Food:
- The Three Sisters: Squash, Corn, and Beans
- Potatoes
- Peanuts
- Pumpkins
- Tomatoes
- Melons
- Popcorn
- Chocolate
- Pineapples
- Chewing Gum
- Rice
- Vanilla
- Berries
- Maple Sugar
- Jerky
Words:
- Barbecue
- Caribou
- Chipmunk
- Woodchuck
- Hammock
- Toboggan
- Skunk
- Mahogany
- Moccasins
- They also developed and communicated in Sign Language
Products,Tools, Others:
- Canoes, Kayaks, and Toboggans: All used for transportation and hunting in rivers to oceans.
- Fish Traps: The California Native Americans gave us these traps created to catch many fish or lobsters at once.
- Hair Conditioner: The California Region of Indians used hair conditioner
- Adobe Style Houses: The Southwest Native Americans lived in adobe style houses. You take a mixture of sand, clay, straw, and water to create a house. These houses are now very popular in the Southwest today.
- Tomahawks: A type of ax used by native Americans. They were originally made of stone but today they are make of silver.
- Cigars
- Rubber
- Dream Catchers: used today by many americans, belived to give the owner good dreams
- Bow and Arrows
- Fishing Poles: The Native Americans had the idea of barbed hooks attached hemp twine
- Spears
- Snow Shoes: The Arctic Native Americans invented snowshoes, used for walking snow, many people still use snowshoes
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| Dugout Canoe |
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| Snowshoe |
Government:
- The Native Americans of the east stood as huge models for government today
- The U.S. government has separated the power. There is the federal government and the state
- Historian believe the Iroquois Native Americans influenced this way of government
Medicine:
Willow:
- Made into teas
- reduce fevers and treat pain
- Has Salicylic in it, the Salicylic breaks down into Salicylic Acid
- Salicylic Acid is the main ingredient in Asprin
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| Wintergreen |
- Used to treat colds also a pain reviler
- Today it is used in analgesic rubs to treat sores
- Was used as an stringent (Brings body tissue back together)
- Treated poison ivy, skin irritations, and burns
- Used as a home remedy today
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