Native American CulturesSW, Pacific Coast, Great Plains
I. The SouthwestZuni, Hopi, Apache, and Navajodescendants of Anasazi and HohokamPueblo peoplescorn, squash, and beans
boys, 6, joined kachina cultkachina good spirit
kachinas supposedly visited town each year, messages from gods wearing masksand dancing helped bring the spirits to town
Hopi House
II. The Pacific Coastcoastal forests, lumberhomes, canoes, totem poles
Redwood National Park
legends, culturalbeliefs, art
no restrictions onvertical order
never objects of worshipTotem Poles
These people did not practice agriculture, they fished in riverslike the Columbia for salmon.
Columbia River Gorge...Oregon
Nez Perce and Yakima occupied land betweenCascades and RockiesCascade Mountains
Shoshone FallsShoshone and Ute, between Sierra Nevadas and Rockies, more nomadic because land was too dry and food scarce
III. The Great PlainsIII. The Great Plainsinfluenced by Hopewell and Mississippianlived near Missouri and other rivers
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Sioux followed buffalo and lived in tepees
How did life change for the Sioux and others after the Spanish introduced horses?
Sioux warriors took scalps of enemiesgreater glory came with the counting coup charge towards the enemy and touch one with a stick (humiliating)
Far North, NE, SE
IV. The Far NorthAleut, Aleutian IslandsInuit (Eskimos), Alaska to Greenland
hunted seals and cariboukayaks and dogsledslamps - whale oil for fuel
dwellings - igloos
V. The Northeast2 language groups Algonquian and Iroquoianamong first to encounter English settlersHuron, Erie, Mohawk
slash-and-burn agriculture cut forests, burned cleared land, left with rich soil
longhouses barrel-shaped, coveredwith bark
wigwams houses used by Algonquian Indiansmeans house in the Abenaki tribal language
wampum belts designs recorded events
The Iroquois Leaguewar often erupted among Iroquoian groupslate 1500s Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk formed this alliance, peaceGreat Binding Law constitution that defined how confederacy workedchiefs were men, women who headed kinship groups selected themHiawatha
VI. The Southeastmost lived in townscentral plaza, earthen walls
Cherokee was largest groupwestern N.C. and Tennessee20,000 when Europeans arrived
Smoky Mountains
Statue of Sequoyah outside the Museum of the Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, North Carolina
The Natchez lived in the Southeast as well and nowhave a parkway named after them.
Natchez TraceParkway
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