Native American Regions

The Navajo and Hopi built adobe homes and d extensive pottery and weaving techniques

Southwest

The Hopi and Zuni built abode and stone dwellings in cliff- side and mesa- top settlements.

Southwest

Totem Poles

West

The Cherokee and seminoles developed complex farming methods and lives in communities structured by chiefdoms.

Southeast

The Hidatsa and Mandan built earth lodges and traded goods along the Mississippi River with other groups.

Plains

Large scale agricultural techniques and complex irrigation system that supported the cultivation of maize

Southeast

The Sioux and Cheyenne became expert horsemen and used horses for hunting and warfare.

Plains

People relied heavily on the buffalo and developed a nomadic lifestyle with teepees.

Plains

People who were known for their use of Clovis points in hunting large animals, such as bison

Plains

Native Americans, such as the Cherokee and Chickasaw living in villages and forming chiefdoms with a social hierachy

Southeast

the Lakota and Cheyenne began to rely more on hunting and warfare after the introduction of horses by Spanish settlers

Plains

The Apache and Navajo traditionally lives in pueblos and adobe homes in a desert enviornment

Southwest

Mississippian people practiced intensive agriculture and were the first to engage in crop cultivation

Southeast

People relied on a fishing based diet including salmon and built large permanent villages with totem poles

West

Known for the introduction of the hovers which transformed the way people like Lakota hunted bison

Plains

A variety of landscapes led to highly diverse lifestyles including fishing on the coast and foraging in the mountains

West

The diverse geography- from rocky coastlines to inland deserts strongly shape the diet tools and housing!

West

The Cheyennes and Lakota traditional nomadic moving with bison herds and using teepees as temporary shelters

Plains

Large permanent villages as seen in areas like Cajokia and created extensive trade routes across the continent

Southeast

Often live in smaller bands or family groups due to the harsh desert environment limiting

West

The Cheyenne and Dakota became skilled in horse based hunting after the arrival of horses in the 1600s

Plains

People built chikees open side houses to live in during their seasonal migration

Southeast

Complex trade systems, traveling hundreds of miles on foot or by boat to trade shell beads, obsidian, and foods?

West

People, like the Iroquois, built fortified villages and used longhouses as living structures for extended families?

Northeast

Native Americans built homes from natural materials such as reeds,

seagrass, and redwood bark?

West

The Creek and Choctaw, create large urban centers, like those found in the Mississippian culture?

Southeast

The Iroquois and Algonquians, formed confederacies to help maintain peace and avoid intertribal conflict?

Northeast

The Shoshone, Ute, and Nez Perce, who developed diverse adaptations to deserts, mountains, and coastlines?

West

People, such as the Iroquois, formed an early democratic government known as the Iroquois League?

Northeast

Nez Perce people develop seasonal movements, fishing for salmon in the summer and hunting game in the winter?

West

The Mississippian culture, including the city of Cahokia, develop an urban center with a population of about 40,000?

Southeast

The Wichitas and Mandans, established permanent villages near rivers and participated in long-distance trade networks?

Plains

The Iroquois, made use of the "longhouse," a multi-family dwelling that symbolized their close-knit society?

Northeast