The Secrets of the Eastern Woodlands
The Eastern Woodland Indians lived in a lifestyle that was greatly affected by their area of living. The food they ate, the clothes they wore, and the kind of homes they lived in were all a result of where they lived. The environment that the Eastern Woodland Indians lived in was filled with trees, animals, plants, rivers, lakes, and wildlife. Some of the tribes that lived in the Eastern Woodlands area were the Mohicans, Iroquois, Powhatan, Mohawks .
The Geography played a critical role in the lifestyle of the area's First Peoples. The Eastern Woodlands was quite diverse in terms of geography, as it stretched across a large portion of Eastern Canada. It also includes: The region extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Mississippi River in the west and from Canada in the North
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The Indians used the waterways to their advantage using it as a means of transportation and for fishing. Because there lands was so ample, around 4,000 years ago they decided to settle down. They become one of the first Canadians to live primarily by farming.
There were four main tribes in the Eastern Woodlands. The Mohawks, the Powhatan, the Iroquois and the Mohicans. Even Though they lived so close together they all had pretty different lives.
The Mohican were lived along the banks of the Hudson river (Modern Day New York). They also lived in parts of Massachusetts, Vermont and Connecticut. Wappinger and Housatonic also were originally part of the Mohican Nation, but each one had their own Sachems (chiefs.) When the Europeans they spread disease and warfare, killing most of the Mohican Indians.
The Iroquois lived in upstate New York between the Adirondack Mountains and Niagara Falls. Though migration and war they gained power of the Northwest United States and Eastern Canada. In the Iroquois culture the women owned the property and determined the
The Chinook Indians were a tribe of Native Americans who lived in the Pacific Northwest. They lived along the coast of what is now Oregon and Washington State. The men used bow and arrows for hunting elk, deer and sea mammals. The women gathered other food such as shellfish, clams, roots and berries. The Chinook were very skilled traders.
The main factor deciding what they hunted and how they lived was their location. The Shoshone were located in the Great Basin. The Western Shoshones’ primarily hunted fish, birds, rabbits, and gathered rice. The Eastern and Northern Shoshones’ hunted buffalo and lived the plains lifestyle.
They studied bison and used them for survival. The Plains Indians thought about the number of them and didn't kill all of them. The Bison were the only thing that let the Plains Indians survive. As I read the myth of how the bison returned, Learned that it was their only mean of survival and one year long ago the bison didn’t return and they starved.
Have you ever thought how you use trees? Do you use them for paper, or wood for houses, or anything else? In this paper i’m going to tell you how Early Loggers and Coastal Indians in the United States used trees back in the 1700-1800’s. Coastal Indians used trees for a variety of things, such as: housing, clothing, and transportation. Coastal Indians would carve out the middle of a large tree to make a canoe or boat, and then would go fish or hunt whales.
The experience of the IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY in current-day northern New York provides a clear example of the consequences of the Revolution for American Indians. The Iroquois represented an alliance of six different native groups who had responded to the dramatic changes of the colonial era more successfully than most other Indians in the eastern third of North America. Their political alliance, which had begun to take shape in the 15th- century, even before the arrival of European colonists, was the most durable factor in their persistence in spite of the disastrous changes brought on by European contact. During the American Revolution, the Confederacy fell apart for the first time since its creation as different Iroquois groups fought against
Human history talks about how people were so stereotypical and how they had to eat raw corn and how they exchanged grains of food to either make peace amongst each other or for just common trade. They also embroiled about the mistreatment of the women in those days of the many tribes around the world showing that those who mistreated the women did it with so much injustice and weren’t punish themselves for such cruel thing to do to women. The Iroquois tribe did indeed think differently in the whole mistreatment business they believed that women had equal say, power to the men of the tribe and that they shouldn’t be treated as if they were in the appearance of invisibility . They were also said to have been indigenous people at that time of year because if you really think about all the Native tribes in the history of the world they characterize them as indigenous. Along with most of the world the Natives also did have a leader that would say what goes and do what’s best for his people.
Approximately 12,000 years ago, Michigan’s first residents arrived. They followed herds of caribou and other animals that were hunted for food, skin to make clothes of, and bones and teeth for tools. The Native Americans had to adapt to the changing plant and animal life over thousands of years. They hunted different animals, made new tools and eventually learned to grow their own crops. They had no written language and only left behind pieces of pottery and tools.
The Metis played a large part in the westward expansion of the Fur trade. During the Metis’ ethnogenesis in the Red River Basin they developed their own culture, language and customs. Had it not been for the Metis, perhaps Canada
Seminole Native American Tribe North America has many tribes. I became interested in Native American culture after learning that there is an Indian tribe named the Seminoles, located in Florida. The Seminole Indian tribe is also located in other states and cities. The development of the Seminole Indian tribe was a huge turning point for the state of Florida.
These Nations were known as Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora, and Mohawk. They lived in longhouses which we like modern day apartment buildings. The longhouses fit up to 25 families in there! Wow that sure is a lot! The longhouses were surrounded by wooden fences to keep out wild animals and trespassers.
The Mohawk Indians were part of the Iroquois confederacy. They spoke similar languages to other tribes part of the confederacy. Their economy was based on trading goods between tribes and to the Europeans. They were settled near the Mohawk river and the Hudson. After coming in contact with the Europeans, they became one of the wealthiest tribes in the confederacy.
They offered many advantages and opportunities. In addition, they offered many trades and showed them impressive things the Native Americans didn’t know before. In fact, the English men showed them a new type of blanket they could use for the winter time. During the modern era of the tribe, there seems to be less Sioux Indians and their population keeps dropping down. This is the Sioux tribe
Also, the extinction of buffalo affected them negatively and the domination of the whites disrupted their surroundings. The Westward Expansion impacted the Native Americans land and culture. Before the Americans started coming to the West and settling, the Native Americans had a peaceful life. Twenty-eight tribes lived in the Great
Chapter 1 Part 1: 1. The Five Nations of the Iroquois were the native people located in the eastern woodlands of North America which had a matrilineal civilization based on horticulture, which was mainly the women’s’ job, and hunting, which was a job for men. 2. The Renaissance brought new merchants from around the world to Europe, who along with goods brought new ideas about republics which could replace monarchies and the idea of civic humanism, the idea that everyone has rights.
Besides, they used them as a means of transport and traded with other Native Americans. These animals were used for sports like horse racing and other activities such as hunting for the dogs. Therefore, this action led to the increase of the animal population and the Native land due to