NATIVE AMERICANS

 

A Web Scavenger Hunt for 3rd Grade


Use the Web sites listed on this page to explore and answer questions about Native Americans. Click once on the underlined text to go to each web site.

1. First Americans has information about the traditional customs of five tribes: the Tlingit, Dine, Lakota, Muscogee and Iroquois. Visit the site to find out:
  • Which tribe built totem poles?
  • Which tribe name means "rattlesnakes?"
  • Which tribe lived in tipis?
  • Which tribe lived in longhouses?
 
2. Visit this Texas web site to find out how the prehistoric Plains Indians hunted buffalo. Click on "want to know more" to view the Bonfire Shelter site.
  • Click here to learn the many ways they used the buffalo parts.
  • View many arrowheads and other stone artifacts at the "Artifact Gallery."
 
 
3. Visit this First Americans site to find out which CULTURE the Makah, Chinook, and Tillamook Indians belong to?
 
4. Visit the Oneida Nation - Shako:wi Cultural Center to find out what Iroquois dolls are were made from.
 
5. What would your favorite Native American food be? Check out the recipes at this site and make your choice.

 

6. Play some Native American games online at NativeTech: - GAMES AND TOYS.
 

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