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Native Americans : 

Native Americans By: Aditya Sreeram

Table of Contents : 

Table of Contents Languages Food Clothing & Shelter Daily Life, Education, Entertainment Transportation Religion Group Structure Wars and Weapons

Languages : 

Languages Many Language Types Complex Grammar Rules Sign Language Calendar sticks English, Spanish, Portuguese borrowed words

Food : 

Food Ways of Living~ Farming, Hunting and Gathering Maize, Beans and Squash Cooking paunch Bison, Deer, Buffalo, Beef, Crow and Snakes

Clothing & Shelter : 

Clothing & Shelter Women~ One Piece Dresses Men~ Tunics, usually two pieces Children~ Mini Version of Elders Post-colonial~ beaded jackets, satin shawls, woolen sweaters Shelter~ made with natural materials from environment Hogan, Tipi, Plankhouse, Pueblo, Wickiup, Wigwam

Daily Life, Education, Entertainment : 

Daily Life, Education, Entertainment Hunters~ Men House Keepers~ Women Live, Laugh and Learn~ Children Schools~ No Indian Language Subjects~ Hunting and Many others Future~ Hunter ~ Gatherer Entertainment – Games, Storytelling, Dances

Transportation : 

Transportation Walking Horses Drags Canoes Pool boats Plank boats Kayaks

Religion : 

Religion Guardian spirit complex Winter sins and curing Vision quests Sweat Lodge Washut Celebration for first fruit or food Funerals

Group Structure : 

Group Structure Inverted Pyramid Tribes Sub-tribes Nuclear families Tribal Leadership Central governments or local band leader One or two chiefs

Wars and Weapons : 

Wars and Weapons Between various tribes and other races Rules Men~ Primary Defense Women~ Safe Housekeeping Weapons~ Bow and Arrow, Shield, Knives, Guns, Swords Powhatan Confederacy, Pequot War, King Phillips War, French and Indian War