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Lewis & Clark encountered over 50 Tribes
GREAT BASIN
INDIANS - Shoshone,
Bannock, Pauite
Known as Digger Indians; foraging and digging for edible wild
plants - roots, berries, seeds, and nuts.
NORTHWEST COASTAL INDIANS -Chinook, Tillamook, Clatsop, Salishan
Were among the premier Native American woodworkers. Northwest Coastal Indians
often erected giant totem poles outside their houses.
PLAINS
INDIANS-
Blackfeet,
Assiniboine, Crow,
Hidatsa,
Mandan, Yankton Sioux, Arikara, Teton
Sioux, Ponca, Omaha, Otoe,
Kaw, Missouri, Osage
Nomadic lifestyle following the buffalo
herds. Most famous of all Indians
for their horsemanship, buffalo hunting skills, teepees, and war bonnets.
PLATEAU INDIANS
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Yakama, Umatilla, Walla Walla,
Nez Perce, Flathead,
Wishram, Wanapum,
Palouse, Cayuse, Klickitat, Methow
Living along the Columbia River Basin and its tributaries, the Plateau Indians
were skillful fisherman. Salmon was their main food source; supplemented with a
variety of berries and roots.
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