USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was NOT used to decorate the Native American clothing?
A
Pinecones
B
Earth paints
C
Feathers
D
Horse hair
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -They would use cotton, yucca, human hair, wool, and feathers to create a fabric that could be sewn into different garments. Animals were also utilized to create traditional Native American clothing. Their hides and fur would be used for warmth, footwear, capes, and more.

Detailed explanation-2: -Generally they used the hides of the animals they hunted for food. Many tribes such as the Cherokee and Iroquois used deerskin. While the Plains Indians, who were bison hunters, used buffalo skin and the Inuit from Alaska used seal or caribou skin. Some tribes learned how to make clothing from plants or weaving thread.

Detailed explanation-3: -Beads were made from natural stones (precious and not), bone, pearls, shells, and especially porcupine quills. Quills were popular to use as beads because they already had a hole to string them, eliminating some of the prep work. In fact, quillwork was considered a sacred art in and of itself.

Detailed explanation-4: -Woven cloth In 1200 c.e., well before the arrival of the first Europeans, Indians in the Southwest grew cotton and wove it into cloth. They also wove yucca, wool, feathers, and even human hair into cloth. Their breechclouts, leggings, and skirts were often made of woven fibers.

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