped by color Promoted unity within the tribe--people were related to each other by clan name and by color (black/white)….this was not a skin color, just an arbitrary designation

13. #5. Traditions associated with first menstruation Girls went to a special lodge Stayed there for 10 days Female relatives visited with clothing and advice

14. What older women said girls should do Be pleasant and respectful to everyone

15. What older women said girls should NOT do Don’t touch your hair during menstruation or it will all out No sweet or sour food during menstruation or your teeth will fall out

16. #6. Early stages of courtship Man asked woman’s mother for permission Came to woman’s lodge with a piece of burning bark

17. How a woman indicated acceptance/disapproval Blow flame out if accepting proposal; do not blow it out if not accepting

18. What a man could do about it Play love songs on a flute all day Then return again with the piece of burning bark If still no, then NO

19. #7. Typical age at marriage 20

20. Policies about divorce People could agree to separate and find new mates

21. Taboos for pregnant women Could not touch a dead body If she looked at a corpse sideways, her baby would be cross-eyed Could only carry wood on back and not in arms, or birth would be difficult No sexual relations during pregnancy or the baby would be sickly

22. Traditions associated with birth Private lodge where woman stayed for ten days to a month Special celebration when she returned

23. #8. Death and burial traditions Public announcement People outside the clan prepared body for burial while clan grieved Feet facing west, tobacco on body Sometimes buried in a log, on a scaffold, or on top of a dead enemy

24. Beliefs about what happened to the spirit Followed White River (Milky Way) Pass a guardian spirit and his dog to get to the land of the dead

25. Traditions associated with mourning Wear shabby clothing Messy hair No work duties

26. What happened after mourning period, and why Clan adopted someone symbolically to make up for the loss