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

Angie Richardson

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