1. USI.3b: Native Americans

2. Essential Knowledge
• Prior to the arrival of the Europeans, American
Indians (First Americans) were dispersed across
different environments in North America.

3. Essential Knowledge

4. Essential Questions
• In which areas did the American Indians live?
• Where do American Indians live today?

5. • American Indians lived in all areas of North
America.
• American Indian tribes include the Inuit,
Kwakiutl, Lakota, Pueblo, and Iroquois.

6. Inuit
• The Inuit inhabited present day Alaska and
northern Canada, where the land is cold and
harsh. This is an Arctic area where the
temperature is below freezing much of the year.
They have long cold winters and short, cool
summers. On the average there are between 15
and 90 inches of snow each year. The snow
doesn't melt until spring, and winter storms can
force people to remain inside for days at a time.

7. Inuit

8. Kwakiutl
• The Kwakiutl inhabited the Pacific northwest
coast, which is characterized by a rainy, mild
climate.

9. Kwakiutl
Kwakiutl villages

10. Sea Side village
Lakota
• The Lakota inhabited the
interior of the United States,
called the Great Plains. The
Great Plains are characterized
by dry grasslands.

11. Lakota

12. Pueblo
• The Pueblo tribe inhabited the
southwest in present day New
Mexico and Arizona.
• They lived in desert areas
bordering cliffs and
mountains.

13. Pueblo

14. Iroquois
• The Iroquois homeland
includes Northeast North
America, the Eastern
Woodland, which is heavily
forested.

15. Iroquois

16. Present Day
• These tribes still exist. Members of these tribes
still live in their traditional homelands and in
many other areas of North America today.