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Modern reservations

over 1 million natives in the United

states live on reservations that they

govern themselves. the navajo

reservation, for example, covers nearly

15 million acres in arizona, new

Mexico, and Utah. recently, several

tribes, such as the Pacific northwest

Coast indians, have protested

successfully and regained lost land.

EASTERN

WOODLANDS

Big

Cypress

PLAINS

Osage

Cherokee

Navajo

SOUTHWEST

Leech

Lake

Apache

Papago

sioUx

the sioux lived on the Great Plains. they hunted bison on horseback,

using the skins for clothing and tepees, the meat for food, and the bones

and horns for tools. the sioux were noted for their bravery and fighting

skills and fought a long series of battles with european settlers and gold

miners who took over their territory in the 1880s. in 1876, the sioux

defeated the Us cavalry at the now famous Battle of the Little Bighorn

in Montana. eventually the sioux were driven on to reservations.

Last lands given up by

the native people in 1890

triBaL Lands

Before the europeans arrived, the native peoples occupied most

of what later became the United states. the tribes were roughly

grouped into six geographical regions. european settlement

gradually forced the natives to the west and southwest, so that

by 1890 they were living on a few scattered reservations.

Present-day reservations

canoes

northern tribes who lived by rivers and lakes, such as the

Penobscot and Malecite, built canoes from the bark of

birch trees. these strong, fast canoes were light enough

to be carried overland when they could not be paddled.

WeaPons

native-americans used bows

and arrows, knives, and clubs

as weapons. Many also carried

tomahawks. during the 16th

century, they got rifles

from european traders.

Bow case

holds the

bow when

not in use.

Bow, made

of wood

Quiver, used for

holding arrows

CraftsWork

Many natives were skilled craftworkers. they

produced beautifully decorated clothes and

headdresses. this pair of men’s moccasins, from

the Blackfeet tribe of western Canada, are made

of stitched leather decorated with leather thongs

and embroidered with colored beads.

PUeBLos

the Pueblos were a peaceful tribe that lived

in the southwest. they farmed vegetables for

food and were skilled craftworkers, weaving

brightly-colored cloth from homespun cotton

and making pots. their multistoried houses

were built of stone or adobe (sun-dried clay

bricks) and were occupied by several families.

today, many Pueblos live on reservations in

arizona and new Mexico.

Menominee

Isabella

Standing

Rock

Crow

NORTHWEST

COAST

Quinault Colville

Blackfeet

Uintah

and

Ouray

CALIFORNIA -

INTERMOUNTAIN

Tomahawks

were axes with

stone or iron

heads. It was the

Europeans who first made

a combined ax blade and

tobacco pipe.

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New Zealand, history of

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north america

United states, history of

Bark hull Paddles

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