\nComic sample page #2: How did Kwakiutls make totem poles?<\/a>
\nTopics covered<\/a> in this comic book
\nTeacher Guide<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a> Some of the people who crossed the Bering land bridge settle in what is now the American Southwest. They find a way to survive in this dry and hot climate. They build pueblo homes out of the clay ground and grow food by moving water to the fields. To them, gold is the corn they harvest. In the 1500s, the Spanish come looking for a different kind of gold . . .<\/p>\n The Pueblo Revolt includes the following topics:<\/p>\n Which Indians dwelled in the cliffs? Sources: 500 Nations<\/u> by Alvin Josephy Jr., 1995; The Rain Dance People<\/u> by Richard Erdoes, 1976; The Pueblo<\/u> by Raymond Bial, 1999; Grolier Encyclopedia<\/p>\n Chapter 2: Pocahontas Some of the people who cross over the Bering land bridge cross the entire North American continent. They settle among the rivers and thick forests of the eastern woodlands. These American Indians form the first large-scale representative democracy on the continent, The Iroquois League. Another eastern woodland Indian is a young woman named Pocahontas, who will be the difference between life and death for many of the first English settlers.<\/p>\n The Pocahontas chapter includes the following topics:<\/p>\n Which Indians lived in the East? Sources: 500 Nations<\/u> by Alvin Josephy Jr., 1995; The Rain Dance People<\/u> by Richard Erdoes, 1976; The Pueblo<\/u> by Raymond Bial, 1999; Grolier Encyclopedia<\/p>\n The Northwest Indians includes the following topics:<\/p>\n Where did Kwakiutl Indians live? Sources: 500 Nations<\/u> by Alvin Josephy Jr., 1995; James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific<\/u> by Charles Shields, 2001; James Cook<\/u> by Zachary Kent, 1991; From the Land of the Totem Poles<\/u> by Aldona Jonaitis, 1988; Life of Capt. James Cook<\/u> by J.C. Beaglehole, 1974; Cobblestone magazine, Nov. 1992; Grolier Encyclopedia; National Museum of the American Indian<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Chester the Crab meets the first people to live in North America. He traces the cultures of the Anasazi and Pueblo in the Southwest, the Nootka and Kwakiutl in the Northwest, the Plains Indians in the Midwest, the Mound Builders … Continue reading
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\nChapter 1: The Pueblo Revolt
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\nHow did Pueblo Indians live?
\nHow did Pueblos meet the Spanish?
\nWhy did Pueblos fight the Spanish?
\nWho led the 1680 Pueblo Revolt?
\nDid Spaniards retake New Mexico?
\nWho Roamed the Great Plains?<\/p>\n
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\nHow did the Iroquois League work?
\nWhat did Pocahontas like to eat?
\nHow many did Powhatan rule?
\nDid Powhatan help Jamestown?
\nDid Powhatan try to kill Smith?
\nHow did Pocahontas save Jamestown?
\nWho married Pocahontas?<\/p>\n
\nChapter 3: Northwest Indians
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\nSome of the people who cross the Bering land bridge settle on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. In this area of the American Northwest, food is so easy to catch and shelter is so easy to make that the people have time to become great artists. From their villages rise the monuments we call totem poles . . .<\/p>\n
\nHow did Northwest Indians float?
\nWhat fish did Northwest Indians eat?
\nHow did Kwakiutls make totem poles?
\nWhat is a Kwakiutl potlatch?<\/p>\nView the Teacher Guide<\/a> of this comic<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"