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- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Technology, Inventions, Social Science
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: North America
Article abstract: The many tools that were manufactured by American Indians enabled them to hunt, fish, farm, make clothing, build their homes, and protect themselves from both wild animals and hostile strangers
Before European traders and settlers emigrated to North America, American Indians were limited in the materials available to them for the preparation of their tools. Inland Indian tribes utilized stone, wood, and animal bone almost exclusively. Indians living near the oceans also used seashells. In most tribes each man or woman made his or her own tools,...
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