The term Eastern Woodlands Indians is used to refer the native American tribes which settled in the region extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and in the from Canada in the north to the Gulf of Mexico.
Such Eastern Woodlands tribes were primarily deer hunters but they also cultivated corn, squash, and beans, and they also fished. Among the Eastern Woodlands Indians characteristic features of highlights their division of labor, which meant that jobs were divided between men and women. Hunting and fishing were men’s labor while preparing food, making clothing, taking care of the children and farming were women’s work.