Beliefs: Spiritual connection to nature, with rituals honoring land and animal spirits.

Survival: Skilled hunters and gatherers, adapted to their environment.

Dress: Wore deerskin and tulle clothing, with moccasins and animal-hide robes.

Food: Diet of game, fish, and gathered plants like camas bulbs and berries.

Way of Life: drifting, moving with the seasons; valued independence and flexibility.

Survival: They used a mixed subsistence strategy of farming, hunting, and gathering.

Dress: Their clothing included deerskin and woven textiles, often adorned with beadwork.

Food: Their diet featured corn, beans, squash, game, fish, and gathered plants.

Way of life: They lived in communal longhouses and were governed by a consensus-based council.

Beliefs: Revered the Great Spirit, with nature-based rituals.

Survival: Farmers, hunters, and fishers.

Dress: Wore deerskin clothing and moccasins.

Food: Ate corn, beans, squash, and wild game.

Way of Life: Lived in longhouses, organized in matrilineal clans.

Survival: Farmers, hunters, and sheep herders.

Dress: Wore wool garments, moccasins, and silver-turquoise jewelry.

Food: Ate corn, beans, squash, wild game, mutton, and frybread.

Way of Life: Semi-nomadic, living in hogans, with strong family ties.