Native Americans Chart

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Native American Groups Overview
Group / Tribe	Habitat	Homes	Dress	Food	Customs	Tools / Weapons	Art	Famous Native Americans
Cherokee (22,000)	Southeast	domed houses	deerskin, rabbit fur decorated with porcupine quills	farmers hunters fishermen	One of Five Civilized Tribes festivals to celebrate planting and harvesting corn lacrosse	canoes tomahawk	basketry clay pottery	Sequoyah (1770?–1843) Cherokee
Algonquian and Great Lake Tribes — Ojibway (35,000), Delaware (8,000), Powhatan (9,000), Massachuset (13,600), Cree (17,000)	Northeast	wigwams	wore little clothing except in winter — made from animal skins	hunters gatherers trappers planters	pow wows snowsnake	birchbark baskets and canoes traps	birchbark boxes wampum dream catchers	Pocahontas (1585?–1622) Powhatan Pontiac (1720?–1769) Ottawa Tecumseh (1765?–1813) Shawnee Black Hawk (1767–1838) Sauk Squanto (1585?–1622) Patuxet
Iroquois Tribes — Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora (total 5,000)	Northeast	long house	mostly buckskin (skin of deer)	hunters, planters, gatherers, traders Three Sisters (corn, squash, & beans)	formed Confederacy many festivals	canoes snowshoes	False Face Society, wooden masks	—
Seminoles (a division of the Creek — Creek population 12,000)	Southeast	chickee	clothing made from plant fibers	planters hunters	part of Creek Confederacy hold tribal ceremonies	dugout canoes	bead necklaces	Osceola (1804?–1838) Seminole
Navajo (8,000)	Southwest	hogan	rabbit skin yucca plants	raiders gatherers hunters	four sacred mountains, home of many gods who rule their universe Sand Painting	weapons	weaving silver smithing	—
Apache (7,000)	Southwest	wickiup	in early years deerskin, later Mexican-style cotton clothing	hunters gatherers	believed everything in nature had special powers	—	basketry	Geronimo (1829–1909) Apache
Pueblo — Zuni (2,500), Hopi (2,800), Rio Grande Pueblo (28,500)	Southwest	pueblo	woven cotton and wool some buckskin	desert farmers hunters	Kiva (special room for ceremonies) — one of the most complex native religions Kachina	grinding stone	Kachina dolls pottery	—
Northwest Coastal Indians — Tlingit (10,000), Chinook (22,000), Makah	Pacific Northwest Coast	plank houses	wore little clothing — woven capes and skirts, cone-shaped hats made from cedar	fishermen hunters gatherers	potlatch (parties) slavery	seafaring canoes	wooden boxes wooden ceremonial masks totem poles	—
Plains — Sauk & Fox (6,500), Cheyenne (3,500), Arapaho (3,000), Sioux (10,000), Blackfeet (15,000), Comanche (7,000), Pawnee (10,000)	Plains area in the center of North America	teepee (tipi)	buffalo skins feather headdresses	hunters	Sun Dance (most important ceremony) Great Spirit Vision Quest	travois (type of sledge) parfleche (traveling container)	peace pipes leather hides	Sitting Bull (1834?–1890) Dakota Sacagawea (1787?–1812?) Shoshone Crazy Horse (1844?–1877) Sioux Chief Joseph (1840?–1904) Nez Perce
Inuit (89,000)	North	tents made from skins igloos skin, wood, mud or sod homes	summer — sealskin winter — caribou skin	relied on the sea fishermen hunters	Tunghak — god who controlled all animals	umiaks (open boat made of wooden frame covered with skins) kayaks harpoons dog sleds	ivory carvings	—
California and Intermountain Seed Gathers — Pomo (8,000)	West	bark, grass, or tule huts	little or no clothing — made from bark, grass, tule, or occasionally deerskin winter fur or fiber blankets	acorns hunters gatherers	sweat lodge	tule boats	accomplished basket weavers	—

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