- Fact 2 - They inhabited lands of
Woodland, lakes, rivers and streams and were hunters, fishers
and farmers. Their crops included rice, squash, melons,
pumpkins.
- Fact 2 - Indiana: The Indians of Indiana
were the Illinois tribe (Illini), Chippewa, Delaware, Erie,
Iroquois, Kickapoo and Miami
- Fact 3 - Names of Border States:
Illinois Kentucky Michigan Ohio
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: "Land of the Indians"
- Fact 5 - Features of the area:
Hilly south; fertile rolling plains in central area,
flat, heavily glaciated north and dunes along Lake Michigan shore.
- Fact 6 -
These Indians were static tribes of tribe of hunter fishers. Men
were in charge of hunting for food and protecting the camp and
the women were in charge of the home and land
- Fact 7 - The Illinois tribe (Illini or Illiniwek)
were hunters and fishers. The name "Iliniwek" is an old Ojibwe
word borrowed into French as 'Illinois'. In the 17th century,
the Illiniwek declined due to a combination of European diseases
and a war with the local tribes. In 1769 the allied Iroquois,
Kickapoo, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Sac and Fox tribes
massacred the Illinois.
- Fact 8 - The
Iroquois
are also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the
Longhouse". Tribes of Iroquoian-speaking people formed the
Iroquois League referred to as the Five Nations or Iroquois
Confederacy was composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga
and Seneca nations.
- Fact 9 - The Delaware also referred to as Lenapi
Indians, are a group of several organized bands who lived along
the Delaware River. The "three sisters," corn (maize), beans and
squash were the staples of their diet, supplemented by fish and
game.
- Fact 10 - The Erie were a member of
an Iroquoian people originally living on the south shore of Lake
Erie in northern Ohio
- Fact 11 - The Kickapoo adopted a Woodlands culture
living in wigwams or longhouses but also hunted buffalo which
they adopted from the neighboring tribes in the Plains area.
Their name is derived from the Algonquin word 'kiwegapawa'
meaning “he stands about” or “he moves about.”
- Fact 12 - The Miami tribe was originally found in
what is now Indiana, southwest Michigan, and western Ohio. The
name Miami derives from the Algonquian term meaning "downstream
people."
- Fact 13 - The
Chippewa people were members of an Algonquian
people who lived west of Lake Superior. The people's name, is
given as Ojibwe in Canada but as Chippewa in the United States.
The Chippewa waged extremely violent war on their enemies - they
were so feared that the French considered the complete
annihilation of this tribe
- Fact 14 - Weapons: Weapons
included bows and arrows, war clubs, spears and knives
- Fact 15 - Food: Men hunted turkeys,
deer, small game and fish. As farmers crops were produced for
corn, beans, squash and sunflower seeds. Crops, meat and fish
were supplemented by nuts, berries and fruits
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