ANNIKAGRIESSGO ANNIKAGRIESSGO Mathematics Answered How did American Indian groups of the southwest adapt to the warm climate? • They survived by fishing and hunting; they constructed igloos from loose bark and animal hides. • They established trade with groups that lived in cooler climates; they constructed large homes from trees. • They hunted the roaming buffalo; they constructed tepees from prairie grass and animal hides. • The cultivated maize, beans, and squash; they constructed large complexes from adobe bricks.