Indians amp Southeast Indians Lesson 6 Life in the Eastern Woodlands The Eastern Woodlands covers the US east of the Mississippi River Eastern Woodland people had many uses for trees Canoes ID: 444807
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The Eastern Woodland Indians &Southeast Indians
Lesson 6Slide2
Life in the Eastern WoodlandsThe Eastern Woodlands covers the U.S. east of the Mississippi River.Eastern Woodland people had many uses for trees:
Canoes
Shelter
Food (Maple Syrup)
T
hey
lived in permanent villages.
Some even
built
walls around their villages for
protection.Slide3
Many Woodland Indians planted crops.If soil was bad, Woodland Indians had to burn dead trees or used dead fish to fertilize the soil
.
When they weren’t farming, Woodland Indians hunted beavers, deer, and birds and gathered berries, nuts, and greens.Slide4Slide5
The AlgonquiansThese Native Americans lived in wigwams
.
They communicated with other tribes
by using money (shells
called “wampum
.”)Slide6
WAMPUMSlide7
The IroquoisMany Tribes made up the Iroquois Nation: Mohawks
Senecas
Onondagas
Oneidas
Cayugas
These tribes
shared a
government.
They
lived in longhouses (made of wood/bark).Slide8Slide9Slide10
The Southeastern IndiansThe Seminole lived in
present-day
Florida.
Homes were very simple – wooden poles and thatched roofs – called a
Chickee
This group hunted and fished since they were near the ocean.Slide11
ChickeeSlide12
The Seminole women made baskets, and they added beautiful designs to clothing by using beads.The Seminole are known for their storytelling around a campfire.They wore cotton clothing or animal skins.