Native AmericansNation = Tribe

Native American = Indian

1. Mound Builders• Built mounds – 3000 years ago• Civilization stretched from Iowa –

Mississippi-Florida• Example – Serpent Mound in Ohio

– 1200 ft long, 3 ft high• Iowa – Effigy Mounds – Sand

Springs Wildlife Area by Steamboat Rock

1. Cahokia• 2 . Ancient Indian City in IL• 2. Over 30,000 residents• 3. Monks Mound – • 4. 16 Acres• 4. Basketloads of Dirt

1. Anazasi• 2 . Lived in the Desert SW• How did they grow crops?• 3. Used vast irrigation system • 2. Built multi-level houses - called?• 3. Sun Dried Bricks – Adobe• 3. Pueblo Bonito – 800 Rooms

1000 people

1. Anazasi cont.• 2 . Cliff Dwellings Why?• 3. Built for protection.• 3. Toe holds to reach the top.