Native American Indians

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Native American Indians
by Ms. Eaves's 2008 Fourth Graders
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Algonquian Indians
Mahaley Megan
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Habitat

• They lived in the southeast part of New York
  state.
• They lived in wigwams.

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Clothing

• They made most of their clothes with elk and deer
  hides.

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Food

• The algonquins ate things that they hunted and
  things that they fished. Examples are fish, bear,
  beaver, moose and deer.
• They also used animals skins as clothes so they
  could keep warm.

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Customs

• All the children's clothing was made of young
  deer hide, smoked, or washed. In case of illness,
  the children were dressed in pure white deerskins
  and unsmoked.
• White chased the evil spirit away.
• A newborn child was also dressed in pure white
  deerskins.

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Habitat

• The Algonquins are original natives of southern
  Quebec and eastern Ontario, in Canada.

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Transportation

• The Algonquin Indian tribe was famous for their
  birchbark canoes.

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Apache

• By
• Lori
• and
• Carrington

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Habitat

• They lived in Mexico and deserts .
• They had two houses .

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Houses

• Women build the houses .
• They are called wickiups .

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Clothing

• They dress from deer hide.
• Men wear breech clothes.

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Customs

• Great Spirit was sent mountain spirits to show
  the Apache how to live a good life. The mountain
  spirits called Ganhs taught the Apaches many
  ceremonies and chants to overcome disease.
  Apaches acted out the Gahns and
  performed ceremonial dances
  to bring them back. The Apaches
  believed the dancers could absorb
  illnesses in a wand and
  blow it away with the wind
  as the dancers moved.

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Apache Food

• They didnt farm women gathered nuts, seeds,
  berries, and fruit.
• Men hunted buffalo, deer, and small game.

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Tool and weapons

• Apache used Bayonets, Bow and Arrows, War Clubs,
  Shields, and Slings...

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Art

• The women packed all their possession each time
  they traveled to a new home in baskets. The
  baskets could hold heavy loads. They hung the
  baskets across their backs and shoulders. The
  baskets were made from different plants, reeds,
  and herbs. The Apache mainly used yucca leaves,
  willow reeds, or juniper bark. Flowers from
  plants was used to make dyes for painting designs
  on the baskets. They Apaches used the coiling and
  twining technique

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Famous Apache

• Geronimo (1829-1909)

    
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Cherokee

• Bryson
• And
• Evan

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Habitat

• The Cherokees are original residents of the
  American southeast region, Georgia, North South
  Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee.
• They lived in valleys or mountains.

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Housing

• The Cherokee Indians lived in settled villages,
  usually located near a river. Cherokee houses
  were made of river cane and plaster, with
  thatched roofs.

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Clothing

• Cherokee men wore breechcloths
  leggings.
• Cherokee women wore dresses
  made out of woven fiber
  or deerskin.
• The Cherokees wore moccasins on their
  feet.

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Food

• The Cherokees were farming people. Cherokee women
  harvested crops of corn, beans, squash, and
  sunflowers. They also gathered berries, nuts and
  fruit to eat.
• Cherokee men hunted deer, wild turkeys, and small
  game and fished in the rivers.

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Famous Cherokee Sequoyah

• Sequoyah was a very brilliant man. He invented a
  writing system for Cherokee that is still used
  today.

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Tools And Weapons

• Cherokee hunters used bows arrows
  or blowguns to shoot game.
• Fishermen generally used spears and
  fishing poles.
• Warriors fired arrows or
  fought with a melee weapon like a
  tomahawk or spear.

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Art

• Traditional Cherokee art included pipe carving,
  rivercane baskets, gourd art, pottery.

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Inuit

• Samuel
• Nick

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Habitat

• Used 2 different kinds of homes
• Igloo made of ice blocks in winter
• Tent made of caribou skins in summer

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Clothing

• Inuits wore fur and leather clothing, and boots.
  
  

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Food

• Because Inuit live in places where most plants
  cannot grow, the traditional diet consisted of
  almost entirely meat. Inuit fished and hunted to
  get their food. Whales, walruses, seals, fish
  were staples of
  their diet.

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Customs

• The Arctic people are closely connected to
  nature. Their tradition believes that every being
  has a spirit and must be treated with respect.

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Tools and Weapons

• The Inuit used several kinds of harpoons and
  spears. Large harpoons were used to hunt the
  walrus. Smaller spears were used for hunting
  small animals and birds.

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Art Work

• Inuit people made soapstone carvings.

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Transportation
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Iroquois

• Kaylee and Jonathan

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Habitat

• They lived in New York in villages.

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Housing

• They lived in longhouses.

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Clothing

• They made their own clothes out of
  skins.
• The women wore skirts and
  leggings.
• The men wore leather moccasins.

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Food

• They were farmers.

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Customs

• The Iroquois were made up of a lot of groups of
  Indians.

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Tools and Weapons

• The men used or made tools and weapons.

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Art

• They made masks to keep away evil spirits.

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Navajo Indians

• Makayla
• Sadie

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Habitat

• The Navajo Indians lived in the
• southwest.

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Housing

• The Navajo Native Americans lived in hogans.
• Male hogan Female hogan

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Clothing

• They made their clothing out of rabbit skin and
  yucca plants.

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Food

• They eat foods such as head and blood sausage and
  wild game like rabbit and deer and much more.

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Superstitions

• Coyotes and bears are rarely killed by the
  Navajo, who prefer to have the white man do the
  killing.  This is in compliance with their belief
  that these animals represent gods of the native
  religion.  
• When a baby laughs for the first time, it is
  given a small gift, and a little feast is
  prepared for the family.  This will cause the
  child to be friendly and generous throughout
  life.  
• A crow flying over the hogan announces illness or
  bad luck.  
• When meeting another person with the same name,
  it is considered bad luck to repeat that name.  

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Plains Indians
Ryan Brian
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Habitat

• Mississippi River, Rocky Mountains, Canada,
  Mexico

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Housing

• Plains Indians live in tepees.

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Plains Clothing

• Buffalo hides
• Deer skin

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Food

• Buffalo, Elk, Antelope

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Customs

• Buffalo bones
• Rope
• Dog sleds
• Buffalo hides
• Shields

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Tools Weapons

• Paddles
• Horses

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Art

• Plains Indians Paintings

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Famous Plains Indians Chiefs
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Pueblo Indians

• By
• Tiffany
• Lexie

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Housing

• Pueblo people lived in adobe houses known as
  pueblos, which are multi-story house complexes
  made of adobe (clay and straw baked into hard
  bricks) and stone.

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Clothing

• The men dress in breech clothes and leggings..

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Food

• The Pueblo Indians were farming people. They
  raised corn, beans, squash, and sunflowers, as
  well as cotton and tobacco. The men hunted deer,
  antelope, and small game. Women gathered nuts,
  fruits, and herbs.

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Where they live

• The Pueblo are natives of the Southwest deserts,
  particularly New Mexico.

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Transportation

• Pueblo Indians weren't coastal people, and rarely
  traveled by river. Originally they just walked.
• Pueblos used dogs pulling travois (a kind of drag
  sled) to help them carry heavy loads.
• Once Europeans brought horses to America, the
  Pueblo Indians rode them.

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Art
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Seminoles

• Brandon
• Austin

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Habitat

• The Seminoles lived in the southeast mainly in
  Florida.

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Housing

• They lived in something called a chickee.

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Clothing

• They dressed in plant fibers.

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Food

• They eat corn, squash, peanuts, sweet potatoes
  and melons.
• Also wild animals, deer, rabbits, and alligators.

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Customs

• The Green Corn Dance is part of the Seminoles
  Customs. This marks the end of the old year and
  the beginning of a new year.

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Transportation

• They used dugout canoes.

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Art
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Famous SeminoleOsceola

• Osceola was a famous warrior.