This document provides information about the clothing, food, and housing of several Native American tribes: - The Seminoles wore clothing made from palmetto fibers and moccasins, and lived in thatched houses called chickees built on stilts. They ate corn, beans, squash, deer, fish, turkey, alligators, and turtles. - The Inuit made fur clothes and hunted arctic animals like foxes, caribou and polar bears. In winter they lived in igloos, and in summer lived in tents made from animal skins. - Tribes like the Nez Perce, Hopi, Kwakiutl and Pawnee made clothing from

1. Native Americans of North America Name ___________________________
Clothing Food Housing
Seminole Seminole men wore breechcloths.
Seminole women wore wraparound
skirts, usually woven from palmetto.
Shirts were not necessary in Seminole
culture. The Seminoles also wore
moccasins on their feet.
Corn, beans, squash, deer, fish, turkey,
rabbits, alligators, and turtles.
Lived in houses called chickees made
of wood and plaster with roofs that
were thatched with palmetto fibers.
Their houses were also built on wooden
stilts.
Inuit
Clothes made from animal fur. Hunted foxes, caribou, and polar
bears.
During the winter they lived in igloos or
houses made of ice. In the warmer
months, they would live in tents made
from animal skins.
Nez Perce
Their clothing was made from fiber and
animal skins. Salmon, deer, bear, berries, and roots.
Lived in tule-mat covered homes.
Later, they lived in tipis.
Hopi
They wore light clothing with feather
head bands. They wore animal skins.
Corn, beans, and squash.
Lived in Pueblos made from dirt, rocks,
and straw.
Kwakiutl
Their clothing was made from bark and
animal skins.
Fish (salmon), meat, and wild foods.
Lived in coastal villages of rectangular
cedar-plank houses with bark roofs.
These houses could be up to 100 feet
long.
Pawnee Pawnee women wore deerskin skirts
and poncho-like blouses.
Pawnee men wore breechcloths and
leather leggings. Men did not usually
wear shirts, but warriors sometimes
wore special buckskin war shirts. The
Pawnees wore moccasins on their feet,
and in cold weather, they wore long
buffalo-hide robes.
Corn, pumpkin, beans, squash, and
buffalo.
Lived in settled villages of round
earthen lodges. These lodges were
made from wooden frames covered
with packed soil. When they went
hunting they would use tipis (or
teepees) made from buffalo hide.