Native Americans

When the Europeans arrived on the continent many different native tribes already lived there. These people respected the environment and their ways of life can still teach a lot to the modern world. The Kwakiutl were fishermen. Seven families could live in one house. They had canoes for fishing, hunting and trading. They used animal skin and even wood to make their winter clothes. The Navajo were farmers and grew crops. They lived in houses made of earth and wood. The women farmed, looked after the children and did the housework. The men hunted and protected the tribe. At first, The Cheyenne lived like the Navajo. When the Europeans brought horses to America, they left their farms and moved from place to place. The men hunted buffalo. The women built their houses using buffalo skin.