1. THE EASTERN WOODLANDS
NATIVE AMERICANS
Eastern Woodland
Tyler Draher and Candiss Rodriguez
Period 6

2. TRIBES OF THE EASTERN
WOODLANDS
 Pequot, Ojibway ,Narragansett, MicMac,
Massachusett, Chippewa, Algonquian Speaking Tribe
This man is
part of the
This is a man of Ojibway tribe
the Pequot Tribe

3. FOODS IN THE EASTERN WOODLANDS
 Pequot tribe- All of they’re food came from lakes, ponds, and rivers.
 Ojibway tribe- berries, fish, deer, bear, and moose
 Narragansett tribe- Clams, Oysters, Shell Fish
 All these tribes ate these kinds of foods because they were easy to find in the area
they were in and that’s what they were used to.
Fresh water Buffalo Berries Fresh water fish
clams

4. CLOTHING OF THE EASTERN
WOODLANDS
 All of he clothing that was worn usually consisted of skirts, breechcloths, and shirts.
But in certain traditional dances boys and girls have to wear dresses. Boys have to
wear yarn all over theirs and girls have to wear bells.
What a traditional
What a traditional
man would wear in
child would where
the Pequot tribe.
in a ceremony

5. HOMES OF THE EASTERN
WOODLANDS
 Some homes they lived in were wigwams and houses made of
wood
 Wigwams were made out of binding mats, skins, or bark over a support of
poles.
A wigwam that
people live in.

6. NATIVE AMERICAN RELIGIONS
 Most of the people in the Eastern Woodlands region believed in a
specific God to tell them what to do spiritually. For example, the
people of the Pequot tribe believe in Shamans. They tell them
when to plant, harvest, and hunt.
These are people that dress up as what
tribe members think Shamans look like.
People like this dress up for ceremonies
and normal traditional celebrations.

7. TRADITION OR CEREMONY OF THE
EASTERN WOODLANDS
 Pequot tribe- Tell stories of myths and of great mystical gods
 Ojibway- Have a war dance to fight their enemies
 Narragansett- Burn or bury personal possessions as sacrifice to
the spiritual gods.
This is what people wore and how they
danced in a traditional war dance in the
Ojibway tribe.

8. ARTS/CRAFTS OF THE EASTERN
WOODLANDS
 Include the following
 Costumes made out of leather and feathers
 Buck skin coin pouches
 Pottery
Feathered
head dress
am and
Buck skin coin leather
pouch costume
Traditional Pottery

9. A FAMOUS PEQUOT
 Daniel Boone: Archetype, carved civilization out of the wilderness.
 He is most famous for his traveling and discovering new
civilization
Daniel Boone a great
explorer

10. INTERESTING FACTS FROM THE
EASTERN WOODLANDS
 Include the following
1) Woman and children of the Peqout tribe collected wild berries, grapes,
nuts, and eligible roots
2) Ojibway tribe had all sorts of secret religions that weren't supposed to be
practiced.
3) The Narragansett tribe was once led by a lesser chief called Sachems
4) In the Ojibway tribe woman were responsible for cleaning and making all
meals for the men and children.
5) In the Ojibway tribe older men were required to wear bones as earrings.
A man wearing
traditional bone
earrings A lesser chief that
lead the
Narragansett tribe
at one time.

11. WORKS SITED
 http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-
bin/res.pl?keyword=Ojibway&offset=0
 http://danshamptons.com/article/sheltered-island/sheltered-
island/wine-and-clam-delivery/
 http://www.findingdulcinea.com/features/food/w/Wild-Berries.html
 http://www.angelfire.com/in3/native/quotes1.html

12. WORKS SITED
 http://www.firstpeople.us/pictures/art/odd-sizes/ls/Haida-
Shamans-800x551.html
 http://www.deltanewsweb.com/archives/june2005.htm
 http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/scrolls/art2.html
 http://sustainablelivingproject.blogspot.com/2011/11/buckskin-
coin-purse.html
 http://artnativeamericans.blogspot.com/

13. WORKS SITED
 http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/daniel_boone.html
 http://sirismm.si.edu/siris/top_images/naa.top.12_2007.htm
 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25538/25538-h/25538-h.htm