Peoples of North America

• States like Alabama, Illinois, Massachusetts and Mississippi

• ​Kansas = Kansa Tribe

• Olathe, Topeka, Wichita, Shawnee ​

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Native Americans

• Legend of Deganawidah (Iriquois)

• Five original tribes of Native Americans

• A tribe is a group of families connected under a single leadership​

• in 1580 these​ tribes came together to form a league

• Sent representatives of men, women could remove representatives​

• ​Native americans within each region developed similar cultures

• ​Thick forest full of wood, animals, fresh water and fish

Eastern Woodlands Cultural region

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• lived in longhouses

• long as 150 feet ​with as many as 12 families

• Iroquois called themselves "people of the longhouses"

• ​Canoes, clothing, food​

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• connection to animals, trees, nature

• They created Wampum and other items from nature ​

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