Some Native American tribes had a surplus of materials.

Not all goods were accessible to Native Americans in their area.

Native Americans would use bartering: a way to get goods and services without money.

Different groups of Native Americans specialized in different skills.

"Native American groups began to work with each other to simplify

their work and share items they wanted or needed."

"Tribal members of the Desert

Southwest region wanted tools fashioned from whalebone."

"Early Native American groups lived in different cultural regions."

"In an economy, goods, services and often money are

organized into a system to manage those resources."

"Native American tribes would often travel long distances for

the opportunity to trade with each other."

"Especially in tough economic times, people return to this age-old way of getting things that they need."

"In an economy, goods, services and often money are organized into a system to manage those resources."

"For the first time in their tribes’ history, they had a surplus

of materials."