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Far West |
tCold winters in forests and grasslands. Warm summers. In California food was abundant. People ate small game, fish and berries. Some lived in pit houses dug into the ground, others lived in cone-shaped houses covered ith bark, others wooden planks. |
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Southwest |
Now Arizona, New Mexico, and southern parts of Utah and Colorado. Dry most of the year. Late July and august, thunderstorms drenched the area. Some farming and followed animals. Large apartment houses made from adobe. |
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Adobe |
Sun-dried brick |
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Great Planes |
Stretched between Mississippi river and Rocky mountains. Earth lodges and tepees in the west. Ate buffalo. |
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Eastern Woodlands |
Now the eastern United States. covered by forests of map maple trees, birches, pines, beeches. hunted, fished, foraging for nuts and berries. One group spoke Algonquian. |
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Clan |
Groups of families that were related to one another |
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Sachem |
Tribal Chief |
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Southeast |
Mild climate, summers were steamy and hot. supported farming. Cherokees and creeks built houses on wooden frames, covered wth straw mats. they plastered houses with mud clay to keep houses cool and dry |
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Stinkard |
Commoners in the southeast |
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Ceremonies |
Late summer. Could last for more than week. Form of natural and spiritual renewal. tradition. |