Indigenous Nations Investigation

Name:

Date:

📚 Part 1: Choose Two Indigenous Nations

Choose two nations from the list. Use reliable sources, including tribal nation websites, museum collections, and history books. Focus on the time period your teacher assigns.

Suggestions:

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) — Northeast

Cherokee — Southeast

Lakota — Great Plains

Diné (Navajo) — Southwest

Pueblo nations — Southwest

Anishinaabe nations — Great Lakes

Choctaw — Southeast

Other— ________________

1. Which two Indigenous nations will you investigate?

2. List the names of two sources you will use.

🔎 Part 2: Investigate Each Nation

Record specific evidence. Do not assume that all Indigenous nations had the same traditions, governments, or experiences.

3. Nation A: What environmental features shaped daily life? Consider climate, landforms, water, plants, and animals.

4. Nation A: How was the nation politically organized? Describe leadership, decision-making, or governing groups.

5. Nation B: What environmental features shaped daily life? Consider climate, landforms, water, plants, and animals.

6. Nation B: How was the nation politically organized? Describe leadership, decision-making, or governing groups.

⚖️ Part 3: Compare and Contrast

7. What is one important environmental similarity between the two nations? Explain how it affected their lives.

8. What is one important environmental difference between the two nations? Explain how it affected their lives.

9. What is one similarity and one difference in the political organization of the two nations?

10. Write a claim explaining how environment and political organization shaped the two nations. Support your claim with evidence from your investigation.