native tribes

Southwest

  • Tribes: 

    • Pueblo

    • Navajo 

    • Apache

  • Sendentary, but the navajo/apache were more nomadic

  • Pueblo desert>> dry 

  • Agriculture

    • 3 sisters>> beans, corn, squash 

    • Irrigation systems 

  • Society: 

    • Villages, stone/adobe structures 

  • Location: southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

    • New Mexico/Arizona 

Great Basin (West): 

  • Tribes: 

    • Ute

    • Bannock

  • Sedentary: due to variety of climates>> both nomadic and sedentary 

    • Nevada/Idaho/Utah >> Northwest

  • Geography/Climate: rich natural resources, varied climate

  • Agricultural Practice

    • hunt/gather/fish 

      • Acorns are a major part of diet 

  • Societal Organization: 

    • Trade of salmon, acorns as currency 

      • Men hunt/fish, women gather crops 

  • Social/Religious norms: 

    • Practiced slavery 

      • Familybasaed bonds 

Northeast 

  • Tribes: 

    • Iroquois 

    • Huron 

  • Mound building, established farms, long houses 

  • Geography/Climate: mild climate>> mountains

  • Agricultural Practice

    • hunt/gather/fish 

  • Societal Organization: 

    • First native democracy 

      • Men hunt/fish, women gather crops 

    • Traded shells/fish/etc

      • Wooden baskets 

  • Social/Religious norms: 

    • Urbanized 

      • Great league of peace 



Mississippi River Valley: Southeast

  • Tribes: cherokee, chocktaw, creek

  • Sedentary: 

  • Geography/Climate: fertile soil adn rivers 

  • Agricultural Practice

    • hunt/gather/fish 

      • Acorns are a major part of diet 

  • Societal Organization: 

    • Hunt fish, 3 sisterrs 


  • Social/Religious norms: 

    • Large urban centers

    • Mound building 



Great Plains

  • Tribes: pawnees, omahas 

  • Sedentary:  followed bison 

  • Geography/Climate: colder winters, flatland 

  • Agricultural Practice

    • Bison for food, clothes etc

  • Societal Organization: 

    • Trade of salmon, acorns as currency 

      • Men hunt/fish, women gather crops 

  • Social/Religious norms: 

    • Practiced slavery 

      • Familybasaed bonds 

      • Little to no political structure