The Eastern Woodland Indians & Southeast Indians

1. The Eastern Woodland Indians &Southeast Indians Lesson 6

2. Life in the Eastern Woodlands • The Eastern Woodlands covers the U.S. east of the Mississippi River. • Eastern Woodland people had many uses for trees: • Canoes • Shelter • Food (Maple Syrup) • They lived in permanent villages. • Some even built walls around their villages for protection.

3. 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.

5. The Algonquians • These Native Americans lived in wigwams. • They communicated with other tribes by using money (shells called “wampum.”)

6. WAMPUM

7. The Iroquois • Many Tribes made up the Iroquois Nation: • Mohawks • Senecas • Onondagas • Oneidas • Cayugas • These tribes shared a government. • They lived in longhouses (made of wood/bark).

10. The Southeastern Indians • The 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.

11. Chickee

12. 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.