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Native American Tribes

Tribe Name / Location / Food / Shelter / Clothes
Inuit / Lived in the Northwest Territories
Alaska Tundra / Mostly meat since short growing season
Most food came from the sea
  • Whales
  • Walrus
  • Seals
  • Fish
/ Winter- Igloos
Summer- lived in tents and huts made from animal skins
More than one family lived per home / Clothing made from animal skin to keep warm
Boots made from animal skin
Parkas made from animal fur
Hopi / Southwest Desert
Arizona / Farming people-
Grew squash, corn, beans
Men hunted deer, antelope and small game
Women gathered nuts, fruits, and herbs / Homes were made of adobe. A mixture of straw and mud
Each home housed one family.
Ladders were used to get second story / Men wore breech cloths or kilts
Women wore knee length cotton dresses.
Both wore moccasins
Men wore band of cloth around the head
Pawnee / Plains Indians
Originally lived in Nebraska and Kansas. / Farming people
Women raised corn, beans, squash, and sunflowers
Pawnee men hunted buffalo and antelopes / Lived in earthen lodges / Women wore deerskin skirts and poncho like blouses
Men wore breech cloth and leather leggings
Nez Perce / Plateau Indians
Originally the Idaho, Washington, and Oregon / Men hunted and fished. They ate salmon, deer, elk
Women gathered roots, nuts and seeds / Lived in earthen lodges
One family lived in round houses.
Many families lived in long houses / Women- long deer skin dresses
Men – breech cloth with leggings
Both wore moccasins
Some clothes were beaded
Seminole / Southeast
Originally, northern Florida / Women farmed corn beans and squash
Men hunted and fished.
They ate turkey, deer, turtle, and alligators / Lived in houses called Chickees / Men – breech cloths
Women- wrap around skirts made of palmetto
Kwakiutl / Pacific Northwest
British Columbia / Hunted animals such as beat and wolves
Ate many types of sea life
  • Fish
  • Seal
  • Crab
  • clams
/ Lived in plank cedar houses
As many as 50 people live in each house / Summer-
Men wore no clothes
Women wore short skirts made of cedar bark
Winter-
Men and women wore knee length tunics made from shredded bark