Ch 1, Sec 2, Native Americans

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carved images of ancestor or animal spirits on tall, wooden poles

cone-shaped shelters made of animal skin

People traced their ancestry through their mothers, not their fathers.

above-ground houses made of heavy clay called adobe

underground ceremonial chambers

Southwestern tribe who farmed, wove baskets, and lived in multi- story pueblos built into canyon walls - cliff dwellings.

farmers and traders; Hopewell built mounds to bury and honor their dead. Mississippians built mounds for religious ceremonies.

Great Plains peoples

nomadic (moving around) hunters who hunted buffalo for food and used their skins for their homes, their clothes and many other things.

Iroquois League

confederation, or alliance established by the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca; It made the Iroquois one of the most powerful peoples in North America and strengthened them against invasion. Our founders may have used this as a model for our government.

How did Native Americans view land ownership?

No one owned the land, only the crops they grew on it.