A Crossroads Resource

Unit 1: A World of Their Own: The Americas to 1500

Question/Problem 2: What was life like for the Indians before the arrival of Columbus?

Some Major Tribes of the Culture Areas
of the United States

The Southwest

Hopi

Zuni

Navaho

 The Southeast

Cherokee

Creek
The Northeast & Central Plains

Iroquois

Chippewa

Abenaki

 The Great Plains

Cheyenne

Crow

Sioux
The Pacific Coast, Plateau & Great Basin

California tribes (Chinkook, Pomo, Yurok)

Nez Perce

Ute

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