North American Indian Tribes

North American Indian Tribes

North American Indian Tribes
1. Cree: The original homes of the Cree were the north of the present United States though their war parties frequently came into territory now occupied by this country to fight the Dakota,Blackfoot and other tribes

2. Navajo:   Dine -they call themselves, is the largest tribe of North American Indians. Long ago, the ancestors lived in Northwestern Canada and Alaska. Over 1,000 years ago they began to travel south and reached the southwestern United States. They met farmers who are known as Pueblo Indians, and the Navajo began to settle near them and learn from them. The Navajo learned how to plant corn, beans, squash, and melons. The Navajo also began to learn a similar style of weaving, making clothing and art from the Pueblo Indians.




3. Sioux: were best known for Masters of horse back riding. When the Conquistadores came to North America battles were fought again the invading Spaniards, horses were used in battles and the horses that were left behind by the retreating Spaniard army gave the Sioux tribes the knowledge to master this skill of horse back riding



4. Blackfoot: The independent and very successful warriors had a territory that stretched from the North Saskatchewan River (called Ponoká'sisaahta) along what is now Edmonton, Alberta, in Canada, to the Yellowstone River (called Otahkoiitahtayi) of Montana in the United States Rocky Mountains (called Miistakistsi) and along the South Saskatchewan River to the present Alberta-Saskatchewan border (called Kaayihkimikoyi), east past the Cypress Hills. They called their tribal territory Nitawahsin-nanni- "Our Land",   the name for the homeland of the Innu and Naskapi to the east.They had adopted the use of the horse from other Plains tribes probably by the early eighteenth century, which gave them expanded range and mobility, as well as advantages in hunting.

5. Apache: is the collective term for several culturally related groups...