Which Native Americans lived east of the Mississippi River?

• A. The Mohawk, Iroquois, Huron, and Winnebago.
• B. The Apache, Navajo, and Pueblo.
• C. The Sioux and Cheyenne.
• D. The Inuit.

Answer: (A)

Geography sets the stage here: the Mississippi River often marks a boundary between eastern and western Native American groups. The Mohawk, Iroquois, Huron, and Winnebago lived in the eastern woodlands and around the Great Lakes, so their communities were east of the river. By contrast, the Apache, Navajo, and Pueblo settled in the Southwest; the Sioux and Cheyenne were Plains peoples whose homelands lay to the west; the Inuit lived in Arctic regions far north. Knowing where these peoples lived makes it clear which groups map to the eastern side of the Mississippi—the Mohawk, Iroquois, Huron, and Winnebago.