1. Native Cultures
Chapter 2.2

2. Culture area
Map is divided up into culture areas and within that area are various Native tribes.

3. 5,000 years ago corn was tiny (about the size of a human finger)
5,000 years ago corn was tiny (about the size of a human finger). Natives developed dozen varieties.
Natives also traded among each other traveling up to 1,000 miles- this created diffusion and spread farming skills.

4. Climate, Resources, and Culture
Climate and natural resources shaped Native American cultures in different regions.
It determined the food they grew, animals they hunted, clothes they wore, houses they lived in, and ultimate shaped all their basic needs.

5. Frozen Seas and ice made this an Artic Region Short summers
North and Plateau
Frozen Seas and ice made this an Artic Region
Short summers
Used drift wood for shelter- pit houses
Used sea oil lamps for warmth
Clothes made out of fur (waterproof by seal skin)
Hunted mountain sheep and rabbits

6. Plenty of fish near seas
Northwest
Plenty of fish near seas
Abundant of trees from forest (used for canoes and houses)
Plenty of food allowed people to stay in one place
This allowed tribes to developed social classes or family statuses
Potlatch

7. Hunted, fished, and farmed fertile soil
Southeast
Warm moist climate
Hunted, fished, and farmed fertile soil
Strawberry, little corn, mulberry, deer, turkey, and bear
Natchez

8. Shared Belief Respect nature People are bond to the earth
Natives respected the natural world
Must adapt THEIR ways in order to survive
Each group even had special ceremonies

9. Iroquois Confederacy “The People of the Long House”
150 long and 20 feet wide 12 or more families lived in them
Women had a special place in Iroquoian society
Choose clan leader
Five nations:
MOHAWK SENECA ONONDAGA
ONEIDA
CAYUGA
They agreed to end the fighting between themselves
50 chosen leaders would make decision for the tribes