The Work of Indians

Indians made the following: clothing, food, fire, teepees and maple syrup. In order to eat, the Indians had to hunt for their food. They made their own spears, bows, arrows and traps.

Indians hunted animals such as deer, wolves, bears, wildcats, foxes, rabbits, elk, goose and turkey. When they killed an animal they were careful not to waste any of it.

They made clothing from the animal skin and fur. They would carve up the animal remains and use it for food.

Indians made the things they needed to survive. They caught fish with tools that they made. They made fish hooks from dried bird claws and fish traps that looked like baskets.

They made belts out of deer skin. They also made protective and decorative items to put on their shoulders from goose and turkey feathers. They made houses from the bark of trees.

The Indian women made bread, soup and pottery. The women also planted corn in the fields. They harvested the corn when it was ready and ground it into flour. They made their hair shiny by putting bear grease on their hair. Women also collected wood and kept the fire burning.

Children helped collect sticks for the fire and also helped with harvesting the crops.

Indians worked hard to make sure that they had food and shelter. Indians made teepees out of cornstalks by stacking them in a special pattern. They collected sap by putting buckets under the trees. The sap fell into the buckets and could be used to make maple syrup.

They also collected what some trees dropped such as walnuts and chestnuts. They made weapons out of stone, wood and bark. They made their own tools such as bow drills, palm
drills and other utensils.

They made houses out of bark and animal skin. They made fire by rubbing sticks and flint stones together. They cleared fields and then planted corn and other crops like strawberries, beans and melons.