First Americans

First Americans

Gail Kiefert

First Americans

• This presentation provides detailed information on five First American tribes.

• The material covered herein satisfies the following Virginia SOLs:– USI.3, USI.3a, USI.3b

First Americans

• American Indians (First Americans) inhabited all regions of North America.

• First Americans were resourceful.• All tribes used their surroundings to survive.• They used natural resources for food, clothing,

and shelter.• The five tribe we will learn about include:

– Inuit– Kwakiutl– Sioux– Pueblo– Iroquois

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Inuit

• Lived in area that is present-day Alaska and northern Canada.

• Climate is arctic; temperature below freezing much of the year.

• Used seals, fish, whales, and caribou for food.• Natural resources were seals, whales, and

caribou.• Shelter was igloos in winter and tents in

summer.• Modes of transportation include foot, kayak and

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First Americans

Pueblo

Iroquois

Sioux

Kwakiutl

Inuit

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Kwakiutl

• Lived in Pacific Northwest• Climate was rainy and mild; not too hot

or cold.• Food was fish, deer, berries, and roots.• Natural resources were deer and wood.• Shelter was longhouses made of wood.• Modes of transportation were canoes

and foot.

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Sioux

• Lived in Great Plains.• Climate was dry grasslands.• Food was buffalo, corn, and beans.• Natural resources were buffalo and sod.• Shelter was teepees made of animal

skins.• Modes of transportation were horses,

foot, or canoes.

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Pueblo

• Lived in southwest, present-day Arizona and New Mexico.

• Climate is desert bordering cliffs and mountains.

• Food was corn, beans, and squash, a.k.a. the Three Sisters.

• The primary natural resource used was clay.• Shelter was adobe, also called pueblos, made

of dried mud or clay.• Modes of transportation were foot or horse.

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Iroquois

• Lived in Eastern Woodlands, northeastern United States.

• Climate is temperate, heavily forested.• Food was corn, beans, and deer.• Natural resources were deer and wood.• Shelter was longhouses made of wood.• Modes of transportation include foot

and canoes.

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Credits• www.conquestminiatures.com/images/500nations/...

(long house image)• www.greenlandholiday.com/.../Dog%20sled.jpg (dog

sled image)• www.destination360.com/north-america/us/new-

mexico/pueblo-de-taos (pueblo image)• www.alaska-in-pictures.com/data/media/9/inupi...

(igloo image)• 2008 POS USI.3 American Indian Culture Areas graphic

organizer, Fairfax County Public Schools (content)• www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2008/02/

namerica2.jpg (map)• www.appalachianleather.com/siouxt.jpg (Sioux teepee

image)

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