Southwest

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SouthwestAnasaziHopiZuniNavajo

• Mountain View Elementary School
• Harrisonburg, VA 22801

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Location of Southwest

• The Anasazi are located in the desert that is the
  southwestern part of the USA.
• Today it is known as the Four corners and covers
  Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona.

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Culture of Southwest

• They used animals skins for clothes.

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tiveAmerhome.html/Navajo.html/Navajo_etc.html/Nava
jo_Music.htmldances
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How they lived?

• They lived in adobe buildings. Some used cliffs
  made of sandstone for their homes.
• Their first floor had no doors or windows in
  order to keep thieves out. They used a ladder to
  get to the second floor of their house.
• Dry farming was used to grow the 3 sisters (corn,
  squash, and beans).

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es/natast05/html/natast11.htm
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Southwest Religion

• They believed in Spirits in nature.
• Kachina dances were done to bring rain to the
  crops.
• They also had kivas, a religious building

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nous/web.kachina/pics-meanings.htm
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Southwest Art

• The Southwest made pots, cloths, and baskets as
  well as jewelry and dolls.

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/romac/art.htm
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Southwest Clothing

• Their clothing was made from cotton but they
  didnt need much since it was very hot
• They did wear moccasins.

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tml/southwest.html
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What happened to the Southwest?

• Many of the Southwest Native Americans have moved
  on to other places.
• Some Native Americans remain in the surrounding
  areas.

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les/natast05/html/natast11.htm
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Mound BuildersMississippians
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Location of Mound Builders

• They lived in the Ohio and Mississippi River
  valleys.

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builder.htm
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How the Mound Builders lived?

• They grew and ate maize (field corn).
• Cities were built on top of mounds of dirt.

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/ancienttech/grinding_corn.html
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Mound Builder Religion

• The Mound Builders got their name because they
  would bury people along with their goods in
  concical mounds on a hill.
• Many mounds contain hundreds of people buried on
  top of one another creating a mountain.
• Many of these mounds have tons of dirt and these
  people didnt even have horses to help them. The
  people carried all the dirt!
• The largest mound is found in Cahokia, Illinois
  and contains about 40,000 people.

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Mound Builder Religion 2

• They believed that spiders and woodpeckers had
  special powers.
• They also had a leader known as the Great Sun.
  When he died, his wives were killed and buried
  with him so he would have them in the next life.

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What happened to the Mound Builders?

• Most of them died as a result of the White man
  bringing disease with him from Europe.

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Plains(1500-1800 AD)Sioux
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Location of Plains

• The Plains Native Americans lived in the middle
  of the USA on the plains (flat land).
• They especially lived in the Dakota prairies.

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notable/laura.htm
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Culture of Plains

• They had coup sticks for fighting other Native
  American tribes. If you could touch an enemy
  with a coup stick without getting killed, that
  was considered a great honor.

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How the Plains lived?

• They owned horses so they hunted buffalo. The
  dried meat they ate was called jerky.
• The 3 sisters (corn, squash and beans) were also
  grown.
• Their houses consisted of either lodges and
  hogans or teepees when they were hunting buffalo
  and had to move often.

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u/prehistory/settlements/regions/plains.html
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Plains Art

• A calendar was kept on buffalo hide. This was
  called a Winter Count.
• Beads were also used for decoration.

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unt/winter-tr.html
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Plains Clothing

• Buffalo hides provided clothing for this tribe.

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eports4/plains.htm
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What happened to the Plains?

• Many were killed by White European men.

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wms/staff/home/
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NorthwestTlingit
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Location of Northwest

• The Northwest Native Americans can be found in
  Southern Alaska.

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eports3/northwest.htm
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Culture of Northwest

• Potlatch is the name given to parties in which
  the host gives a gift to all the guests and
  invites the guests to a feast for a few days.

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How the Northwest lived?

• Fishing and whales provided the food.
• Salmon Run is famous because that is when the
  Northwest catches a lot of fish due to the
  migration of salmon up the rivers.
• They lived in wooden lodges.

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ml/northwest.html
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Northwest Religion Art

• Totem poles are created out of wood to protect
  homes from bad spirits.
• Totem poles are created and many families have
  them outside their village or longhouse.

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dtech/nativeamerican/kwakieutl/wood.htm
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Northwest Clothing

• Animal skins and bark provided clothing for the
  Northwest.

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ativeAmerhome.html/KWAKIUTLS.html/CLOTHING.html
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What happened to the Northwest?

• The descendants still live in Alaska and continue
  to fish and hunt whale.
• In 1971, the USA gave some of their land back to
  them.

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Inuits-People(Eskimoes)
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Location of Inuits

• The Inuits can be found in northern Alaska and
  Canada.

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n/pages/martin/html/inuitlocation.htm
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Culture of Inuits

• Husky dogs are used to pull sleds over the ice
  and snow.
• There are yearly races called the iditarod.
• Seal oil provides the fat for creating light
  similar to a candle.

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How the Inuits lived?

• Most Inuits live in an igloo.
• Harpoons are spears used to kill fish, seals, and
  even whales.

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n/pages/martin/html/inuitHousing.htm
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Inuits Religion

• Anningan is the moon god shown on the right.
• The moon god is always chasing his sister,
  Malina, the sun goddess across the sky.
• Anningan forgets to eat so that is why the moon
  changes shape.

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ink/mythology/anningan_moon.html
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Inuits Art

• They Create masks for religious dances and also
  make wooden carvings.
• Toys for kids would be made from bone or wood.

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n/pages/martin/html/inuitRAC.htm
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Inuits Clothing
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in/pages/martin/html/inuitdress.htm

• They wear heavy fur clothing to keep themselves
  warm along with boots for walking in the snow.

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What happened to the Inuits?

• They still live in the cold, icy climate of
  Alaska and Canada today.

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eports3/inuit.htm
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Eastern Woodland(1300-1600 AD)
PowhatanIroquoisCherokee
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Eastern Woodland Location

• These Native Americans are located on the Eastern
  Coast of the USA which includes Virginia.

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ml/woodland2.html
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Eastern Woodland Culture

• In many tribes, the women had the power of
  leadership.
• The game la crosse was invented by this culture.

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sse.html
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How the Eastern Woodland lived?

• Longhouses and wigwams is what these tribes used
  for housing.
• Deer, rabbit, squirrel, moose, elk were hunted
  while the 3 sisters (squash, beans, and corn)
  were farmed.

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Eastern Woodland Longhouse!
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ml/woodland2.html
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Eastern Woodland Religion

• They had visions.
• Most tribes believed in a supernatural being.

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ml/woodland2.html
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Eastern Woodland Art

• Wampum belts were used by the Iroquois to tell
  stories and keep history alive.
• Beads were also used for decoration.
• Weaving was also done by the women.

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Eastern Woodland Clothing

• They used animals skins for clothing.
• They wore shirts, leggings, and moccasins.
• The children wore nothing.

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What happened to the Eastern Woodland Native
Americans?

• Many of the USA constitution ideas derived from
  the Iroquois Confederacy.
• Most were killed off by White men.
• However, some still live on reservations today.

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