Eastern Woodlands Spider Map
Montāžas Apraksts
Spider map of Indigenous Peoples of the Eastern Woodlands that focuses on where they are located and historic resources, homes, clothing and traditions.
Montāžas Teksta
- LOCATION
- ENVIRONMENT
- NATURAL RESOURCES
- FIRST NATIONS OF THE NORTHEAST
- The Eastern Woodlands Cultural regionstretches fromthe Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean and includes the Great Lakes region, eastern Canada, and the Ohio River Valley.
- The Eastern Woodlandshas abundant forests, lakes, and rivers as well as mountains, valleys, and the coast. This region enjoys all four seasons: hot summers, cool falls, cold winters, and warm springs.
- Thick forests, rivers, and streams provide food and resources. The forests have turkeys, deer, beavers, wolves, foxes, and bears while the seacoast has shells, whales, and cod.They grow the three sisters: corn, beans and squash.
- HOMES
- The First Nations here are the Iroquois-speaking Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Tuscarora, and Huron; and the Algonquian-speaking Shawnee, Mi’kmaq, Ojibwe, Mohegan, Delaware, and Wompanoag
- TRADITIONS
- INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE EASTERN WOODLANDS
- CLOTHING
- The Algonquin built wigwams, a dome shaped home with a wooden-frame covered with mats of birch bark. The Iroquois built longhouses, a long, narrow wooden lodge for several families.
- Wampum are strings of beads arranged to represent important events andcould beworn as decoration, used at ceremonies or ascurrency. Sachems were the highest leader. They were elected by the people and could be male or female.
- Animals were utilized for food and for their hides which were used for clothing, blankets and bags. Turkey feathers were collected and sewn into capes to provide warmth and repel water.
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