Native Americans

The Inuit, Kwakiutl, Sioux, Pueblo, and Iroquois

Inuit

The Inuit tribe lives in the Far Northern part of North America.

They are sometimes called Eskimos.

Inuit

Clothing of sealskin and furs

Inuit

The Inuit use dogsleds for transportation. The Inuit hunt sea mammals for food and clothing.

Inuit

The Inuit live in Igloos made of ice

or sod.

Kwakiutl

The Kwakiutl live in the Northwest parts of Canada and the US.

The Kwakiutl live as far south as California.

Kwakiutl

Dances at FestivalsMidwinter Festival

http://www.der.org/films/dances-of-the-kwakiutl.html

Kwakiutl

They lived in houses made of branches and trees. Some lived in wooden houses.

Kwakiutl

•The Kwakiutl were known for their beautiful baskets.

•They used these baskets to gather nuts and berries from the forest.

•Kwakiutl also hunted for the small game around their villages.

Kwakiutl

The Kwakiutl wore very little clothing during the warmer months, but made clothing for winter out of fur, grasses, and bark.

This man has a blanket draped over himself.

Sioux

The Sioux Lived it the Great Plains region of the US.

The Sioux were Nomads.

They were very skilled fighters

Sioux

http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/index.htm

The Sioux hunted buffalo. They used the buffalo in every part of

their lives.

They also used every part of the buffalo, none was wasted.

Sioux

The Sioux made clothing from Buckskin. They wore shoes called Moccasins. Their clothing was decorated with beads.

Sioux

The Sioux live in tepees. They take down the tepees and follow the buffalo.

Sioux

The Sioux used horses in warfare and hunting. They captured the horses after they were lost by the Europeans.

Pueblo

The Pueblo lived in the Southwestern part of the US.

The land was very mountainous.

The word “Pueblo” means village in Spanish.

Pueblo

The Pueblo ate buffalo, and grew

maize. Maize was a very important part

of their diets.

Pueblo

Poncho

The Pueblo lived in Pueblos, “Apartment Complexes” built from Adobe. Adobe are dried mud bricks.

Pueblo

The Pueblo wore light fabrics. They also wove their own wool blankets. Some Pueblo wore ponchos at night to keep

them warm.

Pueblo

The Pueblo used Turquoise, a stone found in their area, to decorate their clothing and to construct jewelry.

Pueblo

The Pueblo made Kachinas. These were figurines for the children as toys. They were also held as religious

symbols. The children learned about their culture through kachinas

Iroquois

The Iroquois were a League of Native American Tribes.

They were made of the Onondaga, Cayuga, Oneida, Seneca, and the Mohawk.

Iroquois

The Iroquois made their clothing from buckskin. They decorated them with feathers and beads.

Iroquois

The Iroquois lived in longhouses. These longhouses were built by bending saplings to form the frame, then placing bark on top. Many families lived in on longhouse. They were normally 60-150 ft long

Iroquois

The Iroquois depended on three plants. They called them the Three Sisters. Corn Beans Squash

They also hunted small game around their homes