Indian American clothing was made by hand, with the men wearing comparably less than the women depending on the time of year. Much of the clothing was made of tanned leather and often had strings with beads, animal feathers, or animal bones attached.
There were many different types of environments in which native Americans lived. Each climate and geographical location has its very own set of specialized animals and recourses in each area which determined how the natives ate, dressed, hunted, and built shelter.
For example, the Mississippi lived, well, on the Mississippi River which halted lots of fertile soil, which they used to build homes, or as scientists call them now, mounds.
The Eskimos in Alaska built homes of ice, called igloos, where they would live and try to keep not so cold. In Alaska, they also had to wear different clothing than the native Americans in The Great Plateau, or on the Mississippi. The Alaskan natives wore heavy clothing made with blubber from surrounding animals, while most other men in some communities wore just a breechcloth.
The way that natives built their houses and societies depended on where they were located, but that's not the only thing that the location affected!
Their location also affected the types of food that they harvest and the types of material that they use. Inca natives didn't rely on fish and water animals as much as the Mississippi and Eskimos did because of their location, they mostly relied on types of potatoes and corn because they could last an extremely long time.
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