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Native Americans:

What does the geography tell you about the people?

By Robin Highberg

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George Catlin painting, Rocky Mountains, 1850

The History Companion. Insturctor Companion. Maps, Images, and

Multimedia for US History. 2005, Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Indian fishing methods, Carolina, 1585

The History Companion. Insturctor Companion. Maps, Images, and Multimedia for US History. 2005, Houghton

Mifflin Company.

4Reconstructed Iroquian VillageThe History Companion. Insturctor Companion. Maps,

Images, and Multimedia for US History. 2005, Houghton Mifflin Company.

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King Philip--Metacomet, 19th cent.The History Companion. Insturctor Companion. Maps, Images, and Multimedia for US History. 2005, Houghton

Mifflin Company.

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Ottowa ChiefsThe History Companion. Insturctor Companion. Maps, Images, and Multimedia for US History. 2005, Houghton

Mifflin Company.

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Pueblo Bonito, AnasaziThe History Companion. Insturctor Companion. Maps, Images, and Multimedia for US History. 2005, Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Tokouo, Cherokee Settlement, 1790’s.The History Companion. Insturctor Companion. Maps, Images, and Multimedia for US History. 2005, Houghton Mifflin

Company.

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Trading with English, Martha's Vinyard, 1634.The History Companion. Insturctor Companion. Maps, Images, and Multimedia for US History. 2005, Houghton Mifflin Company.

10Buffalo HuntSmithsonian Natural History Museum exhibit, Washington, DC.

11Shores of Nootka Sound, Northwest Coast.

Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's 'The North American Indian': the Photographic Images, 2001.

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Tlingit house with painting and totem pole, deserted Cape Fox village, Alaska, 1899.

University of Washington Libraries, Harriman Alaska Expedition Collection no. 333.

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Woman collecting mussels, Northwest Coast.Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's 'The North American Indian': the Photographic Images, 2001.

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Key to Geographic Regionsfor each slide

Slide Number Slide Title Geographic Region

2 George Catlin Painting Great Plains

3 Indian Fishing Methods Coastal Plain and Appalachian Highlands

4 Reconstructed Iroquoian Village Appalachian Highlands

5 King Philip—Metacomet Appalachian Highlands

6 Ottowa Chiefs Interior Lowlands

7 Pueblo Bonito, Anasazi Basin & Range

8 Tokouo, Cherokee Settlement Coastal Plain and Appalachian Highlands

9 Trading with English Coastal Plain

10 Buffalo Hunt Great Plains

11 Shores of Nootka Sound Coastal Range

12 Tlingit House, Alaska Coastal Range

13 Woman Collecting Mussels Coastal Range

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