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Native American Culture. They Were Here First!. Experts believe that the first people to come to North America may have come across a frozen bridge of land that once connected Asia and Alaska. These people were called the Paleo-Indians.
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They Were Here First! • Experts believe that the first people to come to North America may have come across a frozen bridge of land that once connected Asia and Alaska. • These people were called the Paleo-Indians. • Native Americans spread out and settled in many different environments.
Region: Arctic Lived in present day Alaska and northern Canada. Climate: Freezing Arctic IndiansThe Inuit
Region: Northwest Coast Lived on the Pacific Northwest coast. Climate: Rainy and Mild Northwest IndiansKwakiutl
Region: Plateau Lived in high country between the Rocky Mountains and Cascade Mountains in Washington Climate: Plateau IndiansNez Perce
Region: Southwest Lived in the hot, dry desert in present-day Arizona Climate: Hot and Dry Southwest IndiansHopi
Region: Plains Lived in the middle of the United States in the Great Plains were there are few trees and lots of grassland. Climate: Dry Plains IndiansPawnee
Region: Southeast Lived in present day Florida Climate: Warm and wet Southeastern IndiansSeminole
Where We Live Determines How We Live • The land and the climate affect how the Native Americans met their basic needs. • Basic needs are things people must have to survive such as: • Food • Clothing • Shelter • The Indians met their needs by using things in their environment.
Food: Fished Hunted Shelter Igloos: Made from blocks of ice Arctic IndiansThe Inuit
Food: Fished Hunted, Gathered roots and berries. Shelter: Plank Houses Used timber from cedar trees Northwest IndiansKwakiutl
Food: Fished Hunted Gathered roots and berries Shelter: Earth Lodges Earth and plant materials for summer and winter houses Plateau IndiansNez Perce
Food: Mainly Farmers Shelter: Pueblos Made from adobe or dry clay and stone. Southwest IndiansHopi
Food: Hunted Farmed Shelter: Tepees Made from Buffalo Hide Plains IndiansPawnee
Food: Farmed Hunted Fished Gathered food Shelter: Chickees Used palmetto trees Southeastern IndiansSeminole
What did they wear? • The Native Americans used things in their environment to make clothing.
Clothing: Used skin from seals, hides, and fur. Seal skin resisted water so they could wear it when they went into the icy ocean! Arctic IndiansThe Inuit
Clothing Used plant materials, hides, and fur. Northwest IndiansKwakiutl
Clothing Used plant materials, hides, and fur. Plateau IndiansNez Perce
Clothing: Grew cotton and made clothing form it. Southwest IndiansHopi
Clothing: The Pawnee used buffalo hides. Plains IndiansPawnee
Clothing Used plant materials and hide. Southeastern IndiansSeminole
