Great Basin, Plateau, and Sub-Arctic Natives

1. Great Basin, Plateau, and Sub-Arctic Natives

2. Natives of the Great Basin • Location • Present Day Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah • Shelter • Some used Teepees, but others built grass or brush houses.

3. Great Basin Natives Food Transportation • Hunters& Gathers • Main Plant was the Pinyon (Pine) Nut • Also harvested Rye and Wheat Grass • Hares, Bighorn Sheep, and Insects were also eaten by Great Basin Indians • Great Basin Natives either traveled by foot or by horse, (when they became introduced to them)

4. Great Basin Natives • Art • Different Religious Beaded Bags • Religion • “Round Dance” • Performed as religious ceremony during Harvest season

5. Sub-Arctic Natives • Location • Modern Day Canada and Alaska • Shelter • Nomadic People • Built Moss covered log structures or skin covered dome shaped structues • Food • Caribou and Moose • Fish (Salmon) • Berries • Blueberries, Cranberries, raspberries, etc.

6. Sub-Arctic Natives • Transportation • Bark Canoes • Hardwood Toboggans • Snow-netted shoes • Clothing • Warm clothing, using the hides from moose an caribou

7. Subarctic Natives • Religion • Believed that animal spirits were source of power. • Believed in Reincarnation • Art and Recreation • Art was primary decorations on clothing • The Subarctic people used singing and dancing for recreation

8. Plateau Natives • Location • Northern Idaho • Eastern Washington • Western Montana • Southwest Canada • Shelter • Tule Mat Houses or teepees

9. Plateau Natives • Food • Hunting • Bear, goat, deer, elk • Fish for salmon, trout • Gathering • Berries, (blackberries, huckleberries) • Clothing • Made from skins of deer or mountain sheep • Men wore moccasins

10. Plateau Natives • Religion • Practiced shamanic healing. • Held many ceremonies for children • Example, first game killed for boys. • Transportation • Log canoes • Horses (when introduced) • Advances • “Fort Rock Sandals” are the oldest known shoes in the world