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Plateau Native Americans
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Plateau Native Americans
By Mika and Elliott
Food and Natural Resources
The plateau tribe loves to eat fish, buffalo, deer, and elk. They lived near rivers and lakes. They use fishing baskets to catch fish.
Food and Natural resources
Arts and Crafts
Baskets
They used beads and plants to weave baskets. They even made waterproof baskets by coating the inside of the baskets with tree sap.
Baskets
Bags
They sewed bags, and sometimes beaded bags. Sometimes the bags had an image, other just had a pattern.
Bags
Housing
By Mika
Housing
Longhouses
Longhouses were the houses Plateau Native Americans used. They were made of tule reed and had roofs made of long poles. Eventually, they stopped living in longhouses.
Teepees
After longhouses, the Plateau Native Americans started to live in teepees, because they then had horses, and wanted a more portable lifestyle.
Teepees
Villages
The Plateau Native Americans lived in villages with 300-1,000 people. Even when they started to live in teepees, they still set up in villages.
Villages
The landforms
Landforms
The land forms include parts of present day U.S.A., Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Canadian, and Washington of British Columbia.
The Climate
The temperate range from -30f (-34c) in winter to 100f (38c) in the summer.
Climate
Clothing
By Mika
Clothing
Tule Reeds and other Plants
What were their clothes made of?
The Plateau Native Americans used plants to make most of their clothing. For a while, they didn't use any hide to make the clothing. After they were influenced by others, they decided to start using animal hides to make clothing.
Beads and Feathers
How did they decorate their clothes?
They beaded sections of all clothing. They also beaded entire hats. They used colorful beads, making their clothing extremely colorful. They eventually started using dye to print stories and patterns on their clothes.