Southwest “ Anasazi ” “Hopi” “Zuni” “Navajo”

1. Southwest“Anasazi”“Hopi”“Zuni”“Navajo” Mountain View Elementary School Harrisonburg, VA 22801

2. Location of Southwest • The Anasazi are located in the desert that is the southwestern part of the USA. • Today it is known as the Four corners and covers Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona. Picture Credit: http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/NativeAmerhome.html/Navajo.html/Navajo_Land.html/nnmap.gif

3. Culture of Southwest • They used animals skins for clothes. Picture Credit: http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/NativeAmerhome.html/Navajo.html/Navajo_etc.html/Navajo_Music.html#dances

4. How they lived? • They lived in adobe buildings. Some used cliffs made of sandstone for their homes. • Their first floor had no doors or windows in order to keep thieves out. They used a ladder to get to the second floor of their house. • Dry farming was used to grow the 3 sisters (corn, squash, and beans). Picture Credit: http://www.utep.edu/region19/modules/natast05/html/natast11.htm

5. Southwest Religion • They believed in Spirits in nature. • Kachina dances were done to bring rain to the crops. • They also had kivas, a religious building Picture Credit: http://www.uwec.edu/Academic/curric/greidebe/Indigenous/Student.Web.Pages/Art.indigenous/web.kachina/pics-meanings.htm

6. Southwest Art • The Southwest made pots, cloths, and baskets as well as jewelry and dolls. Picture Credit: http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/art.htm

7. Southwest Clothing • Their clothing was made from cotton but they didn’t need much since it was very hot • They did wear moccasins. Picture Credit: http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/southwest.html

8. What happened to the Southwest? • Many of the Southwest Native Americans have moved on to other places. • Some Native Americans remain in the surrounding areas. Picture Credit: http://www.utep.edu/region19/modules/natast05/html/natast11.htm

9. Mound Builders“Mississippians”

10. Location of Mound Builders • They lived in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys. Picture Credit: http://www.cr.nps.gov/aad/feature/builder.htm

11. How the Mound Builders lived? • They grew and ate maize (field corn). • Cities were built on top of mounds of dirt. Picture Credit: http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/ancienttech/grinding_corn.html

12. Mound Builder Religion • The Mound Builders’ got their name because they would bury people along with their goods in concical mounds on a hill. • Many mounds contain hundreds of people buried on top of one another creating a mountain. • Many of these mounds have tons of dirt and these people didn’t even have horses to help them. The people carried all the dirt! • The largest mound is found in Cahokia, Illinois and contains about 40,000 people. Picture Credit: http://members.tripod.com/~IS335/monks.html

13. Mound Builder Religion 2 • They believed that spiders and woodpeckers had special powers. • They also had a leader known as the “Great Sun.” When he died, his wives were killed and buried with him so he would have them in the next life. Picture Credit: http://members.tripod.com/~IS335/monks.html

14. What happened to the Mound Builders? • Most of them died as a result of the White man bringing disease with him from Europe. Picture Credit: http://members.tripod.com/~IS335/monks.html

15. Plains(1500-1800 AD)“Sioux”

16. Location of Plains • The Plains Native Americans lived in the middle of the USA on the plains (flat land). • They especially lived in the Dakota prairies. Picture Credit: www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/ notable/laura.htm Click Here to see 360 view of Buffalo!

17. Culture of Plains • They had coup sticks for fighting other Native American tribes. If you could touch an enemy with a coup stick without getting killed, that was considered a great honor. Picture Credit: www.nativetribe.com/

18. How the Plains lived? • They owned horses so they hunted buffalo. The dried meat they ate was called jerky. • The 3 sisters (corn, squash and beans) were also grown. • Their houses consisted of either lodges and hogans or teepees when they were hunting buffalo and had to move often. Picture Credit: http://www.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/prehistory/settlements/regions/plains.html

19. Plains Art • A calendar was kept on buffalo hide. This was called a Winter Count. • Beads were also used for decoration. Picture Credit: http://www.galileo.org/tips/can-count/winter-tr.html

20. Plains Clothing • Buffalo hides provided clothing for this tribe. Picture Credit: http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/reports4/plains.htm

21. What happened to the Plains? • Many were killed by White European men. Picture Credit: : www.whitko.k12.in.us/buildings/ wms/staff/home/

22. Northwest“Tlingit”

23. Location of Northwest • The Northwest Native Americans can be found in Southern Alaska. Picture Credit: http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/reports3/northwest.htm

24. Culture of Northwest • Potlatch is the name given to parties in which the host gives a gift to all the guests and invites the guests to a feast for a few days. Picture Credit: www.heard.org/

25. How the Northwest lived? • Fishing and whales provided the food. • “Salmon Run” is famous because that is when the Northwest catches a lot of fish due to the migration of salmon up the rivers. • They lived in wooden lodges. Picture Credit: http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/northwest.html

26. Northwest Religion& Art • Totem poles are created out of wood to protect homes from bad spirits. • Totem poles are created and many families have them outside their village or longhouse. Picture Credit: http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/mdtech/nativeamerican/kwakieutl/wood.htm

27. Northwest Clothing • Animal skins and bark provided clothing for the Northwest. Picture Credit: http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/NativeAmerhome.html/KWAKIUTLS.html/CLOTHING.html

28. What happened to the Northwest? • The descendants still live in Alaska and continue to fish and hunt whale. • In 1971, the USA gave some of their land back to them. Picture Credit: http://cooday8.tripod.com/alaska.htm

29. Inuits-”People”(Eskimoes)

30. Location of Inuits • The Inuits can be found in northern Alaska and Canada. Picture Credit: http://ccins.camosun.bc.ca/~conklin/pages/martin/html/inuitlocation.htm

31. Culture of Inuits • Husky dogs are used to pull sleds over the ice and snow. • There are yearly races called the iditarod. • Seal oil provides the fat for creating light similar to a candle. Picture Credit: http://www.iditarod.com/index.shtml

32. How the Inuits lived? • Most Inuits live in an igloo. • Harpoons are spears used to kill fish, seals, and even whales. Picture Credit: http://ccins.camosun.bc.ca/~conklin/pages/martin/html/inuitHousing.htm

33. Inuits Religion • Anningan is the moon god shown on the right. • The moon god is always chasing his sister, Malina, the sun goddess across the sky. • Anningan forgets to eat so that is why the moon changes shape. Picture Credit: http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/anningan_moon.html

34. Inuits Art • They Create masks for religious dances and also make wooden carvings. • Toys for kids would be made from bone or wood. Picture Credit: http://ccins.camosun.bc.ca/~conklin/pages/martin/html/inuitRAC.htm

35. Inuits Clothing • They wear heavy fur clothing to keep themselves warm along with boots for walking in the snow. Picture Credit: http://ccins.camosun.bc.ca/~conklin/pages/martin/html/inuitdress.htm

36. What happened to the Inuits? • They still live in the cold, icy climate of Alaska and Canada today. Picture Credit: http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/reports3/inuit.htm

37. Eastern Woodland(1300-1600 AD) “Powhatan”“Iroquois”“Cherokee”

38. Eastern Woodland Location • These Native Americans are located on the Eastern Coast of the USA which includes Virginia. Picture Credit: http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/woodland2.html

39. Eastern Woodland Culture • In many tribes, the women had the power of leadership. • The game la crosse was invented by this culture. Picture Credit: http://www.oneida-nation.net/lacrosse.html

40. How the Eastern Woodland lived? • Longhouses and wigwams is what these tribes used for housing. • Deer, rabbit, squirrel, moose, elk were hunted while the 3 sisters (squash, beans, and corn) were farmed. Click here to see a Native American village

41. Eastern Woodland Longhouse! Picture Credit: http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/woodland2.html

42. Eastern Woodland Religion • They had visions. • Most tribes believed in a supernatural being. Picture Credit: http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/woodland2.html

43. Eastern Woodland Art • Wampum belts were used by the Iroquois to tell stories and keep history alive. • Beads were also used for decoration. • Weaving was also done by the women. Picture Credit: www.cshore.com/waabanaki/ images/wampbelt5lg.jpg

44. Eastern Woodland Clothing • They used animals skins for clothing. • They wore shirts, leggings, and moccasins. • The children wore nothing. Picture Credit: www.cshore.com/waabanaki/ images/wampbelt5lg.jpg

45. What happened to the Eastern Woodland Native Americans? • Many of the USA constitution ideas derived from the Iroquois Confederacy. • Most were killed off by White men. • However, some still live on reservations today. Picture Credit: www.cshore.com/waabanaki/ images/wampbelt5lg.jpg