Native Americans Test Review

Very rich in natural resources

Iroquois League made up of 5 tribes

Hunted whales, seals, and sea otters 

Believed that kachina dolls would bring rain

have powwows 

Used irrigation to grow food

Ancestors of the Anasazi

The Iroquois 

Lived in longhouses

Lived in wigwams in the winter 

Horses made buffalo hunting easier

Used buffalo for food, clothing, blankets and other materials

lived in tepees while out hunting

Lived in cedar plank houses

Hopi men governed the villages 

Horses were introduced by the Spanish

The Cheyenne

Great Council made decisions for the entire League

Great council made up of 50 representatives

built travois to carry buffalo meat 

Built lodges to live in

snake dances 

held potlatches

Belts made of wampum were given as gifts

Located between two mountain ranges (Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada)

Many resources like trees, animals, lakes, rivers, and streams

fertile soil, rivers and thick forests 

Flat region with few trees

Lived in wickiups

Shamans could be men or women