We've learned about the 7 major cultural regions and how these environments affected Native Americans living there. Your task is to learn a little bit more about a specific tribe.
Click this Native American Cultures Link and scroll down to the list of Native American Cultures. From there, pick one tribe and read about them. In your blog response, in addition to stating your first name, you need to: 1. Share information about how their climate/environment impacted their lives, 2. Share an artifact they made from one of their natural resources, and 3. Compare their daily lives with your own. What's similar, what's different? - Be sure to include the name of the tribe you've chosen in your blog post.
After you've written your blog post, you will need to make helpful comments on 1 of your classmate's responses. This might be where you ask them a question, or share a connection about your two tribes.
Happy Blogging!
Katie’s Response: I decided to learn more about the Comanche Tribe. The tribe used to live in the northern part of Wyoming, but had moved south to Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico by the time explorers came to the Americas. Today the tribe mostly lives in Oklahoma. When looking through the art gallery from comanchemuseum.com I was able to see that there is both hot and cold weather that the tribe experienced. The tribes hunted buffalo and I noticed that teepees and clothes were both artifacts that were made from buffalo hides.
ReplyDeleteWhen I think about the tribe’s history and how life must have been 200 years ago, compared to my life today… I think that my life is probably easier. I have the benefit of using a lot of modern conveniences… I don’t have to hunt for my food. I did notice on the Comanche Tribes website that they use technology to keep their tribe connected, even with text message alerts… so I imagine their lives today aren’t really very different from my own.
Joel-
DeleteI researched the Assiniboine Tribe and they also live in teepees. But some people do have to hunt for their food.
i agree
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what do you mean hunt their food. And what kind of food did they get.
DeleteAgain, it must have been a little hard living back than. I wonder if any tribes lived like the tribe from the book A River Ran Wild.
DeleteSorry the previous response was mine, Ria
DeleteLooking back at my response, I did mention that they were one of the many tribes that hunted buffalo. I have actually never been hunting. I am much better at going to a grocery store than stalking prey in the woods. I'd rather enjoy a campfire and smores than have to go out looking for my dinner in the wild! (But hey, that's just me.)
Delete@Ria I bet if we looked at the list of tribes again we could find the Nashua. Now I am wondering if it mentions the river in all of their info/facts.
Gwyneth's response: The Biloxi Indians; The Biloxi Indians lived in mud house's and bark roofs, they made pottery, baskets, wooden bowls, and bone and horn implements. The Biloxi tribe was located in the bottom right of Mississippi, one of Biloxi's neighbors was the Choctaw Tribe. One of the legends the Biloxi tribe believed in was the Trickster Rabbit, (Tcetkana or Chetkana): Rabbit is the trickster figure in the folk land of the Biloxi and other Southeastern tribes. His Biloxi name is pronounced chet-kah-nah.
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DeleteJoel-
DeleteThat's cool how they lived in mud houses!
I just learned a lot more juts from your report :)
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ReplyDeleteI picked the Assiniboine Tribe. They lived in tipis (teepees) that were about 12 feet high. They could be taken down fairly quickly and easily, and the whole village could be ready in an hour. They wore moccasins and in cold weather they wore long buffalo hide robes. They lived in the Great Plains. Their lives are similar to our own because their children played sports like lacrosse. Their kids also played with dolls and toys.
nice details
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Did they have an buffalo hunts?
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Charlie's response:1.Share information about how their climate/environment impacted their lives, 2. Share an artifact they made from one of their natural resources, and 3. Compare their daily lives with your own. What's similar, what's different? - Be sure to include the name of the tribe you've chosen in your blog post.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to learn more about the Chinook. There climate was mostly rain. That gave them a hard time doing things outside. But there environment helped them so much. They had deer’s, bears, salmon, and much more.
The Chinook made totem poles. These totem poles told a story about their life. These were hand made from the natural resource.
Their life was very harder from our lives today because we have technology. Also we have much more better things then they did. Like lights, clothes, food already made, and much more.
Joel-
DeleteThat's cool how they made the totem poles by hand.
Do you think they lived in Washington?
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Daniel
DeleteThey do live in Washington State!
That's what the totem poles are for!
I also did that
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Anusha
ReplyDeleteI read about the Alabama Indians. I learnt that the Alabama Indians lived in Alabama. Their climate affected their lives because, even though the text didn't say so, I infer that their climate was moist. They had crops and lived in houses that were square shaped and had plaster walls, which were warm inside. The Alabama Indians wore leggings or skirts in the cold weather.
One artifact that the Alabama made was the dug-out canoes. These canoes were made from hollowed out logs. They could travel in water and were sometimes only minimally changed from the log shape. Others though, were carved and made into fast, swift canoes.
If I would be living in with the Alabamas, then I would now be farming and helping around the house or be playing with friends. I may have been playing Lacrosse too. I conclude that in the past the Alabamas did have more work to do, but lived similarly to the kids now.
Aubrey-I like all of your info! what were their houses called?
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DeleteYes, they did have buffalo hunts.
Joel-
DeleteAnusha, I did not mean to put my comment there! I meant to put it on my response!
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Aubrey
DeleteIn the info, their houses didn't really have name.
Anusha
Aubrey’s response: as my Native American tribe I chose the Shasta. The Shasta tribes are from northern California and southern Oregon. All Shasta villages were led by a chief or head man, who was chosen by the village’s medicine man. The Shasta tribe does not have a reservation. Instead they have an elected tribe council. The Shasta people are spread out in the Shasta tribe, Karok tribe, the Klamath tribe, and northern California towns. The Shasta people used to speak their Shasta language but today they speak English.
ReplyDeleteGwyneth: That's super cool there are like the future of us already electing. What I think is wierd is that the chief was choosen by the village's Medicine man!
DeleteWhat region do you think they belonged to?
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I aggre with the native tribe you piked
Delete@Isaac I chose the Blackfoot tribe, the word Blackfoot is an English translation of the word skisika. skisika means Blackfoot there daily lives compared to our lives most be tough I know this because they had to split there group up one group had to stay in the U.S and the other 3 had to stay in Canada. some of the group members would speak our language English the others would speak there own mad up special language. The artifact is I chose was the dolls the kids would play with the dolls in there spare time after there chores.
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1. The Abenaki’s climate was very harsh. During the winter it would be cold and snowy, during the summer it would be very warm. They fled to Canada and that is where they now live. Their climate affected them by, they needed to stay warm during the winter so they wouldn’t get sick and get enough water during the hot summer.
2. The Abenaki made baskets out of bark. They made it out of bark because there were a lot of trees where they lived. They also made many other things like colorful clothes, moccasins, and also highly decorated canoes.
3. Their daily lives are much different than mine. During winter they had put on warm fur coats, but for me I just have to turn up the thermostat in my house. During summer they have to keep cool by staying in shade, where as I just have to turn on the air conditioning. Now a day’s technology really impacts our lives.
Daniel
DeleteReally good job, Gavan! :D
Joel-
DeleteYeah good job!
Ria- WOW! They survived with harsh climates! I'm glad they moved though.
Deletethat's a very good explanation =) @Isaac
DeleteMohawks tribe
ReplyDeleteThey had their own spirit that they believed in.
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Jacks comment what else did the Mohawk tribe do because I am want too know
Delete@Isaac I don't really understand can you tell me more
DeleteJoel-
DeleteYeah, you need to put more information!
Gwyneth: what spirit is it can you tell me more??
Deletemore information jack
Deletehunter searcy
what kind of sprit did they believe in @Isaac.
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ReplyDeleteThis is my list of what the Hopi had to live with!
1. The Hopi's weather was like this:
a. Hot, dry summers
b. Very little rain
c. Autumn weather wasn’t like autumn
d. Snow on plateaus
2.They weaved baskets that were to be beautiful and were artifacts
3.We both daily:
a. create food from crops
But we don’t both daily do:
a. struggle with life
b. act like a Hopi AND a regular citizen
1. Ria's Response: I was Learning about the Ahtna tribe. This is how you pronounce Ahtna: ott-nah. Their name means copper river. The Ahtna people lived in Alaska. Most Ahtna people speak English now, but back then the Ahtna people spoke their own language. It’s much more complicated than English. But people still speak that language. They even have their own dictionary! Another interesting fact I learned was that the Ahtna native Americans do NOT have reservations. Instead they live in native villages. The Ahtna also told legends. One was called, Raven. The Raven legend is about a raven who turns into god to help people. Also, people thought he could get in trouble. Their life back then, I would imagine a little harder than our life now. How? I would think back then, they had to hunt for food. But now, we can just go to grocery stores and buy food.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you! Now we can just go to the grocery store and buy food!
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Jade research about the Hopi tribe. There weather was very warm they lived in Arizona. Their environment impacted their lives because there was not have much water.one of the natural resources were that they made dresses made out of buffalo skin. What is different about the Hopi tribe and us is that we don’t need to have a fire pit to cook food every day. The same thing that the Hopi tribe is that the children go to a school like we do.
ReplyDeleteIt must have been pretty hard without a lot of water. -Ria
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ReplyDeleteI used the Mohawk tribe for my response. they had places for hunting and rivers to get water from. They also had good fishing areas and they made large walls made from wood from there forest. They made masks, bead work, and war clubs there daily life's are filled with fun, friends and family our life is filled with that too and some other things.
David
Deletenice job Jack :)
@David The Blackfoot came from the northern plains. Blackfoot is English for siksika. 10,000 Blackfoot citizens live in the United states today. Blackfoot Indians lived in teepees made of buffalo hide they were designed to be easy to build and easy to take down. Because they would follow the buffalo herds. They traveled by rivers on canoes. They would mainly eat buffalo but they also ate ground squirrels nuts and barriers. They mainly used a bow and arrow to hunt. They are known for making pouches with beaded designees on them.
ReplyDeletethat cool now i get it.
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Daniel
DeleteDid you see Jacks comment? Work more.
Watch your grammar!
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ReplyDeleteThe Chinook Indians Lived in the Pacific Northwest Coast. (Today Washington and Oregon). I think the environment impacted their lives from being by the cost. They could get salmon from the water. The Chinooks made a bow and arrows to hunt and/or go to war. The climate was moist. I think that we have technology that can help is stay alive longer. Back then the Chinooks had to make everything by themselves.
1. he Dakota tribe lived on the plains were it is very dry and grassy it is very hot in the day and very cooled at night this climate affected their life’s because there wasn’t many natural resources but they hunted big game such as buffalo.
ReplyDelete2. The Dakota Indians made tepees as their homes the natural resources they used were buffalo and really big sticks to make the frame of the teepee the used the buffalo hide and draped it over the teepee for warmth and protection.
3. I think their daily life is a lot different than mine because 1 to 2 hundred years ago
they had to kill their food and harvest their own food but my food is just in the fridge or in the pantry. But in a way are life’s are similar because we both cook our food and we both get ready for the day. So I think in some ways we are the same and some ways different.
Dakota`s response
I like how you have the questions numbered!
DeleteNandita's response: I chose to learn about the Shasta tribe. The Shasta tribe lived in northern California and Southern Oregon. They tried to use their natural resources but the settlers took that away from them. They eventually just lived in a big cave until the settlers claimed that too.
ReplyDeleteOne artifact the Shasta tribe had was twined baskets made of porcupine quills, yarn, glass beads, tule, bear grass and cane.
I think that the Shasta's life was so much harder than mine because we have more technology to help us. Since we have so much technology, we can live easier lives.
Wow I now know a lot
DeleteThe name crow means, childeren of the large beaked bird. Back then the crow indians lived in a hot, worm, and dry envierment in whats now the plains of Montana and Wyoming. Right now they are living on a reservation. A reservation a set aside land given to them by government and police for them to do what ever they want on it but since it was given to them by the government and police they still have to respect the law. For example the tulalup tribe they are living on a reservation and they made right now what's now called the tulaup casino. I think that if I were to live ware the used to live it would have really hard because in Washington there is a totally different climate and different resources.
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The Chinook tribe lived in a forest, and near rivers. This changed their naturel resources from, for example the Native Americans of the Great Plains. There naturel resources were wood, fish, plants, etc. This changed their life. They used boats to get around because that is what where they lived had. The place they lived helped them.
The Chinook tribe made:
• Baskets
• Long houses
• Wore Breech-cout, Moccasins on their feet and so on
• Fishermen used harpoons and nets
• Made baskets from grass
• And so on
The children of 2015 are different form the children of the Chinook tribe. Today we have computers, tablets. The people of the Chinook had to use there naturel resources. They made baskets from the wood, there were no super markets then. Today we can buy baskets from the super market. The Chinook children did more chores and had less time to play. The children would help the mother and farther fish or pick barriers. Today our children have more time to play, and less chores and more time to play. They are different in ways but also the same. The children of then and today both play and love to hear stories. The children of then and today both love to ply with toys. We are different form them and also the same.
Thanks for all this wonderful info: http://www.bigorrin.org/chinook_kids.htm
Nice info!
DeleteThat was Joel! I forgot my name.
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