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Migration and the First Americans

The Land Bridge

Better known as Beringia

30,000 years ago Indians came across the Bridge from Asia into North America

Ice Age, Bridge made of ice connecting Asia and current-day Alaska

Migration East and South

Hunters and Gatherers

Hunters followed animals south

10,000 years ago bridge melted and disappeared

Lived in a Variety of locations

Adapting to different climates

American Indians Cultural Regions

By 1400’s between 1 and 2 million American Indians inhabited North America

8 regions

Northwest Coast, California, the Great Basin, the Plateau, the Southwest, the Great Plains, Eastern Woodlands, and the Southeast

Paleo Indians

Earliest inhabitants between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago.

Nomadic groups

“flint knapping”- stone chipping

Tipped-spears

Very little artifacts are left behind

Northwest Coast

Builders and Carvers

Plentiful food

Practice crafts

American Indians of California

Southern Oregon to Baja California

Many sources of food

Simple, cone shape homes

Wove plant materials into many useful items

Indians of the Great Basin

Low area between Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, Desert area

Limited food and water

Nomads, traveled in small groups

Extreme Heat and Cold

Indians of the Plateau

Bounded by Cascade Range to the west, the Rockies to the East, and the Fraser River

Hunter and Gatherers

Relied mainly on fish and plants

Camas and Salmon

Indians of the Southwest

Arizona, New Mexico, Southern Utah, Colorado, portions of Texas, Oklahoma, and California

Canyons and Mountians

Mesa people, Nomadic desert wanderers

Adobe homes

Corn Culture

Indians of the Great Plains

Treeless Grassland, Rockies to Mississippi Valley, from Canada to Gulf of Mexico

Buffalo Hunters

Buffalo used for multiple uses and resources

Indians of the Eastern Woodlands

East of Mississippi river to Atlantic Ocean

Two language groups, Algonquian and Iroquois

Plentiful woods

Women Farmers, Iroquois crops still planted today ( Sunflowers, Tobacco, and many vegetables)

Indians of Southeast

Southern Ohio Valley to the Gulf of Mexico

Fertile coastal plains

Towns build around mounds (2-12 mounds)

Long growing seasons

Time to make bracelets and jewelry from stones, shells, and feathers