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First Americans
SOL US1.3a
  • American Indians used their environment to obtain food, clothing and shelter.
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Iroquois
  • Lived in northeast north America in a region knows as the Eastern Woodlands.
  • This was a heavily forested area on the east coast of the United States.
  • Which number shows
  • that region?


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Which geographic region did the Iroquois live in?
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Iroquois Environment
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What natural resources did the Iroquois have in their environment to meet their basic needs for
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Iroquois
  • Built longhouses from bent young trees and bark that were found in the forest.
  •  Longhouses were about 100 feet long and held many families.



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Sioux
  • Lived in the interior of the United States in the region known as the Great Plains.
  • Which number shows that region?


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Which geographic region did the Sioux live in?
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Sioux
  • The Great Plains was a dry grassland inhabited by millions of bison.
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Sioux Environment
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What natural resources did the Sioux have in their environment to meet their basic needs for
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Tepees
  • Cone-shaped tents made of buffalo hides.
  • Easily taken apart and put back together again.
  • Usually set up and taken down by the women.
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The Sioux lived in tepees because they moved around to hunt the buffalo which provided their food, clothing and shelter.
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Pueblo
  • Lived in the Southwest which is the present day Arizona and New Mexico.
  • Lived in a desert area with bordering cliffs and mountains.
  • Which number shows
    • that region?
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Which geographic region did the Pueblo live in?
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Pueblo Environment
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What natural resources did the Pueblo have in their environment to meet their basic needs for
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Pueblo
  • The Pueblo tribes of the southwest made their houses from adobe or sun-dried bricks of clay, grass and water.
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Kwakiutl
  • Inhabited the Pacific Northwest coast, or present day Washington state.
  • This region is characterized by a rainy, mild climate.
  • Which number shows
  • that region?


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Which geographic region did the Kwakiutl live in?
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Kwakiutl Environment
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What natural resources did the Kwakiutl have in their environment to meet their basic needs for
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The Kwakiutl
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Inuit
  • Inhabited present-day Alaska and northern Canada.
  • Lived in Arctic areas where the temperature is below freezing most of the year.
  • Which number shows
  • that region?



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Which geographic region did the Inuit live in?
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Inuit Environment
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What natural resources did the Inuit have in their environment to meet their basic needs for
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Inuit
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Links to learn more:
  • Indian Dwellings
  • http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/settlements/index.shtml
  • http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/indians-mm.htm
  • What can you do with a buffalo?
  • http://americanhistory.si.edu/hohr/buffalo/matching/horn-moccasins.html