Native American Regions

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Across
  1. 4. One of the earliest known tribes in the Eastern Woodlands, settling in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys (5 letters)
  2. 6. Main food source and essential resource for Plains natives (7 letters)
  3. 8. The general term for the style of housing used by nomadic Plains tribes (4 letters)
  4. 9. Used by Desert Southwest villagers to build homes (5 letters)
  5. 10. The region located on the eastern coast of the US and east of the Mississippi River (7 letters)
  6. 13. The sticky mixture of mud, clay, and sand used along with wattle to build wigwams (4 letters)
  7. 14. An animal hunted in the Eastern Woodlands and Desert Southwest (4 letters)
  8. 15. A fish that was an "endless supply" for Pacific Northwest tribes (6 letters)
  9. 17. A staple crop grown by many tribes, including the Eastern Woodland tribes (one of the "Three Sisters") (4 letters)
Down
  1. 1. A tribe of the Desert Southwest known for cliff-dwellings (7 letters)
  2. 2. An Eastern Woodland tribe in the warmer south that used moist clay as a roof (8 letters)
  3. 3. The name for the practice of growing just enough food to survive, as done by some Desert Southwest tribes (15 letters)
  4. 5. The most significant cultural artifact of the Pacific Northwest, made from cedar (10 letters)
  5. 7. Belief that all things have a soul or spirit (common in the Desert Southwest) (7 letters)
  6. 11. The term for tribes in the Plains that moved to follow the buffalo herds (7 letters)
  7. 12. The four-to-eight day annual ceremony performed by Plains natives to thank the spirits (8 letters)
  8. 16. The largest type of home built by the Eastern Woodland tribes, housing several families (9 letters)