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American Indians
NameName
The name „Indians” has been given by Krzysztof Kolumb, who
thought, that floated to India. In different countries and
environments are olso used another name of Indians for
example in Canada there are called Aboriginal Peoples or
aborigines ( " people primary ) " , in USA is often used name
Native Americans as well as First Americans.
Main languagesMain languages
Algonquian languageAlgonquian language
 Algonquian language is
closely related to the
Anishinaabe language or
a particularly divergent
Anishinaabe dialect. It is
spoken, alongside French
and to some extent
English, by the Algonquin
First Nations of Quebec
and Ontario.
Na-dene languageNa-dene language

Is a proposed Native
American language
family which includes the
Athabaskan languages,
Eyak, Tlingit, and
possibly Haida. The
connection of Haida to the
other languages is
controversial.
Salishan languageSalishan language

Languages are a group of
languages of the Pacific
Northwest (the Canadian
province of British
Columbia and the American
states of Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and
Montana). They are
characterised by
agglutinativity and
astonishing consonant
clusters
Words in Dakota language
Indian
Pipes of peace

A peace pipe, also called a
calumet or medicine pipe, is a
ceremonial smoking pipe
used by many Native
American tribes, traditionally
as a token of peace.

A type of herbal tobacco or
mixture of herbs was usually
reserved for special smoking
occasions, with each region's
people using the plants that
were locally considered to
have special qualities or a
culturally condoned basis for
ceremonial
Indians writing
 An independent origin and
development of writing is counted
among the many achievements and
innovations of pre-Columbian
American cultures. The region of
Mesoamerica produced a number of
indigenous writing systems from the
1st millennium BCE onwards. What
may be the earliest-known example
in the Americas of an extensive text
thought to be writing is by the
Cascajal Block. The Olmec
hieroglyphs tablet has been
indirectly dated from ceramic shards
found in the same context to
approximately 900 BCE, around the
time that Olmec occupation of San
Lorenzo began to wane.
Maia's calendar

It is a primal calendar
earlier than any european
calendar.

It is ending in 2012 year
so a lot of scientist
thought that it will be the
end of World.

It is also work of art
showing maia'sbelieves.
Indians warriors and martial art

Indians were pacefull people but
they had to sometimes fight. The
main reasons of war were:

-they want to protect their lands

-show their power

human sacrifing

Often used tactics of subsidiary
war, was attacked from
concealments. In fights, but
certain part played tactics,
especially esteemed former
individual skills and courage. In
fight as important as victory, was
honourable death.
Indians weapons

Weapons Of Indians before
arrival Of Europeans was enough
poor - consisted usually from
bow and arrows, or knives
( stone or copper), hatchets
( tomahawks) and of spears.
From regard on lack effective
centres of communication( with
exception of boat) warriors were
planning to go on war with little
charge, beginning from oneself
only weapons. One used tactics
of subsidiary war, one attacked
from concealments.
The most important tribes:
 Aztecs
 Apaches
 Sioux
 Lakota
 Komanches
 Blackfeet
 Chejens
 Nawaho
AztecsAztecs

Aztec is a term used to refer to
certain ethnic groups of
central Mexico, particularly
those groups who spoke the
Nahuatl language and who
achieved political and military
dominance over large parts of
Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th
and 16th centuries, a period
referred to as the Late post-
Classic period in
Mesoamerican chronology
Tenochtitlan

Main city of Aztecs culture
and capital of their country
which was built by
Atahualpa.It was one of the
most amazing cities in the
world. The most important
building was god of sun
temple.
Tenochtitlan
 Unfortunately this
amazing city was
damaged by spanish
conquistadors so no
picture is based on
authentic views of this
city.
Chichen Itza
Aztecs battle
Human sacrifice

Human sacrifice is the act of
homicide (the killing of one or
several human beings) in the context
of a religious ritual (ritual killing).
Its typology closely parallels the
various practices of ritual slaughter
of animals (animal sacrifice) and of
religious sacrifice in general. Human
sacrifice has been practiced in
various cultures throughout history.
Victims were typically ritually killed
in a manner that is supposed to
please or appease gods, spirits or the
deceased, for example as a
propitiatory offering, or as a
retainer sacrifice when the King
servants die in order to continue to
serve their master in the next life.
Aztesc gods - Quetzoclat
Tanatloc
 "Wanting Peace" a
panmesoamerican
shaman God,
omnipotent universal
power.
Hutzipolth

"Left handed
Hummingbird",
the tribal God of
Tenochtitlan, god of
war and sacrifice
Mixcoatl

means "Cloud
Serpent", the tribal
God of many of the
Nahua people such as
the Tlaxcalteca, god of
war, sacrifice and
hunting
Chalchutlicue

means "Jade
Her Skirt",
Goddess of
springs
Apaches

Apache is the collective name
for several tribes related
groups of Native Americans in
the United States. These
indigenous peoples of North
America speak a Southern
Athabaskan (Apachean)
language, and are related
linguistically to the
Athabaskan speakers of
Alaska and western Canada.
The modern term Apache
excludes the related Navajo
people.
Apaches teritory
Apaches
Sioux
 are Native American
and First Nations
people. The term can
refer to any ethnic
group within the Great
Sioux Nation or any of
the nation's many
dialects.
Sioux women and warrior
Lakota

are a Native American
tribe. They are part of a
confederation of seven
related Sioux tribes (the
Oceti Sakowin or seven
council fires) and speak
Lakota, one of the three
major dialects of the
Sioux language.
Painting of faces
Lakota Shamans
The greatest Indians

Crazy Horse

Atahualpa

Sat Okh

Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
 Crazy Horse (Lakota:
Thašuŋka Witko, literally
"His-Horse-is-Crazy")
(ca. 1840 – September 5,
1877) was a respected war
leader of the Oglala
Lakota, who fought
against the U.S. federal
government in an effort to
preserve the traditions and
values of the Lakota way
of life.
Crazy Horse
Atahualpa
 Borned in August 29, 1533, was the
last sovereign emperor of the
Tahuantinsuyu, or the Inca Empire.
He became emperor upon defeating
his older half-brother Huáscar in a
civil war sparked by the death of
their father, Inca Huayna Capac,
from an infectious disease thought
to be smallpox. During the Spanish
Invasion, the Spaniard Francisco
Pizarro crossed his path, captured
Atahualpa, and used him to control
the Inca empire. Eventually, the
Spanish executed Atahualpa by
garrote, ending the Inca Empire
Sat Okh
 Sat Okh ("Long Feather"),
also known as Stanisław
Supłatowicz (April 15, 1920
in Canada – July 3, 2003 in
Gdańsk) was a Polish-
Shawnee soldier and writer.
 He was born and raised near
Mackenzie river in North-
Western Territory of Canada,
to a Polish mother, Stanisława
Supłatowicz, and a Shawnee
Indian, chief of the tribe -
Leoo-Karko-Ono-Ma (Tall
Eagle). He was educated in
tracking, hunting, living with
nature.
Sitting Bull
 Lakota: Tataŋka Iyotaŋka or
Ta-Tanka I-Yotank, also
nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow";
ca. 1831 – December 15,
1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota
Sioux holy man, born near the
Grand River in South Dakota
and killed by reservation
police on the Standing Rock
Indian Reservation during an
attempt to arrest him and
prevent him from supporting
the Ghost Dance movement.
Indians Quotates
“Ikope śni hotanin po! Wayaśice śni ee wawokiye wacin po.”
Speak without fear! Not criticise to harm but try help.
“Itri szali matlani wa”
If you want to lie down you have to sit before.
“Apiju eksiye dowla ploa.”
Be patient and shake tree and always something fall down.
It is better have less thunder in mouth and more lightining in your hands.
Do not give hungry man a fish. Give a fishing-rod and teach how to fishing.
Listen or your tongue make you deaf.
You cannot wake up a man who is only imitated sleeping.
White people speak about Jezus-we speak to Him.
How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right
look like wrong, and wrong like right."
..

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American indians

  • 2. NameName The name „Indians” has been given by Krzysztof Kolumb, who thought, that floated to India. In different countries and environments are olso used another name of Indians for example in Canada there are called Aboriginal Peoples or aborigines ( " people primary ) " , in USA is often used name Native Americans as well as First Americans.
  • 4. Algonquian languageAlgonquian language  Algonquian language is closely related to the Anishinaabe language or a particularly divergent Anishinaabe dialect. It is spoken, alongside French and to some extent English, by the Algonquin First Nations of Quebec and Ontario.
  • 5. Na-dene languageNa-dene language  Is a proposed Native American language family which includes the Athabaskan languages, Eyak, Tlingit, and possibly Haida. The connection of Haida to the other languages is controversial.
  • 6. Salishan languageSalishan language  Languages are a group of languages of the Pacific Northwest (the Canadian province of British Columbia and the American states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana). They are characterised by agglutinativity and astonishing consonant clusters
  • 7. Words in Dakota language
  • 9. Pipes of peace  A peace pipe, also called a calumet or medicine pipe, is a ceremonial smoking pipe used by many Native American tribes, traditionally as a token of peace.  A type of herbal tobacco or mixture of herbs was usually reserved for special smoking occasions, with each region's people using the plants that were locally considered to have special qualities or a culturally condoned basis for ceremonial
  • 10. Indians writing  An independent origin and development of writing is counted among the many achievements and innovations of pre-Columbian American cultures. The region of Mesoamerica produced a number of indigenous writing systems from the 1st millennium BCE onwards. What may be the earliest-known example in the Americas of an extensive text thought to be writing is by the Cascajal Block. The Olmec hieroglyphs tablet has been indirectly dated from ceramic shards found in the same context to approximately 900 BCE, around the time that Olmec occupation of San Lorenzo began to wane.
  • 11. Maia's calendar  It is a primal calendar earlier than any european calendar.  It is ending in 2012 year so a lot of scientist thought that it will be the end of World.  It is also work of art showing maia'sbelieves.
  • 12. Indians warriors and martial art  Indians were pacefull people but they had to sometimes fight. The main reasons of war were:  -they want to protect their lands  -show their power  human sacrifing  Often used tactics of subsidiary war, was attacked from concealments. In fights, but certain part played tactics, especially esteemed former individual skills and courage. In fight as important as victory, was honourable death.
  • 13. Indians weapons  Weapons Of Indians before arrival Of Europeans was enough poor - consisted usually from bow and arrows, or knives ( stone or copper), hatchets ( tomahawks) and of spears. From regard on lack effective centres of communication( with exception of boat) warriors were planning to go on war with little charge, beginning from oneself only weapons. One used tactics of subsidiary war, one attacked from concealments.
  • 14. The most important tribes:  Aztecs  Apaches  Sioux  Lakota  Komanches  Blackfeet  Chejens  Nawaho
  • 15. AztecsAztecs  Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who achieved political and military dominance over large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the Late post- Classic period in Mesoamerican chronology
  • 16. Tenochtitlan  Main city of Aztecs culture and capital of their country which was built by Atahualpa.It was one of the most amazing cities in the world. The most important building was god of sun temple.
  • 17. Tenochtitlan  Unfortunately this amazing city was damaged by spanish conquistadors so no picture is based on authentic views of this city.
  • 20. Human sacrifice  Human sacrifice is the act of homicide (the killing of one or several human beings) in the context of a religious ritual (ritual killing). Its typology closely parallels the various practices of ritual slaughter of animals (animal sacrifice) and of religious sacrifice in general. Human sacrifice has been practiced in various cultures throughout history. Victims were typically ritually killed in a manner that is supposed to please or appease gods, spirits or the deceased, for example as a propitiatory offering, or as a retainer sacrifice when the King servants die in order to continue to serve their master in the next life.
  • 21. Aztesc gods - Quetzoclat
  • 22. Tanatloc  "Wanting Peace" a panmesoamerican shaman God, omnipotent universal power.
  • 23. Hutzipolth  "Left handed Hummingbird", the tribal God of Tenochtitlan, god of war and sacrifice
  • 24. Mixcoatl  means "Cloud Serpent", the tribal God of many of the Nahua people such as the Tlaxcalteca, god of war, sacrifice and hunting
  • 26. Apaches  Apache is the collective name for several tribes related groups of Native Americans in the United States. These indigenous peoples of North America speak a Southern Athabaskan (Apachean) language, and are related linguistically to the Athabaskan speakers of Alaska and western Canada. The modern term Apache excludes the related Navajo people.
  • 29. Sioux  are Native American and First Nations people. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many dialects.
  • 30. Sioux women and warrior
  • 31. Lakota  are a Native American tribe. They are part of a confederation of seven related Sioux tribes (the Oceti Sakowin or seven council fires) and speak Lakota, one of the three major dialects of the Sioux language.
  • 34. The greatest Indians  Crazy Horse  Atahualpa  Sat Okh  Sitting Bull
  • 35. Crazy Horse  Crazy Horse (Lakota: Thašuŋka Witko, literally "His-Horse-is-Crazy") (ca. 1840 – September 5, 1877) was a respected war leader of the Oglala Lakota, who fought against the U.S. federal government in an effort to preserve the traditions and values of the Lakota way of life.
  • 37. Atahualpa  Borned in August 29, 1533, was the last sovereign emperor of the Tahuantinsuyu, or the Inca Empire. He became emperor upon defeating his older half-brother Huáscar in a civil war sparked by the death of their father, Inca Huayna Capac, from an infectious disease thought to be smallpox. During the Spanish Invasion, the Spaniard Francisco Pizarro crossed his path, captured Atahualpa, and used him to control the Inca empire. Eventually, the Spanish executed Atahualpa by garrote, ending the Inca Empire
  • 38. Sat Okh  Sat Okh ("Long Feather"), also known as Stanisław Supłatowicz (April 15, 1920 in Canada – July 3, 2003 in Gdańsk) was a Polish- Shawnee soldier and writer.  He was born and raised near Mackenzie river in North- Western Territory of Canada, to a Polish mother, Stanisława Supłatowicz, and a Shawnee Indian, chief of the tribe - Leoo-Karko-Ono-Ma (Tall Eagle). He was educated in tracking, hunting, living with nature.
  • 39. Sitting Bull  Lakota: Tataŋka Iyotaŋka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotank, also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow"; ca. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man, born near the Grand River in South Dakota and killed by reservation police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him and prevent him from supporting the Ghost Dance movement.
  • 40.
  • 41. Indians Quotates “Ikope śni hotanin po! Wayaśice śni ee wawokiye wacin po.” Speak without fear! Not criticise to harm but try help. “Itri szali matlani wa” If you want to lie down you have to sit before. “Apiju eksiye dowla ploa.” Be patient and shake tree and always something fall down. It is better have less thunder in mouth and more lightining in your hands. Do not give hungry man a fish. Give a fishing-rod and teach how to fishing. Listen or your tongue make you deaf. You cannot wake up a man who is only imitated sleeping. White people speak about Jezus-we speak to Him. How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right." ..