An ABC Book of Native Peoples of North America

By: Nealy ,Kassie , Carli:

A is for AdobeA type of clay traditionally used as a building

material by Native Americans and, later, Spanish colonists in the Southwest .

B is for BisonThey provided food and clothing for

Native AmericansSome groups used bison skin to

make teepees.

C is for the California DesertGroups such as the Cahuilla and Paiute lived in this

desert.

D is for DeerDeer was one of the main food sources for the

Native Americans.

E is for Early peoples of Mexico

Farming started in Mexico by about 7000 B.C., people in Mexico and Central America were raising 3 crops : maize, beans, and squash.

F is for the Amazing Pueblo FarmersDry farming uses tiny dams and canals to direct

water to beans, squash, and cotton crops.

G is for GlaciersGlaciers held so much

water that ocean levels dropped and land appeared in some places.

Over time, a land bridge appeared that joined Asia and the Americas.

H is for

HohokamThe Hohokam grew maize, beans, squash, and cotton in this hot, dry region.

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I is for Iroquois The Iroquois called themselves

Hodenosaunee.Their longest longhouse is thought to have

been 334 feet.

J is for JaguarThe jaguar was a food source for the Native Americans. .

K is for Keeping RecordsWhen the Lakoda settled in a camp for the winter,

they met to decide the most important events of that year. These events were painted as picture symbols in a circle on bison hide.

L is for LodgesHomes made of logs

covered with grasses, sticks, and soil.

Some plain groups lived in lodges.

M is for MigrateThe Navajo began to migrate,

or move, to northern New Mexico by the late 1200s.

Today the Navajo are the largest non-Pueblo people in the Southwest.

N is for Native AmericansThe first Native Americans

followed animals that supplied their food and clothing.

When animals moved, people moved after them.

O is for Olmec

In about 1200 B.C., the Olmec civilization developed in the steamy rain forests of southern Mexico.

The Olmec

P is for PuebloIn about A.D.700, a people called Ancestral

Pueblo settled in the Southwest.

Q is for QuietThe Native Americans had to keep quiet

when hunting in order to get food for the tribe.

R is for Racoon Racoons were a main clothing and food supplies. Their hide was used to keep the Native Americans warm during the night.

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S is for Slash-and-BurnEastern Woodlands practiced a type of farming

called slash-and-burn. Slash-and-burn was when they cut down, or slashed, trees for farming.

T is for TeepeesTeepees are cone-shaped homes made with

long poles covered with animal hides.

U is for UnionThe Native Americans formed a union. The first

tribe that formed one, was the Native Americans of the west.

V is for Creek

VillagesThe Creek (known as the Muskogee) arranged their own town around a large council house or “Chokofa.”

W is for The

Wealth of the TlingitThe Tlingit settled in the Pacific Northwest. Like other people in the region, they got most of there food and goods from the sea.

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X is for XsouqiThe Xsouqi is a Native American tribe.

Y is for YanktonThis Native American

tribe lived in the Southwest.

Their homes were longhouses .

Z is for Zuni

This Native American tribe lived in the Southwest.