ABSTRACT
The Indians of the Northeast (Fig. 11.1) were primarily farmers who also depended to some degree on hunting and gathering; however, a few groups in the northeastern portions of the region lived exclusively by hunting and gathering. The primary agricultural crops of the region were the “three sisters”—corn, beans, and squash-plus sunflowers. Groups living in the northern part of the Northeast and around the Great Lakes depended less on agriculture and more on hunting, fishing, and gathering.
