North American Culture Areas

Water = Important ResourceCanoes large enough to carry 15 people!

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A ceremony with a feast in which families give food, drink and gifts to the community.

The Southwest was dry and much harsher than the Pacific Northwest.

Desert

DESERT

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Hohokam: Tribe that were successful farmers. They used irrigation to grow: corn, beans and squash.

CORN

BEANS

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SQUASH

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Irrigation: to supply (land) with water by means of artificial canals, ditches, etc, especially to promote the growth of food crops

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Pottery?

Baskets?

http://www.native-languages.org/baskets.htm

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Pottery!

http://www.sanildefonso.com/2004SerpBowl2.html

Pottery Their use of pottery showed they had contact with these peoples…

Mesoamericans

Why might one choose pottery over baskets?

Anasazi

Four Corners:1.Utah2.Arizona3.Colorado4.New Mexico

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Built impressive cliff dwellings

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They built these dwellings on top of mesas

Or in shallow caves in the walls of canyons

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Mesa = Steep walls, flat top

http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/colorado/colorado-mesa-verde.jpgAnasazi

Pueblo: Village of large, apartment-style compounds made of stone and adobe.

Adobe: Baked clay

Largest Anasazi Pueblo:900 A.D. Pueblo Bonito

“Beautiful Village”

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Pueblo Bonito

PueblosWindows kept small to keep the burning sun out.

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Pueblos

The Anasazi abandoned their pueblos around 1200 A.D. because of a long drought

Kivas: Underground ceremonial chambers

Descendents of the Anasazi:• Hopi• Zuni

Hopi and Zuni also used kivas

Built large mounds on the earth to:• Bury their dead• Perform rituals/ceremonies

The mounds of tribal leaders held:• Gifts• Finely crafted copper• Stone objects

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The last mound builders were the Mississippians. Lasted from around 800 A.D. to the 1500’s.

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•Cahokia: Leading site of the Mississippian culture.

•Led by priest-rulers who regulated farming activities.

•The heart of the community was a flat topped mound with a wooden temple on top.

•Mississippi and Ohio river provided easy transportation.

•Traded with groups from the West. We know this because they found items in their burial chambers.

•1000 A.D. -1200 A.D. As many as 30,000 people lived in Cahokia.

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Iroquois League:•Mohawk•Oneida•Onondaga•Cayuga•Seneca

Alliance: An agreement or treaty between 2 or more people or groups.

ProtectioProtection!n!

Cultural Connections of the Tribes: • Trading• Religion• Common family unit• Totem

Family:• Basis for social organization• Extended family:o Parentso Childreno Grandparentso Close relatives

A natural object in which an individual, clan or group identifies itself.Symbol of unity.

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Can you think of any modern day totems?

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