By Nealy Kassie Carli A is for A dobe A type of clay traditionally used as a building material by Native Americans and later Spanish colonists in the Southwest B is ID: 799811
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An ABC Book of Native Peoples of North America
By: Nealy ,Kassie , Carli:
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AdobeA type of clay traditionally used as a building material by Native Americans and, later, Spanish colonists in the Southwest .
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for BisonThey provided food and clothing for Native AmericansSome groups used bison skin to make teepees.
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alifornia DesertGroups such as the Cahuilla and Paiute lived in this desert.
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is for DeerDeer was one of the main food sources for the Native Americans.
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is for Early peoples of MexicoFarming started in Mexico by about 7000 B.C., people in Mexico and Central America were raising 3 crops : maize, beans, and squash.
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armersDry farming uses tiny dams and canals to direct water to beans, squash, and cotton crops.
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laciersGlaciers held so much water that ocean levels dropped and land appeared in some places.Over time, a land bridge appeared that joined Asia and the Americas.
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HohokamThe Hohokam grew maize, beans, squash, and cotton in this hot, dry region.
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roquois The Iroquois called themselves Hodenosaunee.Their longest longhouse is thought to have been 334 feet.
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aguarThe jaguar was a food source for the Native Americans. .
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eeping RecordsWhen the Lakoda settled in a camp for the winter, they met to decide the most important events of that year. These events were painted as picture symbols in a circle on bison hide.
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odgesHomes made of logs covered with grasses, sticks, and soil.Some plain groups lived in lodges.
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igrateThe Navajo began to migrate, or move, to northern New Mexico by the late 1200s.Today the Navajo are the largest non-Pueblo people in the Southwest.
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ative AmericansThe first Native Americans followed animals that supplied their food and clothing.When animals moved, people moved after them.
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OlmecIn about 1200 B.C., the Olmec civilization developed in the steamy rain forests of southern Mexico. The Olmec
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uebloIn about A.D.700, a people called Ancestral Pueblo settled in the Southwest.
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uietThe Native Americans had to keep quiet when hunting in order to get food for the tribe.
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Racoons were a main clothing and food supplies. Their hide was used to keep the Native Americans warm during the night.
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lash-and-BurnEastern Woodlands practiced a type of farming called slash-and-burn. Slash-and-burn was when they cut down, or slashed, trees for farming.
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TeepeesTeepees are cone-shaped homes made with long poles covered with animal hides.
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nionThe Native Americans formed a union. The first tribe that formed one, was the Native Americans of the west.
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illagesThe Creek (known as the Muskogee) arranged their own town around a large council house or “Chokofa.”
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ealth of the TlingitThe Tlingit settled in the Pacific Northwest. Like other people in the region, they got most of there food and goods from the sea.
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XsouqiThe Xsouqi is a Native American tribe.
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anktonThis Native American tribe lived in the Southwest.Their homes w
ere longhouses .
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uniThis Native American tribe lived in the Southwest.