1. Native American Culture

2. They Were Here First!
Experts believe that the first people to come to North America may have come across a frozen bridge of land that once connected Asia and Alaska.
These people were called the Paleo-Indians.
Native Americans spread out and settled in many different environments.

3. Arctic Indians The Inuit
Region: Arctic
Lived in present day Alaska and northern Canada.
Climate: Freezing

4. Northwest Indians Kwakiutl
Region: Northwest Coast
Lived on the Pacific Northwest coast.
Climate: Rainy and Mild

5. Plateau Indians Nez Perce
Region: Plateau
Lived in high country between the Rocky Mountains and Cascade Mountains in Washington
Climate:

6. Southwest Indians Hopi
Region: Southwest
Lived in the hot, dry desert in present-day Arizona
Climate: Hot and Dry

7. Plains Indians Pawnee Region: Plains Climate: Dry
Lived in the middle of the United States in the Great Plains were there are few trees and lots of grassland.
Climate: Dry

8. Southeastern Indians Seminole
Region: Southeast
Lived in present day Florida
Climate: Warm and wet

10. Where We Live Determines How We Live
The land and the climate affect how the Native Americans met their basic needs.
Basic needs are things people must have to survive such as:
Food
Clothing
Shelter
The Indians met their needs by using things in their environment.

11. Arctic Indians The Inuit
Food:
Fished
Hunted
Shelter
Igloos:
Made from blocks of ice

12. Igloo

13. Northwest Indians Kwakiutl
Food:
Fished
Hunted,
Gathered roots and berries.
Shelter:
Plank Houses
Used timber from cedar trees

14. Plateau Indians Nez Perce
Food:
Fished
Hunted
Gathered roots and berries
Shelter:
Earth Lodges
Earth and plant materials for summer and winter houses

15. Southwest Indians Hopi
Food:
Mainly Farmers
Shelter:
Pueblos
Made from adobe or dry clay and stone.

16. Pueblo

17. Plains Indians Pawnee Shelter: Food: Hunted Farmed Tepees
Made from Buffalo Hide

18. Tepee

19. Southeastern Indians Seminole
Food:
Farmed
Hunted
Fished
Gathered food
Shelter:
Chickees
Used palmetto trees

20. Chickees

21. What did they wear?
The Native Americans used things in their environment to make clothing.

22. Arctic Indians The Inuit
Clothing:
Used skin from seals, hides, and fur.
Seal skin resisted water so they could wear it when they went into the icy ocean!

23. Northwest Indians Kwakiutl
Clothing
Used plant materials, hides, and fur.

24. Plateau Indians Nez Perce
Clothing
Used plant materials, hides, and fur.

25. Southwest Indians Hopi
Clothing:
Grew cotton and made clothing form it.

26. Plains Indians Pawnee
Clothing:
The Pawnee used buffalo hides.

27. Southeastern Indians Seminole
Clothing
Used plant materials and hide.