Native Americans: Dwellings & Adaptations

6th Grade

Plains IndiansLived in grass lands of the Great Plains of the United

States. (dark green)

Food: game animals (bison), vegetables (corn, maize, beans and pumpkins), wild fruits.

Hunters, farmers and gatherers.

They traded with other tribes.

Plains Indian DwellingsThey lived in teepees, which were easy to move.

Woodland IndiansLived in wooded areas of the east coast of the

United States. (light green)

Food: deer, bear, moose, squash, beans and corn.

Hunters, gatherers and farmers.

Woodland Indian Dwellings

They lived in wigwams and longhouses. The Wampanoag were the first tribe to have contact with European explorers.

Northwest Coast IndiansLived on the coast of the

United States and Canada. (red)

Food: mainly fish, bear, caribou, wild berries.

Hunters and gatherers.

Northwest Coast Indian Dwellings

They lived in wooden longhouses, called tlingits, with totem poles.

Southeast IndiansLived in the south east corner of the United

States. (yellow)

Food: fish and wild game (deer), wild fruits and vegetables, shellfish and corn.

Hunters, gatherers, and fishing.

Southeast Indian Dwellings

They lived in chickees, rectangular structures made with wooden poles, bark roofs and plastered with mud.

Pueblo IndiansThey lived in the southwest desert portion of the

United States. (pink)

Food: Pueblo’s were mostly vegetarian, but they hunted rabbit and squirrel occasionally.

Pueblo Indian DwellingsThey lived in adobe houses. Most of the houses

were made from a type of clay mixed with straw. They lived in cliffs to keep cool and to be protected from enemies.