Native Americans migrated to the Americas, forming diverse tribes with unique languages and traditions, and two million still reside in the United States today. They invented lacrosse but often disapprove of sports teams using mascots and names that are deemed racist. Notable tribes include the Algonquins, Cherokees, and Iroquois, and famous individuals include Pocahontas and Geronimo.

1. Native Americans
Grade 3 age 9
Chelsea Bianco

2. Native Americans
 Native Americans migrated to the Americas and
formed hundreds of tribes.
 Each tribe has their own language and traditions.

3. Native
Americans
Native Americans had many
different cultures throughout
history.
Their living environments
depended on what the
weather was like outside.
2 million Native Americans
still live in the United States
today.

4. Native Americans & Sports
 Native Americans invented the sport of lacrosse.
 Native Americans often do not like sports because
the name of the team or the mascot is racist. For
example the name of the team: “Redskins” and
“Indians.”
 Many sports teams mimick Native American
religious rituals.

5. Native American Tribes
 Algonquins
 Atakapas
 Alabamas
 Blackfoot
 Catawbas
 Cherokees
 Comanches
 Dakotas
 Iroquois
 Lumbees
 Menominees
 Mohawks

6. Native American
Indian Facts and
Histories
If you want to learn more
about the histories of different
tribes, click the link below!
http://www.kidinfo.com/americ
an_history/native_americans.
html

7. The Legend of the Indian
Painbrush by Tomie dePaola
This is a great book to read to youngsters about different beliefs within a
tribe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyaifWkUWr0

8. Cherokee Native
Americans
 Made up of 7 different clans.
 Women in charge of home and land.
 Men in charge of hunting and protecting.
 Tribes famous leader: Sequoyah

9. Famous
Native
Americans
Squanto
Pocahontas
Black Hawk
Sacajawea
Geronimo
Sitting Bull
Jim Thorpe

10. Pocahontas
Pocahontas is a great Disney movie that ties in real facts about
interactions between Native Americans and English
soldiers.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114148/

11. The End!