Swannanona pottery (ca. 1000 BC) Even before Cherokee people first came to the southeast, the Woodland people who were living there were making baskets and pottery. Their earliest pottery looks a lot like baskets and probably came [...]
Wickiup - a Ute house Most people who belonged to the Ute group of Native Americans lived in what is now Utah and Colorado, in the high western plains and in the Rocky [...]
A Navajo hogan. Hogans had their doorways facing east Early portable hogans Early on, when Navajo people lived in the northern part of North America (modern Canada), they lived in small houses they [...]
Iroquois longhouse - where Iroquois people lived What is an Iroquois longhouse? Most people who lived in the Iroquois nation lived in longhouses. An Iroquois longhouse is just what it sounds [...]
An Inuit village in 1575 AD Most of the time, most Inuit people lived in wooden houses built near the coast, where they could get to their fishing boats easily. They built [...]
Replica of Cherokee winter house What kind of house you lived in depended a lot on where you lived, and how you lived. Many people were nomadic, travelling around with their dogs following [...]
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 [...]
History of dogs: Footprints of a child walking next to a dog, Chauvet Cave, France, ca. 24,000 BC) Where do dogs come from? Dogs are a kind of wolf. They [...]
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 [...]
