The native people changed their houses according to the seasonal economic movements. In the summer they moved to the seashores in family groups. They planted fields a mile or more apart near the coast. They also had villages that had clusters of houses, fishing stations, and shellfish and wild plant collection sites. After harvesting crops in the fall, they moved into the forests to hunt deer. They normally gathered in large groups and worked in common hunts. The Algonkians' diet mostly consisted of meat, fish, shellfish and their crops, which was a very healthy diet for them. It was so varied because they moved around during the seasons.…
Imagine living in a world where supermarkets and shops were not invented yet. What would you do? The Makah Indians and the Umatilla Indians had to hunt for their food. They also had to build their homes using the resources their environment provided to them. Some wore lots of clothing, while the other wore little to none.…
Their houses were made in a cone shape using slabs of bark or brush. They also had sweathouses that they used to keep their skin clean.…
journey. Women were to cook, look after children and do laundry. The men hunted, steered and…
Rousseau advocated keeping children in frocks for as long as possible and then allowing them to wear loose-fitting clothing that did not constrict their movements.…
The southeast Indians were a interesting group with many different and unique ways of life in this explanation I will tell you about their daily life. The southeast Indians wore clothing made of deerskin, fur, and porcupine quills; the men's clothing was a mix of a deerskin jacket and deerskin pant, and the women wore shawl/poncho and a dress, the men also occasionally wore a headdress. You can see their clothing depicted on all of the people in the exhibit, their clothing was important to them because it distinguished were they were from and what tribe they were in. Now that we have covered their clothing we can get into what they ate. The southeast Indians ate a mostly vegetarian diet and relied heavily on…
✓ For warmth: wore long coats that looked like ponchos, mittens, mukluk (a heavier boot…
These were used as decoration inside or outside of their best hats. Women wore linen garments called loose shifts. Over the shifts they wore long dresses. The dresses had two parts; the bodice and the skirt. Women in the 17th century did not wear pants. All clothing was homemade, and made by the women. Most women only owned about 2-4 outfits. The clothing was all hand-sewn and made of either wool or linen. Women’s clothing had to cover the woman's knees and elbows. Because of the belief that bathing was dangerous, clothing wasn’t washed. Often clothes such as a gown, might never be washed! Most colonists from New England wore simple attire except for the rich. Rich wore fancy clothing and anyone that wasn’t rich and dressed in fancy clothes would be fined and put in jail. Even simple decorations like buttons were considered to fancy and instead Pilgrims and Puritans used strings. Women and girls wore aprons and it was considered inappropriate for a woman or girl to wear anything…
They were raiders but they were also explorers. They discovered Greenland, Iceland, and Newfoundland. The Vikings were often influenced by the culture ;of the areas they conquered.…
After the fall of Rome a man named Charlemagne tried to build back the empire. At the end of his life raids of people Scandinavia called Vikings started to come in and raid. This made the holy roman empire think of new ways to defend and try to keep the vikings out. These hit and run raids helped shift power to nobles and away from kings.…
The houses that the Iroquois lived in are known as Longhouses. Haudenosaunee, which is what they called themselves, means longhouse. They built these longhouses by making the frame out of tree saplings and then putting large pieces of elm bark over the saplings. There weren’t any windows and there was a door on either end of the longhouse facing east and west. They could but an animal skin over the door to keep warm inside. The longhouses housed many people. The people who lived in a longhouse were related and belonged to a same clan or were married to a woman whose family was a part of that clan.…
The clothes in Viking time and culture were simple. Women wore long, linen dresses and woolen overcoats. Men wore linen undershirts, tunics, and wool pants. Everybody wore boots and cloaks. In the winter time, they wore woolen hats and gloves. The colors of power during the Viking time were red and…
The specific area was the area south of the Arctic circles from the Bering Strait across the top of Canada all the way up to Greenland. They lived based on their hunting and fishing. Their source of food mostly came from fishing. They also created a vessel known as the umiak. They used this vessel to travel around. Later on they also build a large village and is now known as one of the biggest village created during that time period.…
In the winters they occasionally wore gloves and a feathered bonnet. Women wore long dresses made of buckskin, cornhusk hats, and moccasins. The dresses were often decorated with elk teeth, beads, and dyes. The homes of the Nez Perce varied between seasons. In the summers they lived in tee-pee like structures called “Longhouses”, It consisted of wooden poles tied together to form a supportive wall which was covered with a woven mats made of plant fibers. The mats were pieced together to completely cover the structure. In the winters they lived in pits dug into the ground to avoid the frigid winter temperatures, These trench like structures were covered with wooden poles, cedar bark, sagebrush, grass, dirt and woven mats similar to those used in the summers. These underground structures could house several families comfortably, Winter villages often had 6-12 of these pit houses. The winters were obviously colder so they had to prepare with animal fur to insulate their bodies to survive the cold…
Clothing is made beautiful with bead work and designs meant to honor the spirit world. Traditionally they were made of buckskin and elk skins. Women wore dresses and leggings and men wore shirts and breechcloths. In cold weather, they wore buffalo robes. Infants were placed in cradleboards for protection http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/lakota12.htm…