Native American Civilitations

Native American Civilitations

by Mr. Jacome

​Native American

​The ancestors of living Native Americans arrived in what is now the United States at least 15,000 years ago, possibly much earlier, from Asia via Beringia.^[3] A vast variety of peoples, societies and cultures subsequently developed. European colonization of the Americas, which began in 1492, resulted in a precipitous decline in Native American population because of new diseases, wars, ethnic cleansing, and enslavement.

​Natural Resources

Materials that are found in nature and that can be used by people in many ways.

Fresh water, soil, and forest all examples of natural resources.​

​Longhouse

A LONG HOUSE WOODEN DWELLING SHARED BY MANY FAMILIES OF THE IROQUOIS OR OTHER NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES.​

​TEPEES

​Teepees were the homes of the nomadic tribes of the Great Plains. A teepee was built using a number of long poles as the frame. The poles were tied together at the top and spread out at the bottom to make an upside down cone shape. Then the outside was wrapped with a large covering made of buffalo hide.

​POTLATCH

A PARTY THAT WOULD LAST FOR DAYS WITH A FEAST.

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​IT WAS A WAY FOR THE HOST TO SHOW OFF THEIR WEALTH.

​SHAMAN

A MEDICINE MAN KNOW TO CONTROL THE SPIRITUAL FORCES AND WOULD USE MAGIC TO CURE THE SICK.​

​TOTEM POLES

A WOODEN POLE THAT IS CARVED AND PAINTED WITH TOTEM IMAGES.

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​TOTEM POLES WERE RAISED OUTSIDE THE HOMES OF SOME NATIVE PEOPLE WHO LIVED NEAR THE PACIFIC COAST IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA.

​MOUND BUILDERS

​From about 800 CE, the mound building cultures were dominated by the Mississippian culture, a large archaeological horizon, whose youngest descendants, the Plaquemine culture and the Fort Ancient culture, were still active at the time of European contact in the 16th century. One tribe of the Fort Ancient culture has been identified as the Mosopelea, presumably of southeast Ohio, who were speakers of an Ohio Valley Siouan language. The bearers of the Plaquemine culture were presumably speakers of the Natchez language isolate. The first description of these cultures is due to Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, written between 1540 and 1542.

​PLAINS INDIANS

​Plains Indians or Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies are the Native American tribes and First Nation band governments who have historically lived on the Interior Plains (the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies) of North America. While hunting-farming cultures have lived on the Great Plains for centuries prior to European contact, the region is known for the horse cultures that flourished from the 17th century through the late 19th century. Their historic nomadism and armed resistance to domination by the government and military forces of Canada and the United States have made the Plains Indian culture groups an archetype in literature and art for Native Americans everywhere.