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What things were Native American interested?
Indians obtained manufactured goods such as guns, knives, cloth, and beads that made their lives easier. The traders got furs, food, and a way of life many of them enjoyed.
How did the Native Americans live?
Some groups built large houses with many rooms where many families could stay together, others had small dwellings in which only very few people lived. Some tribes built houses into the earth that they covered with leaves and grass. Indians of in the Great Plains built tepees made of buffalo skin.
Where did the Native American used to live?
American Indians are often further grouped by area of residence: Northern America (present-day United States and Canada), Middle America (present-day Mexico and Central America; sometimes called Mesoamerica), and South America.
What Native American tribes no longer exist?
List of unrecognized groups claiming to be American Indian tribes
- Cherokee Nation of Alabama.
- Cherokee River Indian Community.
- Chickamauga Cherokee of Alabama.
- Chickmaka Band of the South Cumberland Plateau.
- Coweta Creek Tribe.
- Eagle Bear Band of Free Cherokees.
What were the major patterns of Native American life?
What were the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived? People lived in towns and villages. Native Americans grew maize, squash and beans. Native Americans did not believe you could own anything.
What race is native?
Race Categories American Indian or Alaska Native: A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.
What are the 7 Indian nations?
TRIBAL HEADQUARTERS
- Blackfeet Nation.
- Chippewa Cree Tribe.
- Crow Nation.
- Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes.
- Fort Belknap Assiniboine & Gros Ventre Tribes.
- Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes.
- Little Shell Chippewa Tribe.
- Northern Cheyenne Tribe.