Native american cultures in the united states wikipedia. Drawings of kachina dolls, from an 1894 anthropology book. Navajo cultural uses of native plants in the four corners region duration. Eastern woodlands tribes map eastern woodlands indians. The eastern woodlands indians are treated in a number of articles. Kidzworld is a social community and safe kids website where you can express your freespirited self. Early indian tribes, culture areas, and linguistic stocks of the eastern united states source. Eastern woodlands native americans eastern woodlands environment culture and beliefs of eastern woodlands shelter of. Come along with us as we meet some of americas first peoples. According to the display in the maryhill museum of art. Farmers in the eastern woodlands tended fields of maize with hoes and digging sticks, while their neighbors in the. Choose from 500 different sets of social studies the eastern woodlands culture flashcards on quizlet.
Each book in the native americas series explores a different area of our country and the people who first lived. Native american native american eastern woodland cultures. I highly recommend this book as it covers all regions with some actual pictures or artifacts from the different regions. Native americans of the eastern woodlands vocabulary. Use the map below to go to the different student reports. Map showing the distribution of the northeasternmost eastern woodlands indians, showing the huron north of lake ontario.
Let us check facts about eastern woodlands if you want to know about the life of indigenous people of north america. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Native american crafts eastern woodland book units teacher. The eastern woodlands were moderateclimate regions roughly from the atlantic to the mississippi river and included the great lakes. Start studying native americans of the eastern woodlands vocabulary.
Learn social studies the eastern woodlands culture with free interactive flashcards. It spans on the present day areas of eastern us and canada. Eastern woodlands indians, a term invented by anthropologists in the. What indian culture lived in the flat area at the center of. Today, we can get pretty much everything we need in stores food, clothing, books, and so on. Native american eastern woodland cultures britannica. Carl waldman, in his book the dictionary of native american terminology, writes. The woodlands culture area spanned west to the mississippi river and east to the atlantic ocean. The eastern woodland culture consisted of indian tribes inhabiting the eastern united states and canada. Eastern woodlands indians by mir tamim ansary goodreads.
Kids chat, play games, post in forums and meet new friends just like you. Outside of the southwest, northern americas early agriculturists are typically referred to as woodland cultures. The woodlands indians are sometimes divided further into the. These people cover the areas located from eastern great plains on atlantic ocean, great lakes region and gulf of mexico. The eastern woodlands cultural region covers what is now eastern canada south of the subarctic region, the eastern united. The tribes of the eastern woodlands eastern woodlands indians. The worksheets were designed by annette sutherland, the owner of books and bubbles family care in arkansas city kansas. This archaeological designation is often mistakenly conflated with the ecocultural delineation of the continents eastern culture areas.
In the classification of archaeological cultures of north america, the woodland period of north. Color, trace, and learn vocabulary from the eastern woodland native americans. This huge area boasted ample rainfall, numerous lakes and rivers, and great forests. The eastern woodlands indians were native american tribes that settled in the region extending from the atlantic ocean in the east to the mississippi river in the west and from canada in the north to the gulf of mexico in the south.
Each book in the native americas series explores a different area of our country and the people who first lived there. Native american cultures across the united states are notable for their wide variety and. Map showing the distribution of the northeasternmost eastern woodlands indians, showing the. The map shown above shows the primary north american indian culture areas.