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Woodland and Plains Indians

Woodland and Plains Indians. Woodland Indians. Tribes Iroquois Wampanoag Cree Algonquin. Woodland Indians Habitats. Woodland Indians live in two different types of homes. They live in WIGWAMS and LONGHOUSES. <- Wigwams. Longhouses ->. Woodland Indians Habitats- Wigwams.

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Woodland and Plains Indians

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  1. Woodland and Plains Indians

  2. Woodland Indians • Tribes • Iroquois • Wampanoag • Cree • Algonquin

  3. Woodland Indians Habitats Woodland Indians live in two different types of homes. They live in WIGWAMS and LONGHOUSES. <- Wigwams Longhouses ->

  4. Woodland Indians Habitats- Wigwams • Made from trees and bark • Rounded roof • Rounded shape protects from weather: rain, wind, snow • 10-16 ft. wide

  5. Woodland Indians Habitats- Wigwams • Built fires in the middle of the Wigwam • Used fires to heat the home and for cooking • At top of Wigwam there is a hole for smoke to escape • 1-2 families live in

  6. Woodland Indians Habitats- Wigwams

  7. Woodland Indians Habitats- Longhouses • Trees-long poles/ bark • Rounded Roofs • 300 ft. or longer • Many fire pits- used for warmth and cooking • Holes in the top to let smoke escape

  8. Woodland Indians Habitats- Longhouses • Villages near river for water and fish • Many villages • Palisades: fence around village • 10-12 ft. poles • 1 entrance/exit • Protected against others

  9. Woodland Indians Habitats- Longhouses • As many as 30 families live in • Space to live, sleep, and store belongings: like an apartment house • Mother, father, children, and grandparents • In longhouses, families lived together mom, dad, grandparents, cousins, aunts, and uncles

  10. Plains Indians • Tribes • Crow • Comanche • Blackfoot • Lakota • Facts: • Nomadic: moved with the buffalo • Little shelter because in the plains • Change in temperatures: hot and cold

  11. Plains Indians Habitats Plains Indians live in TEPEES.

  12. Plains Indians Habitats-Tepees • Easy to build, take down and move around • Made from buffalo hides and poles • Easily taken apart • Tie poles- stretch hide • Large tents • Face east: wake up with the sun • Decorated with paintings

  13. Plains Indians Habitats-Tepees • Fire pit in the middle of the tepee with rocks surrounding • Used for heating and cooking • Hole on top of the tepee to let smoke escape • Buffalo skins used to protect against winds • Keeps cool in the summer • Keeps warm in the winter

  14. Plains Indians Habitats-Tepees • One family per tepee • Slept on buffalo robe • Store baskets of food and clothes • Villages are smaller • Easy to move across the plains when smaller

  15. Woodland Indians Resources/Food • Natural Resources: land or raw materials, supplied by nature • Forest for harvesting • River ways • Men: made tools and used plants for tying, hunted • Women: planted seeds, were farmers, harvested crops- corn, beans, squash, sunflowers, pumpkins, and gourds

  16. Woodland Indians Resources/Food • Women: made clay pots for cooking and water • Cooking- roasted on sticks or stones or clay pots • Dried food stored for winter below house (cooler)

  17. Woodland Indians Resources/Food • Animals used for meat and clothing • Animals eaten: deer, black bear, fox, raccoon, wolf, rabbit, owl, snake, wild turkey, and moose • Skins- clothing, blankets, and bags

  18. Woodland Indians Resources/Food • Other Food eaten: • Wild Fruits (could be dried): apples, strawberries, roots, and mushroom • Nuts: walnuts and acorns • Vegetables: corn and wild rice • Maple Sugar • Fish/Shellfish/Clams/Crabs • Turtle

  19. Woodland Indians Resources/Food • Resources: • Rivers- water and fish • Bark- houses and boats • Wild Plants: medicine, food, baskets • Fish/Shellfish/Clams/Crabs: food, shells for crafts • Turtles: eat, musical instruments

  20. Woodland Indians Resources/Food • Used all parts of the corn- corn to corn husk; very resourceful • Leaves/shoots are vegetables - Some of them were brewed

  21. Plains Indians Resources/Food • Fire used for cooking • Roasted meat on a stick or boiled with vegetable to make stew • Some cut to strips and dried with smoke from the fire • Food was not always fresh; dried food lasted months when food was scarce

  22. Plains Indians Resources/Food • Men: left family to hunt • Depended on buffalo (bison)- food, shelter, clothing • Only hunted what they needed and didn’t waste anything

  23. Plains Indians Resources/Food • Mostly ate meat • Women also picked herbs and other wild plants • Before hunted with horses- hunted on foot

  24. Plains Indians Resources/Food Animals Hunted: bear, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, coyotes, pronghorn prairie chickens, grouse, eagles, meadowlark, buffalo deer, antelope, moose, elk, prairie dogs, rats

  25. Plains Indians Resources/Food Buffalo hide- clothing, blankets, tepees Buffalo robe- used to keep warm Buffalo-Skinned, stretched, scraped, washed Horns- toys, utensil Bones- weapons, tools Wild plants- berries, vegetable, prairie turnips, plums, chokecherries

  26. Woodland Indians Art • Used animal skins as canvas • Used berries to make colors • Made pottery from clay • Dolls and baskets from plants

  27. Woodland Indians Art • Basket Weaving • Painting on Canvas • Wood Carving • Jewelry Making • Making of Dolls • Pottery • Dancing

  28. Plains Indians Art • Petroglyphs • Stone Carvings • Jewerly • Cave Paintings

  29. Plains Indians Art • Painting • Dancing • Story Telling

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