Potawotomi, Kickapoo, Shawnee, Wea, Miami, Lenape, Piankashaw, and Wyandote

Reports should include the following:

1.Map

Use the Indiana map to show where your Indian Group lived.
 

2.Written Report (One or two pages)

Your written report should contain the following information about your Indian Group:

a.food and how it was obtained

b.clothing

c.shelter

d.spiritual beliefs/cultural information

3.A Model of the Home of your Indian Group

You should create a model of a home of your Indian Group (longhouse, teepee, wigwam, etc.) You may want to add extra details such as a fire pit, drying skins, etc.

4.One Extra Visual*

a.Story written on brown paper bag using Native American pictures

b.Native American jewelry

c.An authentic food dish from your group

d.Native American clothing

e.Sandpainting

*You can find directions for each of these items below.

1.Story

Use the attached picture dictionary to write a story about your tribe. Cut a brown paper bag to make the shape of an animal hide. Use markers, crayons, or paints to liven up your hide.

2.Native American Jewelry

Create your own Native American jewelry. Make beads to construct traditional necklaces, headgear, belts etc. You only need to make one piece of jewelry.

Beads:

Mix: 1 ¼ cup flour

1.¼ cup salt

1 cup water

2.tablespoons paprika

oYou can add food coloring and sand (for texture) if desired.

oBake at 200 degrees for 2 hours

Use clay substance to create beads. Use a toothpick to put holes through the center for stringing later.

3.Traditional Food Item:

You can re-create one food item that was popular in your Indian tribe. You can find several recipes in books. (I found this one in a library book on the Apache tribe.)

Example: Many tribes made sauces from berries.

1.cups of cranberries

1 cup of sugar

1 cup of water

1 tablespoon of cinnamon

Cook in skillet until sauce is formed.

oThis is only one example! Any traditional Indian dish will work.

4.Native American Clothing

You can dress as a Native American. This option requires you make a vest AND a pouch. You can wear as many pieces of clothing you want, but you must have these two things.

1.Vest-You can use a paper sack to do this. Cut arm and neck holes out of a paper sack to make you vest. Then decorate with Indian style decorations.

2.Pouch-Use the pattern below to cut out two pieces from felt, fabric or construction paper. Glue or sew the pieces together. Cut fringe with scissors. Fold down the flap. Decorate with beads, felt scraps, braid trim, paint, markers or crayons. If you want to wear it as a belt, cut two slits in the back of the pouch to thread the belt through.

5.Sandpainting

Sandpainting was a way Native Americans expressed their feelings. Use sand to make a picture expressing something you learned about your tribe. For example you can make a picture of farmland if your tribesmen were farmers.

Steps:

1.First draw a picture on a piece of paper, then on the sand-covered cardboard.

2.With a paintbrush, gently dab glue onto one color’s surface area.

3.Sprinkle sand (colored if desired) on wet glue.

4.Tap cardboard lightly to knock off excess sand; replace sand into bowl.

5.Do this for each color separately.

For a great site with Indiana Indian information, click on:

http://portfolio.iu.edu/dmattson/IndianaIndians/IndianaIndians.htm