Groups who settled in different parts of America developed different ways of life, suited to where they lived. These different groups of Native Americans are sometimes called the Native American Cultures.
Those who settled in the Northern Woodlands for example, hunted the animals of the forests and used tree bark and branches to make their homes.
The Native American Cultures
Others, however, were nomads. They kept moving all year long, hunting animals and gathering wild plants.
Buffalo grazing on the Plains
These people lived in the Central Plains of what is now the United States of America.
The other pages of this website focus on these Native People of the North American Plains. These Plains Natives included the Pawnee, Crow and Osage tribes.
