Native Americans of North and South

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Map: Empires of South America

Tribes of North America

Eastern Woodland Indians

Northwest Indians

Great Plains Indians

Southwest Indians

Tribes of South America

Aztecs

Incas

Mayas

North and South America Tribe Videos

Eastern Woodlands

Great Plains

Southwest

Aztecs

Incas

Mayas

Eastern Woodland Indians

Location of Tribe: Eastern part of the United States

Type of Homes: Wigwams and Longhouses

Type of Clothing: Breechcloths, grass dresses, moccasins

Food: Any type of wildlife, berries, nuts, and wild plants

Jobs: Men hunted, fished, built house and scraped animal skins Women grew gardens of corn, squash, pumpkins, and beans. They also made clothing Children helped gather fruits, nuts and berries

Interesting Facts:

Used snowshoes to hunt in the winter and traveled up to fifty miles a day

There was a group of men called the “False Face Society”

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Location of the Eastern Woodland Indians

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Northwest IndiansLocation of Tribe: Ranged from Southern Alaska to Northern California with fertile soil and North America’s tallest trees.

Type of Homes: Solid houses made from tree planks from the large trees.

Climate: Mild with strong wet winds and rain.

Food: Ate salmon, hunted whales and ate various other animals living in that area.

Interesting Facts:

Northwest Indians were skilled wood workers. They made furniture, pots, bowls, and masks.

Families chose an animal as a symbol, totem, and they made masks and carved the symbols in a giant post for the corner of their house.

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Location of the Northwest Indians

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Great Plains IndiansLocation of Tribe:

Type of Homes: Teepees-could tear down and travel with them

Type of Clothing: Wore bison skins in the winter

Food: Bison- referred to as, “A Walking Department Store”

Weather: Winters were bitter cold, and summers reached over 100° F

Interesting Facts:

The Plains Indians used the bison for food, clothing, tools, and housing

Bones were used for tools, stomachs were used for carrying water and for cooking, and hides were used for blankets, robes, and shoes. Other parts

of the bison were used for string for bows.

Land near the river was used for farming, other land was dry and hard

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Location of the Great Plains Indians

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Southwest Indians

Location of Tribe:

Type of Homes: Adobe houses-made from a clay like mixture that kept the home cool in the summer and warm in the winter. They also lived in communities within mountains and on plateaus.

Type of Clothing: Used cotton for clothing and blankets

Food: Farmed corn, beans, and squash. Southwest Indians had to irrigate or dig ditches to bring water to their crops.

Jobs: Men farmed, made cloth from cotton and older men weaved. Women ground grains, cooked it, and made pottery and baskets.

Interesting Facts:

These Native Americans were called “Pueblos”, which is Spanish for “town”. There were two groups: Zuni and Hopi

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Location of the Southwest Indians

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Incas

Location of Tribe: Western Coast of South America

Facts:

The Incas worshipped the Sun

Everyone in the empire worked because laziness was a crime.

Empire stretched 2,500 miles

They carved huge blocks of stones for buildings without any iron tools

The Incas did not have a written language

They farmed and dug irrigation canals, some were 500 miles long.

Their land was rich in gold and silver.

Map of the Inca Empire

Location of the Inca Empire

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MayasLocation of Tribe: Located in the jungles of Central America and Southern Mexico.

Facts:

The Mayas built beautiful, carefully planned cities with huge temples

Created a government with a system of laws

Created a system of writing

Developed mathematics

Studied the heavens and created a more accurate calendar than the Europeans.

Map of the Mayan Empire

Location of the Mayan Empire

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AztecsLocation of Tribe: Located in Central America and Mexico

Facts:

The empire had 10 million people

The empire also had various temples

Created a system of writing

Developed taxes and used taxes to build roads, canals, and temples

Tenochtitlan was the largest city in the world at the time. It was built on an island in a lake. The Aztecs built causeways to get to the city.

Causeways are like roadways that are raised above water

Map of the Aztec Empire

Location of the Aztec Empire

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Eastern Woodland Video

Great Plains Video

Southwest Video

Inca Video

Aztec Video

Maya Video

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Location of Empires in South America

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