Artic
Eskimo-Aleut language spoken.
Cold, flat, treeless region.
Near Artic Circle in present-day Alaska, Canada, and Greenland.
Home to Inuit and Aleut cultures.
Population small and scattered.
Lived in dome-shaped houses made of sod, timber, or ice blocks.
The Plains
Siouan, Algonquian, Caddoan, Uto-Aztecan and Athabaskan languages are spoken.
Known for their elaborately feathered war bonnets.
Forced onto government reservations. Comprises the vast prairie region between Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains.
Most common dwelling were the cone shaped teepees.
Started dissapearing around the 19th Century.
Hunters and Farmers.
Spoke a variety of different languages.
Used animals to travel.
Featured nomads in certain regions.
Comparing the Artic and the Plains
(author: Spencer Bennett)
