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Homework from Friday on your desk: Questions 1-7
that went with the reading on the Lenape tribe.
Do now: Write a min of 4 lines. Which element of
Lenape culture did you find to be most interesting and
why?
Today, I will be able to effectively discuss all of the
Native American cultural zones, as well as the local
Lenape tribe.
Homework: Read the article on the Lenape natives and
answer the questions.
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What defines a group’s way of life.
Social Organization:
 Customs and Traditions:
 Religion:.
 Language:
 Arts and Literature:
 Forms of government:
 Economic systems:
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These people were heavily influenced by their
environment.
Eskimo-Aleut language family
Population small and scattered
Inuitsnomadic hunters
Aleuts settled, small fishing villages
Homes made of sod/timber, in the extreme
north Ice.
Seal and otter skins were well insolated and
waterproof.
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Swampy, piney forests colder region inland
Alaska and Canada.
Western: Athabaskan speakers
Eastern: Algonquian speakers
Used toboggans, snowshoes, and lightweight
canoes for travel.
Sparsely populated
Small family groups hunted caribou lived in
easy to move tents. Also lived in underground
dugouts.
Europeans interaction: economic/cultural shift
from subsistence living to profit living
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Northeast cultural area
Iroquoian speakers lived along inland rivers and
lakes. Enjoyed politically stable villages and were
more populated than the Algonquian. Iroquois
were more warlike than the Algonquian.
Algonquian lived in small farming and fishing
villages along the ocean.
Both were eventually forced to pick sides
regarding a conflict between the British and
French.
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Entrenched agrarian culture.
Organized social structure around hamlets
(small ceremonial and market villages)
Contained the 5 “civilized” tribes.
Eventually forced to relocate throughout the
1830s, regardless of how well they assimilated
to American culture.
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Several languages were spoken in this region.
Settled hunters and gatherers (that’s a lot of
‘ers’!!!!).
After European contact and the introduction of
horses this group becomes more nomadic.
Traded goods with Europeans and Americans,
rapid loss of culture.
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Population varied from sedentary farmers to
nomadic forgers/raiders.
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Sedentary populations made sturdy pueblos
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Nomadic tribes made hogans
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Shoshonean and Uto-Aztecan dialects were
spoken in this region.
Mobile society, struggled obtaining permanent
sustenance.
Mobile homes
Leadership/social groups were very informal
and fluid.
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Heavily populated (hey just like today!)
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>200 dialects spoken in this region.
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Linguistic landscape incredibly complex, more so
than even Europe.
Not much farming, small family-based bands of
hunter-gatherers “tribelets”
Generally peaceful
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Mild climate and abundance of natural
resources made survival easier compared to
mostly all other regions.
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Built permanent villages.
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Rigid social structure
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Potlatch: elaborate gift-giving ceremony
designed to demonstrate one’s wealth.
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Mostly lived in small, peaceful villages along
streams and riverbanks.
2 major dialects spoken in the region.
Lewis and Clark will pass through this region
on their way to the Pacific Ocean; after that
time sustained contact with Americans took
place.
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Northeast tribe
Creation story (religion)
Oral history as presented by “Tantaque”
2 main linguistic dialects
Access to large supplies of clean drinking
water, able to hunt for protein and gather for
supplementary nourishment.
Social organization: Large villages 200-300,
extended families; 3 clans Wolf, Turtle, and
Turkey
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Matrilineal
Strong sense of community
Land was commonly shared
Choosing a sachem (chief)
“War Leader?”
Social roles were carefully divided (men’s
work, women’s work)
Benefitted from the environment.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7v3zl5tg
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