This document discusses the migration and cultural development of Native Americans. It notes that the First Americans migrated from Asia to North America over a land bridge around 30,000 years ago. Over generations, Native Americans adapted to their environments and developed distinct cultural regions, with populations totaling 1-2 million by the 1400s. The document then provides brief overviews and links about the cultural practices and environments of various Native American groups across North America.
This PowerPoint discusses: The Early Americans, The people in Mesoamerica, The Southwestern Indians, The Mound Builders, The Mississippi Plains and Northwest
This PowerPoint discusses: The Early Americans, The people in Mesoamerica, The Southwestern Indians, The Mound Builders, The Mississippi Plains and Northwest
The Land Bridge Theory claims that during the Ice Age, ocean levels dropped and exposed dry land connecting Siberia and Alaska.
The new exposed lands connected Asia to the Americas.
Scientists believe the reason people came to the Americas between 20,000 to 30,000 years ago following/hunting the woolly mammoth.
9. Salmon and camas were dried in the summer and stored for use in the winter. Native Americans of the Plateau http://www.scsc.k12.ar.us/2002Outwest/NaturalHistory/Projects/LachowskyR/Plateau%20culture%20area.htm
10. Native Americans of the Southwest Made homes from adobe (sun-dried clay) http://www.d131.kane.k12.il.us/giftedht/cesar/hopiindians.html
11. Native Americans of the Great Plains Followed buffalo herds most of the year http://www.st-marys.hull.sch.uk/sites/history/PlainsIndians.htm
12. Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands Design of an Iroquois longhouse (from archaeological evidence) http://www.uppercanadahistory.ca/fn/fn1.html
13. Native Americans of the Southeast Moundville Archaeological Park, in western Alabama, was the site of a Mississippian Indian settlement from about AD 1000 to 1450. The flat-topped earth mounds were used as building foundations. http://www.britannica.com/eb/art-55581/Moundville-Archaeological-Park-in-western-Alabama-was-the-site-of