Cherokee houses: Replica of Cherokee winter house Cherokee houses Most people who lived in the Cherokee nation lived in houses that were just for one family. These houses were usually circular. Who [...]
Wild sunflowers or Black-Eyed Susan flowers Where do sunflowers grow wild? Sunflowers grew wild all over North America. From the Paleo-Indian time on, many different groups of people picked sunflowers and [...]
Bering Strait - today there's ocean, but long ago there it was the Bering land bridge Ocean levels were lower During an Ice Age, when the world is colder, more [...]
A Cheyenne man named Yellow Horse captures a herd of mules (Cheyenne drawing, about 1870). There had been no horses in North America since about 5600 BC, when buffalos ate [...]
North American people eating (Virginia, 1600s) If you're a teacher, parent, or day camp counselor thinking of spending a week or so on early North America, here's some ideas other [...]
Ute wickiup Want to build your own wickiup? Try using a bunch of swimming noodles. Tie the ends of them together with string in pairs (two at a time), and [...]
A bowl of succotash You may like pemmican better, but most Native American people ate more succotash: Husk and boil three ears of corn (or use frozen corn). Boil 1/2 [...]
Inuit walrus ivory carving (1800s AD) Do you want to carve your own small sculptures, the way Inuit artists did? Inuit artists carved animal bones, but it will be easier [...]
Native American Scavenger hunt: Blueberries are a Native fruit! Finding Native things at home How many things can you find around your house that Native American people had before 1500 [...]
A Native woman making pemmican Our word "pemmican" comes from the Cree word "pimikan". Pemmican was a sort of energy bar: not great food, but a lot of fat and sugar [...]
