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Anasazi
One of the earliest farming cultures in the southwest.
They lived in the four corners of the region.
Pueblos
Above ground houses made of a heavy clay called Adobe.
They built these on top of each other.
Kivas
Underground ceremonial chambers
Mound builders
Farming societies developed in the Eastern part of North America
Totems
A ancestor of animal spirits on a tall wooden pole.
Teepee
Cone shaped shelters
Matrilineal
People traced their ancestry through their mothers not their fathers.
Iroquois league
This confederation or alliance was established by the Cayuga,Mohawk, Oneida,Onondaga,and Seneca
Northeast and southeast
Rich with resources for food and animals and shelter. Animal plants foods fish and woods for housing were plentiful in the regions woodland and river valleys usually built long houses