Southeast Region Tribes In the Southeast region there are five tribes that were considered civilized. The tribes were Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole. There were other tribes however these were the main five of the region. The Cherokee lived in what is now the states of Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. The Chickasaw lived in what is now the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri. The Choctaw lived in what is now the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida . The Creek lived in what is now the states of Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida. The Seminole lived in what is now the states of Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Most of the Native …show more content…
The Native Americans would trade clothing for beads, blankets, whiskey, and even horses. Deerskins were used as money during trading. One deerskin was worth a dollar. That is why we call a dollar a buck. Transportation For transportation The Native Americans would use canoes. There was a lot of rivers and lakes in the southeast region that they used to get around quickly with the canoes. Canoes were made out of one big piece of a tree. They would manly use cedar trees to make canoes. To make a canoe they would have to cut down the tree. Then make the sides straight and the bottom flat. Next, they would burn the inside of the canoe, put water on it, and scrape all the ashes out. They would keep doing this until the canoe was deep enough to sit in. Food In the southeast region the Native Americans were hunters and gatherers. The Native Americans would take baskets and go searching for berries, nuts and other fruits. Some of fruits they would gather they would set out to dry so they did not spoil. The soil was really good to grow crops. They also planted food like corn, beans, pumpkins and sweet potatoes. Since they were gatherers and planted their own crops, southeast Native Americans did not have to move their …show more content…
The Native Americans would use every part of the animals they hunted. For instance furs were used for blankets and clothing, The meat was used to eat. The bones were used for tools and crafts. Parts of the animals called sinew was used like rope to tie things together. They traded with other Native American tribes with the stuff they made. Weapons, Tools and Crafts Some of the weapons the southeast Native Americans used were bow and arrows, spears, battle hammers, and blowguns with poison darts. To poison the darts they would use snake venom. They would also use poison from plants. These weapons were used for hunting and defending themselves. Tools used by the Native Americans were rock hammers, deer antlers, sinew, animal tendons, and knives made out of flint rock. Tools were used to build houses and weapons. They also used tools to build other tools. The Native Americans were good at making baskets and pottery. The pottery was made out of clay. Baskets were used for berry picking and
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 farmed corn, beans, and squash. They hunted for Deer, Rabbits, and Turkeys. Clothing-They wore Embroidered Moccasins, Traditional clothing, and deerskin.
The Indians skillfully made arrows that were able shoot with a maximum range of 200 yards while the triangular projectile points could tear through human flesh and bears’ hides. These arrows were made from the craftsman knowledge of woods and minerals. Moreover, the Indians used wood, reeds, and moose-hide from their surroundings to create helmets, arrow-proof tunics, and shields. Additionally, they also used various trees and wet clay to build large canoes that could accommodate men in spear fishing as they stood up inside of them. They also used bark from giant paper birch trees to build canoes and cover longhouses, teepees, and wigwams.
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.
1. When President Lincoln was elected there were only two significant forts in the South that flew the Union flag. Explain in paragraph form Lincoln’s middle-of-the road solution to bring needed supplies to Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. When President Lincoln was elected, only two significant forts in the South still flew the Union flag. Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston (South Carolina), needed supples in order to support its men.
When they did this, adapted plant species were made. Indians caught fish in the flooded grasslands. When they modified the forest, they created fields to grow food, roads to travel on, houses to live in, and towns for needed goods. Earlier than Columbus, the Western Hemisphere was inhabited with amazing cities and towns. Numerous caves in the mountains were sprayed
In the Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican time period in history, there were many groups of Native Americans that had diverse cultures and societies. The technological and intellectual advancements in these societies, depended on where they were located in Mesoamerica. The Native Americans discovered many things that could help them live an advanced and satisfying life. Each tribe had different necessities and objects that they needed in order to survive. The Native American cultures in these areas had various developments that the different European cultures could use to make themselves more powerful and become strong enough to annihilate many of the Native American cultures.
The Lakota Indians The Lakota is a tribe located in the northern plains of America. They are related to the Sioux by culture, Language, and history. The Dakota are also a related tribe to the Lakota. They are known as Teton or also western Sioux. In the 1640’s the Lakota stayed closer to the Sioux.
They fished for mostly salmon, and collected native plants and roots like the camas bulb. “Buffalo served as the most significant source of food and raw material for the tribe 's” (History of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes). They would go around collecting foods to eat during the winter months. The Bannocks may have had to work for quite a bit of they year but they still found time to play games and have very amusing traditions.
They exchanged many things, such as physical items and information, and cultural exchanges. These exchanges were everywhere, and there is no specific event or person involved. These contributions include the areas of agriculture, food, language, and also government. In the areas of agriculture, the Natives being skilled farmers, have taught valuable farming techniques to the early newcomers on many crops.
Before they were forced away from their homes during the 1830’s most chickasaw lived in mississippi. The chickasaw people settled in the thick forest of the area’s Northern Mississippi western Tennessee northwestern Alabama and southwestern Kentucky. The chickasaw endured the same hardships as many other native societies when white settlers began moving into their lands. Many white chickasaw were forced out of the southeast along with the rest of the five civilized tribes. The chickasaw Tribe first lived in northern Mississippi and Alabama.
They hunted rabbits, armadillos, snakes, coyotes, and wild
In jumping off points of the trail, traders and merchants would make enormous commerce off the unknowing travelers and would trick “pioneer families into buying more provisions than they actually needed”(History OL). In the Oregon Territory, there were many occasions to make a large profit, all it took was
Native Americans have a really diverse culture and one report is not enough to talk about all of their cultures. They have fourteen tribes so it is obvious that they will have a lot of different cultures and traditions between all fourteen tribes. It is impossible to have fourteen tribes with different people and expect them to all believe in the same things so some of them have different beliefs and different traditions. They worshipped a lot of gods and even some of the gods had dolls made for them. Some tribes worshipped the sun or fire or some serpents.
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