1. Why do you think Native American tribes developed different cultures?

2. Native American Cultures Culture through Geography

3. North American Life Regional differences allow for different: Culture Societal structure Agrarian (farming) versus Nomadic Religion / Creation beliefs

4. Different Regions of Native Population North Northwest Coast California The Plateau Great Basin * Middle America * Southwest Plains Northeast Southeast Caribbean

6. Regions of Settlement North Inuit and Aleut Ice fishing and hunting Nomads - no permanent homes, traveled in search of food

8. Regions of Settlement Northwest Coast Chinook Primarily fishing Developed food storage California Chumash & Yurok Fish and Hunter/ Gatherers

10. Regions of Settlement Plateau Nez Perce & Flathead Fished for Salmon Scavenged for roots Southwest Apache, Navaho, Pueblo Some farm, others nomadic Cliff dwellers

11. Flathead

12. Regions of Settlement Plains Pawnee, Osage, Sioux Hunt buffalo Plant squash, beans and corn

13. Sioux

14. Regions of Settlement Southeast Cherokee, Mobile, Creek, Grow corn Hunters Mound builders Towns with large populations

15. Creek House

16. Cahokia- This artist’s rendering, based on archaeological evidence, suggests the size and magnificence of the Mississippian city of Cahokia. By the thirteenth century, it was as populous as medieval London, and served as a center of trade for the vast interior of North America.

17. Regions of Settlement Caribbean Taino- First Indians Columbus encountered Fishing Wiped out by European

18. Columbus Meets the Taino, 1493

19. Northeast Mohawk, Lenape, Oneida Fished, hunted & gathered from forests, grew crops Often at war, form Iroquois League- created constitution Women selected male council