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What animal did American Indians rely for food clothing and tools?
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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 tools or weapons did the caddo Indians use?
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What tools did Indians use for making clothes?
Native Americans use fur and animal hide to make clothing.
What was the comache Indians food and clothing and shelter and weapons in tools?
I was animal skin sabbing knifies and long ouse
What animal provided many basic needs for the plains Indians and was the central to their way of life?
Everyday life for American Indians on the Great Plains centered on the bison. American Indians hunted the bison and used the parts of the animal in great efficiency. The meat provided nutritional sustenance, the skin was used in the construction of dwellings and to make clothing, the hair was used to make bedding and also added a layer of warmth to clothing, and the teeth and bones were used in the fashioning of jewelry and tools.
Who fought the Navajo Indians?
they used all the tools around them like for example, they used sharp sticks for knives , they used animal skin for clothing and they used deer skin for boots
Who did the Navajo Indians fought?
they used all the tools around them like for example, they used sharp sticks for knives , they used animal skin for clothing and they used deer skin for boots
What sort of weapons tools and utensils did the amazonian South American Indians use?
the weapons tools and utensils used by amazonian south amerincan indians were sex tools forks
How were buffalo's used by Native American?
Food, clothing, shelter, costuming in religious rituals, bait, and bones were used as tools.
What tools did California Indians use?
What did California Indians use as tools
What did California Indians used as tools?
What did California Indians use as tools
Why were the horse and buffalo inprtant for th plain Indians?
The horse for mobility, buffalo for food, shelter, clothing and tools made of bone or horn.
How did the widespread killing of Buffalo affect the plains of Indians?
Buffalo was their was of life. Plains indians used and ate everything on the buffalo. The bones uses as tools, fur for clothing and meat for food. When the buffalo started to decimate so did the indians.
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
