important native american people

Pueblo people

Native Americans from the Southwest known for their irrigation practices to grow corn.

Anasazi

A Native American people who built large cliff dwellings and communities like Chaco Canyon, experiencing a decline around 1300 C.E. likely due to drought.

Mound Builders

Indigenous peoples who constructed large earth mounds for religious ceremonies, settlements, and burials.

Cahokia

A major Mississippian city near present-day St. Louis, potentially housing around 25,000 inhabitants.

Creek, Choctaw, and Cherokee

Native American groups that practiced three-sister farming, cultivating corn, beans, and squash together.

Iroquois/Haudenosaunee

Formed a confederacy of different tribes, establishing a powerful military and political alliance.