Native Americans: Dwellings & Adaptations 6th Grade

Plains Indians Lived 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 Dwellings They lived in teepees, which were easy to move.

Woodland Indians Lived 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 Indians Lived 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 Indians Lived 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 Indians They 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 Dwellings They 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.