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Breechcloth - a length of fabric worn hanging from the waist.
The buffalo is a large animal that was hunted almost to extinction. It is also called a bison.
The buffalo provides food, clothes and other supplies.
The Cayuga are in West Central New York -along the steep shores of Cayuga and Owasco lakes in central NY.
Culture means the ideas, skills, tools, arts and the way of life of a certain people at a certain time.
Mantas were hand woven rectangular pieces of cloth. For warmth women often wore mantas tied over their shoulder and around their waist.
The Mohawk are in North Central New York - in the mid-Mohawk River Valley from Schoharie Creek to East Canada Creek. This includes a portion of NY and Vermont.
The Oneida are in North Central New York - along the Oneida Creek and Oneida Lake.
Reservation- area of land kept by the government for the Native American.
The Seneca are the largest single tribe in North Central New York. They are between Canandaigua, Lake Cazenovia and the Genesee River.
The Tuscarora are in North Central New York. They shared the Oneida Lake with the Oneida after they moved from North Carolina in the 1700s.
chickee - The Seminole's houses were called chickees. They were made from palmetto trees. They had a raised platform held up by poles stuck in the ground. Chickees had thatched roofs and open walls. Their houses were well suited to the warm and wet climate. The open walls allowed the Seminoles to stay cool. The raised platform was high enough to keep them dry.
Hogans -The Navajos homes are called hogans. The hogans were made of logs, earth, and rocks. Hogans were cone or dome shaped round houses built at the base of cliffs or canyons. They made trips to the mountains to get pinon pine trees to frame their hogan, which they covered with mud and clay. Years later the hogans were coved with stone or adobe rather than the bark. The doorways of hogans always faced east.
Longhouses -The Iroquois lived in longhouses. These were rectangular barrel shaped houses.
The Onondaga are in North Central New York -in a valley between Lake Cazenovia and Onondaga Creek.
plank houses - The Chinook lived in plank houses - These are large, rectangular houses of cedar planks. The giant red cedar was very easy to cut. Plank houses are gable-roofed houses framed with posts and covered with cedar planks.