Chapter One – Converging Cultures Section 2 – Native American Cultures.
Native Cultures
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Chapter 2.2NATIVE CULTURES
Map is divided up into culture areas and within that area are various Native tribes.
CULTURE AREA
• 5,000 years ago corn was tiny (about the size
of a human finger). Natives developed dozen
varieties. • Natives also traded
among each other traveling up to 1,000
miles- this created diffusion and spread
farming skills.
Climate, Resources, and Culture
• Climate and natural resources shaped Native American cultures in different regions.
• It determined the food they grew, animals they hunted, clothes they wore, houses they lived in, and ultimate shaped all their basic needs.
• Frozen Seas and ice made this an Artic Region
• Short summers• Used drift wood for shelter- pit houses• Used sea oil lamps for warmth• Clothes made out of fur (waterproof by seal skin)
• Hunted mountain sheep and rabbits
NORTH AND PLATEAU
• Plenty of fish near seas• Abundant of trees from forest (used for canoes and houses)
• Plenty of food allowed people to stay in one place
• This allowed tribes to developed social classes or family statuses
• Potlatch
NORTHWEST
• Warm moist climate • Hunted, fished, and farmed fertile soil• Strawberry, little corn, mulberry, deer, turkey, and bear
• Natchez
SOUTHEAST
Shared Belief
• Respect nature• People are bond to the earth• Natives respected the natural world• Must adapt THEIR ways in order to survive
• Each group even had special ceremonies
Iroquois Confederacy• “The People of the Long House”• 150 long and 20 feet wide 12 or more
families lived in them• Women had a special place in Iroquoian
society• Choose clan leaderFive nations:
MOHAWKSENECAONONDAGAONEIDACAYUGA
• They agreed to end the fighting between themselves
• 50 chosen leaders would make decision for the tribes