Native American Tribes

Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw and Seminole Native Americans. They were skilled hunters and farmers.

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Southwest

• Plains

• Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)   • Wapanni

• Shawnee

Lived in the forest. They fished, hunted, and learned to farm. The most well-known nation, the Iroquois, built “longhouses” from wood, bark, and leaves.

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Southwest

• Plains

• Pawnee   • Cheyenne   • Comanche

• Sioux   • Blackfoot   • Arapaho

Home to millions of bison (buffalo). Moved constantly to follow the bison herds.

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Southwest

• Plains

• Navajo   • Apache

• Pueblo

This was dry desert areas.

• Northeast

• Northwest

• Southwest

• Plains

The Inuit

This was a cold and icy region

• Northeast

• Northwest

• Arctic

• Plains

• Tlingit   • Kwakiutl   • Chinook

• Haida   • Nez Perce   • Salish

Has large cedar and spruce forests. The people used wood to build homes and small boats. They lived near the coast or along streams to fish.

• California Basin and Plateau

• Northwest Coast and Plateau

• Subarctic

• Southwest