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Native Americans Live in Diverse Societies

Present-day CA has variety of climates NW coast had waterways and forests Kwakiutl, Haida depended on sea SW had desert Pueblo developed irrigation systems E woodlands Iroquois combined hunting and agriculture, lived in forest clearings NE-greater dependence on wild animals

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Native Americans Live in Diverse Societies

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  1. Present-day CA has variety of climates • NW coast had waterways and forests • Kwakiutl, Haida depended on sea • SW had desert • Pueblo developed irrigation systems • E woodlands • Iroquois combined hunting and agriculture, lived in forest clearings • NE-greater dependence on wild animals • SE-greater focus on agriculture Native Americans Live in Diverse Societies

  2. Trading Networks • Tribes specialized in specific goods • Transcontinental trading network moved goods great distances, w/out direct contact • Land Use • Shared, not for sale • Religious Beliefs • Worshipped spirits found in natural world • Some believed in one supreme being • Ancestors guided those in the present Native Amer. Share Cultural Patterns

  3. Kinship bonds allowed customs to pass down, • Elders taught young, young honored elders and ancestors • Men and women’s roles varied depending on society • Iroquois and Hopi-Matrilineal • Other groups-patrilineal • Division of Labor-basis of social order • Family-basic unit of organization for all groups • Relatives • Some tribes further organized families into clans, based on common ancestor • Some groups lived together, others broke up into smaller bands Social Organization

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