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Ch. 1 Sec 2. Native American Cultures. Objectives. Describe the cultures of Native American groups of the West, Far North, and Eastern Woodlands Describe the Agricultural techniques of the Woodlands Native Americans. THE WEST. The Southwest. Environment shaped the culture

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  1. Ch. 1 Sec 2 Native American Cultures

  2. Objectives • Describe the cultures of Native American groups of the West, Far North, and Eastern Woodlands • Describe the Agricultural techniques of the Woodlands Native Americans

  3. THE WEST

  4. The Southwest • Environment shaped the culture • Pueblo- descendants of Anasazi • @ 1500, Apache & Navaho move into region

  5. The Pacific Coast • Many Nat. Am groups from WA to Southern AK. • Used wood for homes, canoes, totem poles • Built villages on river banks-fished

  6. The Pacific Coast • South and inland- (between Rockies and Sierra Nevada)- Utes and Shoshones • Dry climate- can’t farm • Nomads

  7. The Great Plains • Originally, plains Nat. Am were farmers • Drought and war make them nomadic (@ 1500) • Western plains- follow Buffalo (Sioux)

  8. The Great Plains • Sioux life changed dramatically when horses arrived • Spanish brought horses to North Am. @ 1500 • Sioux master horses • Become a warrior/hunter culture

  9. The Far North

  10. Inuit & Aleut • Far north- AK, Canada & Greenland • Hunt to survive- Seal, Polar bear, walrus

  11. The Eastern Woodands

  12. Peoples of the Northeast • Algonquin- New England & Virginia • Iroquois- New York & Ontario • Practiced slash & burn farming • Lived in wigwams or longhouses

  13. The Iroquois League • Matriarchal- woman has power • Had large kinship groups • Much conflict among different groups

  14. The Iroquois League • 5 groups from Iroquois League-(Seneca, Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga) • Founded by Hiawatha & Dekanawidah • Great Binding Law- constitution to govern cofederation

  15. Peoples of the Southeast • Almost all lived in towns • Women farmed, men hunted • Largest group- Cherokee

  16. Peoples of the Southeast • Creek- large group in Alabama & Georgia • Creeks lived separated- war towns & peace towns

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