Pueblo Moccasins

The Mohican Indians of the Woodlands

The Mohicans were the Indians of the northern forests of the United States. Mohicans clothes made of deerskin. They loved to decorate their clothing, baskets with drawings. For this they used corn husks, feathers, beads, and paint. Often, they decorated the clothes with pictures of plants and flowers they found near their home. Sometimes they look like drawings done for paths they took through the forest.



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Native Southwest

The Indians of the Southwest are from Arizona, New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, and northern Mexico. The Indians of the Southwest first hunt mammoths. But later, these extinct animals. men then started to hunt the bison or buffalo. There are not many animals in the desert. Thus, most Indians have begun to grow instead. One of the main food they grew was corn (maize). They also grew beans, squash, melons, pumpkins and fruits. For meat, they eat wild turkeys.

Indians Clothing Southwest

Most Indians Southwest did not wear much clothing. They do not need much because the weather was still warm. Their long hair was enough to cover most of them. They wore moccasins on his feet. The Navajo people living in the north-western New Mexico. The weather was a bit colder there. They made clothing from deerskin. The men wore leggings. The women wore dresses made of deerskin. After the 1800s, men have started wearing Navajo blankets draped over one shoulder. They borrowed this style of clothing from the Mexicans. The women wore dresses made of wool with two blankets sewn to their shoulders.

The Anasazi and Pueblo Indians of southwestern

The 7,000 years are linked to Anasazi Pueblo Indians today. They lived in what is now the American Southwest. They used to hunt animals and gather plants and berries for their food. But later they became farmers and grew corn, squash and beans. This means they stayed in one place instead of moving from one place to another. They needed to build houses that have been ongoing, which will last long. They started building their houses right on the cliffs. They have been called pueblos or villages. These pueblos were made of adobe clay or stone. The clay or stone has been very strong and protect against the elements. They also had doors on the roof, which went to the person who lived above. Ladders of wood or bones have been used to achieve higher buildings and rooms.



1. The Mohicans decorated their clothes with pictures of flowers and forest trails that were nearby. This is an example of


how their works have been affected by where they lived.
how the food they eat have been affected by the climate in the region.
how they used the wood from nearby forests to make things they needed.
how humid climate affected the work of the Mohicans did.


2. What are some characteristics of the land where the Powhatan Indians lived?


forests, rivers, mountains and coasts
Deserts, forests, grasslands and
plains, meadows and hills
desert plains and high


3. How climate affects the clothes worn by the Indians of South-West?


The weather was still wet when the Indians wore moccasins.
Navajos do not wear clothes because it was so hot.
All tribes wore woolen blankets, whatever the weather.
They wore clothes less in areas where the weather was hot.


4. What is the most likely reason the Anasazi lived in tepees pueblos place?


They needed homes that could be taken down and moved to EA.