Native People of North America

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Native People of North America

• A Peoples History

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Key Terms

• Ancestors - people that you are related to.
  People from your family tree that are from a
  previous generation.
• Bannock - unleavened bread made from outmeal and
  corn, which was a staple of the Native diet.
• Shaman - a priest or priestess who uses magiic
  for the purpose of curing the sick and
  controlling events.
• Tepee - a cone shaped tent made from animal
  hides. This was used by the Natives of the
  Plains.
• Vision Quest - a spiritual act taken on by a
  Native boy seeking spiritual power and to learn
  the identity of his guardian spirit. (Animal
  spirit)
• Treaty - an agreement made by negotiation.
• Tribe - a social group made up of different
  families and clans, which share a common
  heritage, language, culture and name.
• Wigwam- the houses of the Natives of the Great
  Lakes region made from arched framework of poles
  overlaid with bark, mats, or hides
• Wampum - beads of polished shells strung in
  strands, belts, or sashes and used by North
  American Natives as money, ceremonial pledges,
  and ornaments

Things we need to know
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Key Terms Continued...
Important things we need to know.

• Reserve - piece of land set aside for the sole
  use of a specific band of Natives.
• Ritual - traditional pattern for performing a
  ceremony, particularly a religious one.

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The Algonquin
Our first Native Group

• Algonquin Tribes were Micmac, Malecite, Abnaki,
  Wampanoag, Mantuak, Delaware and Powhatan.
• They lived along the Eastern Coast of North
  America.
• They lived in the woodlans of this region.
• About 100 people lived and worked in one village.
  They shared eveything and behaved like a large
  family.

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Natives of the Plains
Our second Native Tribe

• Some of the Plains tribes called themselves
  Sioux, Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Assinboin, Plains
  Cree, and Blackfoot.
• They lived in what is now known as Alberta,
  Saskatchewan, Western Manitoba and down into the
  United States, almost to the Gulf of Mexico.
• The land they occupied was flat, without
  mountains or lake. There were only a few trees
  along the river banks.

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Northern Forest Natives
Our third Native Group

• This group of Natives moved across the
  northernmost part of North America, known today
  as Canada.
• Some of these tribes were Kutchin, Hare,
  Yellowknife, Dogrib and Beaver.
• Land - The western groups had the Rocky
  Mountains, the central groups had flat plains and
  the eastern groups had forests.
• They were nomadic people by necessity,continuously
  moving in order to find food.

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Algonquin
Homes

• They lived in wigwams.
• Beds were fur covered-platforms.
• In the middle of the wigwam there was a fire pit
  used for cooking and warmth.

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Plains Natives
Homes

• Lived in tepees.
• There was an opening at the top of the tepee that
  carried out the smoke from the fire inside.
• The Natives sat on the ground and slept on furs
  spread over the ground.

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Northern Forest Natives
Homes

• The type of home depended on the environment and
  the season.
• Summer homes - were similar to the tepees of the
  Plains Natives.
• Winter homes were similar to tepees, but the
  cracks were filled with dirt and moss.

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Algonquin Food
Food

• Spring - Women planted crops and gathered food.
  The main crops were corn, squash, pumpkins and
  beans.
• Men began hunting in the Fall and Winter. Deer,
  bear, moose, beaver and wild turkey were the most
  popular.
• Everything was used. Meat was eaten, furs and
  hides were used for clothing, bones were used for
  tools, guts and intestines were made into pouches.

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Plains Natives
Food

• Hunting was the main way that they got their
  food.
• Their main prey was buffalo and they used the
  entire animal.
• Hunting Tribes traded meat for vegetables with
  farming tribes.

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Northern Forest Natives
Food

• Hunting and fishing were the main sources of
  food.
• They followed migrating game or they left one
  hunting area before killing too many animals.
• Caribou, moose, fish, rabbit and wolverine.