USI.3 INDIANS
USI.3A Locate where the first Indians (Native Americans settled with emphasis on the Inuit, Kwakiutl, Sioux, Pueblo, and Iroquois USI.3B Describe how the Indians used their environment to obtain food, clothing, and shelter
USI.3A – GROUPS & LOCATION OF EACH
KWAKIUTL
“Indian” (1)
First Americans Where They Settled How They Used Their Environment
Food
Inuit (Arctic) Alaska and northern Canada Hunted reindeer and fished sea animals
USI.3B
Clothing
Animal fur and feathers
Shelter
igloos (made of ice blocks)
Kwakiutl (Northwest)
California and northwest coast
Sioux (Plains)
Great Plains
Pueblo (Southwest)
Southwest
Iroquois (Eastern Woodlands)
Northeast
Fished clams, Used resources waterfowl, salmon available in their natural environment (plants, animal skin, natural fibers) Hunted buffalo Used resources (used all parts of available in animal) their natural environment (plants, animal skin, natural fibers) Hunted rabbit, Used resources deer, elk; Farmed, available in irrigated land; their natural Raised corn, environment squash, beans (plants, animal skin, natural fibers) Farmed corn, Used resources beans; Hunted available in beaver, deer, their natural bear, opossum environment (plants, animal skin, natural fibers)
Plank houses (made of cedar and logs)
Teepee (made of buffalo hides
Pueblos (made of stone or brick) multi-family cliff dwellings
Longhouses (made of wood)
“Indian Lake” (6)
Pass out chart!
THE INUIT (Eskimo – “eaters of raw meat”)
Homes were Igloos, made of ice blocks
Lived in Alaska & Northern Canada Ate reindeer & sea animals
Wore furs and feathers
THE KWAKIUTL
Lived in WA, OR, & Northern CA
Lived in plank houses
Wore plants, animal skin, natural fibers, etc.
Ate fish and water fowl
THE SIOUX
Lived in tepees
Lived on the Great Plains Ate buffalo meat
Wore hides, etc.
THE PUEBLO
Anasazi?
Ate “3 sisters”: corn, beans, & squash Lived in adobe houses or cliff dwellings
4 Corners Region of US
Also ate rabbits & deer
THE IROQUOIS
Eastern Woodlands Indians
Ate beans, corn, & squash
Lived in “Longhouses”