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Native America - Northeast Tribal Region
Directions: Read the passage. Then answer the questions from the reading.
Longhouse
The northeast part of the United States has many rivers, streams, lakes, trees and plants. The summers are
hot and humid, and winters are cold and snowy. There is a lot of rain so plants grow well. Where there are
plants, there are animals. The northeast Native Americans did not have any trouble finding and growing food.
Many families lived in a longhouse. The families were part of the same clan. People sat and slept on mats
along the edges. Fires to heat the house and to cook were built in the middle of the house. Small holes in the
top of the longhouse let the smoke out. Some northeast people, especially of the Algonquin family, lived in
wigwams. Wigwams were built like longhouses with saplings bent in a dome shape for a frame covered with
bark or grasses, but they were much smaller. Only one family lived in a wigwam. The tribes who used
wigwams tended to move around often (nomadic) to good hunting grounds.
The most important foods for the northeast people were corn, beans, pumpkins and squash. The native
Americans of the woodlands, especially the Iroquois, were farmers. Another important food for the woodland
people was wild rice. The women would paddle canoes in the shallow water on the edges of the lakes. They
bent the wild rice plants over the canoe and hit the plants so the rice fell into the boat.
Deer were especially important to northeast Native Americans. Clothing was made from skins of animals.
In hot weather, men wore breechcloths. When it got colder, they added deerskin shirts, leggings, moccasins
and sometimes fur robes. Women wore wrap skirts, shirts, leggings and moccasins. Tools used for hunting,
building and eating were made from antlers and bones. The meat from the animal provided food.
1.
Which animal(s) were most important to these people?
2.
What type of clothes did the people of this region wear?
3.
What type of home(s) did the people of this region live in?
4.
What is the climate like in this region?
5.
What type of food(s) did the people of this region eat?
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Name:
Date:
Native America - Northeast Tribal Region
Directions: Read the passage. Then answer the questions from the reading.
Longhouse
The northeast part of the United States has many rivers, streams, lakes, trees and plants. The summers are
hot and humid, and winters are cold and snowy. There is a lot of rain so plants grow well. Where there are
plants, there are animals. The northeast Native Americans did not have any trouble finding and growing food.
Many families lived in a longhouse. The families were part of the same clan. People sat and slept on mats
along the edges. Fires to heat the house and to cook were built in the middle of the house. Small holes in the
top of the longhouse let the smoke out. Some northeast people, especially of the Algonquin family, lived in
wigwams. Wigwams were built like longhouses with saplings bent in a dome shape for a frame covered with
bark or grasses, but they were much smaller. Only one family lived in a wigwam. The tribes who used
wigwams tended to move around often (nomadic) to good hunting grounds.
The most important foods for the northeast people were corn, beans, pumpkins and squash. The native
Americans of the woodlands, especially the Iroquois, were farmers. Another important food for the woodland
people was wild rice. The women would paddle canoes in the shallow water on the edges of the lakes. They
bent the wild rice plants over the canoe and hit the plants so the rice fell into the boat.
Deer were especially important to northeast Native Americans. Clothing was made from skins of animals.
In hot weather, men wore breechcloths. When it got colder, they added deerskin shirts, leggings, moccasins
and sometimes fur robes. Women wore wrap skirts, shirts, leggings and moccasins. Tools used for hunting,
building and eating were made from antlers and bones. The meat from the animal provided food.
1.
Which animal(s) were most important to these people?
Deer
2.
What type of clothes did the people of this region wear?
Breechcloths, Shirts, Leggings, Moccasins
3.
What type of home(s) did the people of this region live in?
4.
What is the climate like in this region?
5.
What type of food(s) did the people of this region eat?
Longhouse, Wigwam
Hot summers, Cold winters
Corn, Beans, Squash, Pumpkins, Rice
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