First Peoples of North Carolina - Part 2

Native people saw themselves as part of the

• environment

• river

• ones in charge

Native peoples believed that every part of the environment had a spirit and they sought ___________ from it.

• wisdom

• food

• direction

• government

a person who moves from place to place in search of animals to hunt or wild plant foods to gather

• nomad

• trader

• Indian

• clan

a way that people could get food and other resources they couldn’t find in the land close to them

• trade

• buy

• build

• compose

passing knowledge, beliefs, and history from generation to generation through the spoken word

• oral tradition

• writing stories

• searching for food

• being united

smaller groups (tribes) have their own governments but join together for a unified purpose or common interest

• confederacy

• government

• generation

• traders

government elected by the people and the elected people represent the citizens’ ideas and concerns

• democratic system of government

• confederate system of government

• republican system of government

• traders system of government

people trace their heritage through their mother’s side of the family

• matrilineal kinship system

• patrilineal kinship system

• oral tradition

• confederates

a group of people united by family

• clan

• longhouse

• trader

• written language

Why did native people use the spoken word to preserve their history?

• most people didn't have a written alphabet

• most people didn't know how to spell

• most people didn't go to school

• most people liked telling stories best