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Native Americans Used Natural Materials
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Science
3rd Grade
07/25/2014

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What is one of the materials that the Native Americans used to make their bow and arrows?
Definition
They used wood and flint rock.
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What is one thing the Indians in the Northwest made with the giant red cedars?
Definition
They made canoes or totem poles.
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What is the name of one of the kinds of shelters that the Native Americans built and lived in?
Definition
Some of the names of shelters that Indians made are longhouses, wigwams, teepees, wickiups, plankhouses and cliff dwellings.
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What animal products did the Native Americans decorate their ceremonial outfits with?
Definition
Some of the things that Native Americans used to decorate their clothing were bird feathers, shells, animal fur, and porcupine quills.
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What was the Indian pottery made from?
Definition
The Native Americans got clay and shaped it, then they cooked it in the fire until it was hard and useful for cooking.  They often made them into beautiful designs and painted them.
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What was the name of the dolls that Southwest tribes used to represent the spirits that they worshiped?
Definition
They were called kachina dolls.
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What kind of material was the woven wampum maze made from?
Definition
It was made from thick grasses and shells.
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