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Native Americans Pueblo Lakota of the Plains Powhatans Click anywhere on the screen to continue or click on the links above to jump to a section
Native Americans
Pueblo Lakota of the Plains Powhatans
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SouthwestSouthwest“Pueblo”“Pueblo”
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
Culture of the Pueblo 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
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
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
Pueblo Art
The Southwest made pots, cloths, and baskets as well as jewelry and dolls.
Picture Credit: http://inkido.indiana.edu/w310work/romac/art.htm
Pueblo 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
What happened to the Pueblo?
Many of the Pueblo 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
PlainsPlains
“Lakota”“Lakota”
Location of Plains The Lakota 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
Culture of Lakota
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/
How the Lakota 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
Plains Religion
They had a spiritual guardian whom they saw in visions.
Lakota 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
Lakota Clothing
Buffalo hides provided clothing for this tribe.
Picture Credit:
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/reports4/plains.htm
What happened to the Lakota? Many were killed by White European men.
Picture Credit: : www.whitko.k12.in.us/buildings/ wms/staff/home/
Eastern WoodlandEastern Woodland
(1300-1600 AD) (1300-1600 AD) “Powhatan”“Powhatan”
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
Powhatan 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
How the Powhatan 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.
Powhatan Longhouse!Picture Credit: http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/woodland2.html
Eastern Woodland Religion
They had visions. Most tribes believed
in a supernatural being.
Picture Credit: http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/woodland2.html
Powhatan 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
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
What happened to the Powhatan 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
