Early Native Americans
Before Europeans settled in North America, the Native Americans lived off of the land. Native Americans relied on the natural resources of their land to get food and materials for clothing and shelter. Native Americans mostly bartered for goods. Barter is another word for trade. Different tribes exchanged goods with each other. Some Native Americans traded jewelry, pottery, and a kind of money called wampum which was usually made of clam shells. Tribes living near rivers, lakes, and oceans set fish traps for meat. Native Americans never used gold for trade or money. The Native American trade network was quite large, and goods were traded over long distances.
Almost all Native American tribes hunted and farmed. Most Plains tribes hunted buffalo for meat. Eastern Woodlands tribes hunted deer and smaller animals. Southwest tribes farmed corn, beans, and some fruit and hunted mostly small animals.
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The sentence that is in the wrong place in the passage is: "Native Americans never used gold for trade or money."
This sentence disrupts the flow of information regarding the trading practices of Native Americans and would fit better if placed in a different section that discusses their materials or trade items more clearly. It could be integrated earlier in the passage when discussing what goods were traded or used for barter.
