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How did Americans Indians use the natural resources around them?
American Indians were hunters and gatherers. They killed animals by constructing bows and arrows and tomahawks. They used rocks to make arrows, bowls, cups, etc. The skin of the animals were used to build their teepees. Though there are many different tribes, all used natural resources for food, clothing, housing, weapons, tools, toys.....etc. Here is an example: Plains Indians- Teepees (lodges) were made out of the hides of American Buffalo (Bison) and lodge poles. Clothing was made out of various animal skins (deer, rabbit, wolf pelts) with certain decorative items containing elk teeth and porcupine quills. Food was primarily buffalo, deer and other small game, roots, and certain types of fruits/nuts/berries. Tools could be made from buffalo horn, hoof, bladder, and plant materials. Weapons were made from animal sinew, wood, bird feathers, and stone
How did native americans help Pennsylvania?
The Americans traded with the Indians in Pennsylvania. The American gave them copper kettles, woven clothes, sharp edged iron tools and new technologies. While they Indians gave the Americans land and animal pelts.
What did American Indians trade furs with the French and the Dutch for?
beads guns and metal items
What was the basic difference between the Coastal and Plateau Indians?
The Plateau Indians ate salmon, deer, elk, small animals, berries, seeds, and roots, especially the camas roots. The Coastal Indians ate salmon, whale, shellfish, and otters. They dried their meat so they could eat it later. The Plateau Indians' houses were called pit houses. They were made out of mud, dirt, and grass. The Coastal Indians' houses were called longhouses. They were made out of cedar. They made boards to connect them to make a house. The Plateau Indians' clothing was made out of hides, quills, fur, and feathers. The Coastal Indians made their clothing out of cedar and seashells. The Plateau Indians made their leather from deer and elk fur. The Coastal Indians got the seashells at the beach. The Plateau Indian's tools were called digging sticks, rocks, and arrowheads. The Coastal Indians' tools were made out of shells, whale teeth, bones, and harpoons. The Plateau Indians' art was baskets and beadwork. The Coastal Indians' art was totem poles and carvings. The Plateau and Coastal Indians' art was made by hand. The Plateau Indian's beliefs were pow-wows. The Plateau Indians' custom was spirits. The Coastal Indians' beliefs were spirits. The Coastal Indians' customs were also the potlatch.
What natural resources did the creek Indians use?
The Chickasaw people lived in the Southeastern part of the USA. Some of the natural resources of that region are:cottonsugar canepeanutscoaloil
