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The Native American Nations of North America cultivated the natural resources around them

to provide food and housing materials.

They adapted to their environments, and their culture grew from those adaptations.

Just as the climate and geography of North America varies tremendously, so too did the

cultural groups that scattered across our great continent.

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Hopi of the SouthwestHopi of the SouthwestThe Hopi:The Hopi:

Lived in the low, flat desert and high Lived in the low, flat desert and high plateaus of the plateaus of the dry Southwestdry Southwest

GrewGrew beans, squash, and maize (corn ) beans, squash, and maize (corn ) BuiltBuilt large “pueblo” homes with many large “pueblo” homes with many

rooms rooms Were the first in the world to fire Were the first in the world to fire clay clay

pottery pottery

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Greetings, Historian!

Check out the http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-dances3.html and http://www.bigorrin.org/hopi_kids.htm to discover ways the

Hopi used the natural resources around them.

Photograph courtesy The Library of Congress

Kwakiutl of the NorthwestKwakiutl of the NorthwestThe Kwakiutl:The Kwakiutl:

Lived near the Lived near the Pacific Pacific coast.coast.

Built Built large homes from large homes from cedar trees.cedar trees.

Caught a surplus of Caught a surplus of salmonsalmon, which they dried , which they dried and ate year-roundand ate year-round

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Greetings, Historian!

Check out the http://www.bigorrin.org/kwakiutl_kids.htm to discover ways the Kwakiutl used the natural resources around

them.

Photograph courtesy The Library of Congress

Pawnee of the Great PlainsPawnee of the Great PlainsThe Pawnee:The Pawnee:

Grew Grew corn, squash, and corn, squash, and beans half of the year beans half of the year

HuntedHunted buffalo during buffalo during the other half of the yearthe other half of the year

Built permanent lodges using bark, earth, and using bark, earth, and

grassgrass Photograph courtesy The Library of Congress

Greetings, Historian!

Check out the http://www.bigorrin.org/pawnee_kids.htm to learn more about the Pawnees. Check out

http://americanhistory.si.edu/buffalo/about-hides.html for the buffalo hide.

Nez Perce of the NorthwestNez Perce of the NorthwestThe Nez Perce:The Nez Perce:

LivedLived in the plateaus and the in the plateaus and the valleys of what is now known as valleys of what is now known as north central Idaho, Montana, north central Idaho, Montana, northeastern Oregon, and northeastern Oregon, and southeastern Washington, an southeastern Washington, an area of about seventeen million area of about seventeen million acres.acres.

Traveled and fishedTraveled and fished along along their many their many riversrivers every season. every season.

MigratedMigrated to to hunt and hunt and gathergather during summer and fall. during summer and fall.

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Photograph courtesy The Library of Congress

Greetings, Historian! Check out the Nez Perce National Historical Park to discover ways the Nez Perce used the natural resources around them.

The Inuit of Alaska and The Inuit of Alaska and Northwest CanadaNorthwest Canada

Inuit:Inuit: LivedLived in the extreme arctic in the extreme arctic

climate of Northwest Canadaclimate of Northwest Canada

Traveled and fishedTraveled and fished along the ocean and seashore along the ocean and seashore every season.every season.

Built “igloo” homes out of out of ice and snowice and snow

Wore thick clothing made made from caribou (reindeer) and from caribou (reindeer) and seal hidesseal hides

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Check out the above links to discover ways the Inuit used the natural resources around them.

Photograph courtesy The National Archives

Seminoles of the SoutheastSeminoles of the SoutheastThe Seminoles:The Seminoles:

Lived Lived in what is now in what is now know as Floridaknow as Florida

Wore Wore light clothing light clothing made of grass and thin made of grass and thin clothcloth

Built Built roundhouses roundhouses made of wooden poles made of wooden poles covered with clay and covered with clay and bark, sometimes without bark, sometimes without wallswalls

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Greetings, Historian!

Check out the Seminole Tribe of Florida to discover ways the Seminoles used the natural resources around them.

Photograph courtesy The Library of Congress