The variety of foods

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The Inuit life was a hard one. During the day,
they hunted for food. At night, the Inuit
sheltered tent homes made of animals skins, or in
ice igloos, a skill they learned from the Central
Eskimos. They made spears, harpoons, and pipes.
They passed the time storytelling. Songs that
told tales of hunting and hardship accompanied
their stories. 
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There are almost no trees in the Arctic. There
are few plants. It is cold most of the year. The
Inuit could not become farmers. Like the other
early people who lived in the Arctic, they were
hunters and gatherers. In the short summer, they
gathered berries, seaweed, and eggs. Their main
food year around was meat (seal, caribou, whale,
walrus, fish, and birds).
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THE KWAKIUTLlived in the Pacific Northwest and
depended upon their cedar canoes to help them
catch whales. It took days to kill a whale. At
any moment, the whale could overturn the canoes.
They used harpoon type spears. Some Indians
actually jumped on the whales back to help kill
it. A successful hunt meant food, rope, blubber
to be eaten and made into oil, and containers.
The Makah and other Indians hunted and fished
throughout the warm months. In the summer they
fished for salmon. In the fall, they fished for
whales. 

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In the Pacific Northwest, Native American
cultures lived in a shelter known as the plank
house. The plank house was made primarily from
wood pieces found along the wooded areas near the
sea or water body. Each house was built by
placing the wood on totem poles imbedded in the
ground. Eventually the roof was placed on top in
a upside-down V shape. These houses were
considered very durable to the environment,
especially dampness and rain.
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KWAKIUTL CULTURE What is a Potlatch? A Potlatch
is not just a party. A Potlatch is a magnificent
and planned party. It's a really big deal.
Planning for a potlatch might take an entire
year, or even longer!

A Potlatch was a wonderful festival with weddings
and stories (the tall tale type) and feasting and
dancing and trading. 
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NEZ PERCE means pierced nose in French. Nez
Perce men wore bison skin robes.  Women wore
long, belted buckskin dresses, corn husk basketry
hats, and knee length moccasins.  the dresses
were decorated with elk teeth, beads made of
shell, bone, and later glass, porcupine quills,
and vegetable and mineral dyes.
Men and boys hunted deer, elk, mountain sheep,
rabbits, bears, wolves, and salmon from the river
in the spring.
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The HOPI TRIBE One food that was common in the
Hopi was corn. There was 24 different kinds of
corn including blue and white. They used the
corn for their main food source. The Hopi also
grew different kinds of beans including black
beans, yellow beans, and purple string beans.
They Hopi also grew and ate were squash, melons,
and peaches.
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HOPI HOMES The Hopi built homes out of
adobe. Adobe is a type of clay to protect
blistering heat. They also built pueblos. Pueblos
were made of stones and mud.
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HOPI CULTURE At the heart of the Hopi religious
life are the Kachina dolls. The Kachina dolls
were made out of wood and were spirits, sometimes
used at ceremonies. The Hopi held Kachina
ceremonies, in July. The Hopi did rain dances to
bring liquid to the region.
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Pawnee Tribe

• The Pawnee lived in the Great Plains Region
  Valley of Platte River, Nebraska and surrounding
  areas
• They were nomads- traveled and followed food
  source (buffalo) Their temporary (easily movable)
  homes were tipis
• Women grew crops and made pottery, women were
  perceived as the power of life, men would hunt
• What They Wore- Women wore skirts and moccasins,
  and in the winter they wore buckskin dresses, men
  would wear loin cloths in warmer weather

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PAWNEE CULTUREThe Pawnee loved the stars. There
was no ceremony that did not have some connection
with the stars.  They are also credited with
being the best scouts on the Plains. Their young
warriors could make a call that sounded exactly
like a wolf. Their scouts seemed to almost have
the power to be invisible. Be it day or night, it
was rare a Pawnee scout was spotted.
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THE PAWNEE HUNTING BUFFALO were extremely
important to the Plains tribes. They believed in
using EVERY part of the buffalo and not wasting
any of it. One method of hunting buffalo in the
northwestern plains was to drive a herd of
buffalo over a cliff. Another popular method was
to follow the buffalo herd and use bows and
arrows and the men rode on horses to hunt the
animal. Both methods required group cooperation
and resulted in the shared distribution of meat.
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SEMINOLE FAMILIES each had their own home called
a chickee.  Chickees were platform houses, made
of logs. The bottom floor was about 3 feet off
the ground for protection from flooding and
animals. The roof was slanted. Certain times of
the year, people hung canvas curtains (walls) to
keep out the rain and cold weather. When walls
were not needed, the Seminole rolled up their
canvas curtains and hung them from the rafters to
keep them safe and dry.
Seminole families slept in their chickee at
night. Their beds of hides or blankets were
called "comfortables". Comfortables were rolled
up and hung from the rafters during the day. They
had very little other furniture, perhaps a chair,
a table, and a few colorful baskets.
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Seminole men were good hunters. Fish were speared
from canoes. They caught otter, raccoon, bobcats,
alligator, turtle, and birds. To catch deer, they
would burn a patch of grass. When the new grass
grew in, the deer came to feast, and the
Seminole caught the deer.
Corn was the main crop. They used corn to make
corn flour, corn bread, corn pancakes, and even a
corn soft drink called sofkee.