CHAPTER 1
SECTION 1
SETTLEMENT OF THE AMERICAS
• EARLIEST AMERICANS CAME
FROM ASIA, NOW SEPARATED BY
THE BERING STRAIT
–DURING THE LAST ICE AGE,
GLACIERS EXPOSED A “LAND
BRIDGE” ALLOWING FOR
MIGRATION
• “NATIVE AMERICANS” OR
INDIANS- DEVELOPED A
VARIETY OF DISTINCT
LANGUAGES & CUSTOMS
NORTH AMERICAN LIFE
• MANY PEOPLE WERE NOMADS
THAT SURVIVED BY HUNTING
GAME, FISHING, & GATHERNG
WILD PLANTS TO EAT & TO USE
AS MEDICINE
REGIONS
•GREAT
BASIN•NORTH
BETWEEN ROCKIES
•NORTHWEST
& SIERRA NEVADA
COAST
•SOUTHEAST
•CALIFORNIA
•PLAINS
•THE PLATEAU•NORTHEAST
CASCADE &
•SOUTHWEST
ROCKY MTS.
• 5 IROQUOIS GROUPS WITH
SIMILAR CULTURES &
LANGUAGE FORMED A
SPIRITUAL ALLIANCE
–MOHAWK
- SENECA
–ONEDIA
–CAYUGA
–ONANDAGA
SHARED CUSTOMS & BELIEFS
• SOCIAL STRUCTURE
–FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
(KINSHIP) DETERMINED
STRUCTURE
•PROVIDED MEDICAL CARE,
CHILD CARE, SETTLEMENT OF
DISPUTES, & EDUCATION
–ORGANIZED BY CLAN
• RELIGION
–SPIRITUAL/ TRADITIONAL
–FAILURE TO PERFORM THESE
RITUALS LED TO DISASTERS
• PRESERVING CULTURE
–ORAL HISTORY
•STORIES, SONGS &
INSTRUCTIONS FOR
CEREMONIES
NATIVE AMERICAN TRADE
• SHARING WAS SEEN AS A
SIGN OF RESPECT
• BARTER
• TRADE CRISS- CROSSED THE
U.S.
NATIVE AMERICANS & LAND
• NEVER TRADED LAND
–LAND COULDN’T BE OWNED
–PEOPLE HAD THE RIGHT TO
USE LAND (DESERVED
RESPECT)