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 Location: Central-eastern Utah  “Ute” means “land of the sun”  Largest Utah tribe  Wore animal skins, wove grasses & bark  Lived in tepees.

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2  Location: Central-eastern Utah  “Ute” means “land of the sun”  Largest Utah tribe  Wore animal skins, wove grasses & bark  Lived in tepees

3  Tepee is a cone-like tent made of animal skin.  It provided warmth in the winter and dry during rains but it also kept cool in the summertime.  They could be easily disassembled and packed up which was good for nomadic tribes

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5  Location: mountains and valleys of northern Utah  “Shoshone” means the “valley people”  Explorers Lewis and Clark called them the “Snake People”  Similar to the Utes (clothes, housing)  Fun fact: Sacagawea was a Shoshone

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7  Location: in dry regions, western Utah  Did not use horses  Ate crickets, plants  Because they burrowed into the ground for small animals, they were also known as “Root Diggers”  They were often left hungry  Wore light clothes, cloths, hats out of twigs  Lived in wiki-ups

8  Wiki-ups are small shelters made of twigs, brush, branches and grass.  There was no door  In the winter, many of them took shelter in caves

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10  Location: dry regions, southwestern Utah  Irrigated beans, corn and squash  Did not use horses  Lived in wiki-ups  Wore light clothing  “paiute” either means “water ute” or “true ute”

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12  Location: southeastern Utah  Also known as “Dine”  Relied a LOT on sheep for food and wool for crafts like rugs  Got horses later on from the Utes  Lived in hogans  Largest Native American tribe in the country!

13  Hogans are made from wooden poles, tree bark and mud  Doorway tended to open to the east to welcome the sun  Kept the inside cool from the hot sun

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