FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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clearing the forests for farms
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building longhouses for shelter
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planting and harvesting crops
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trading with nearby villages
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy differed from other American Indian confederacies in the northeastern woodlands primarily in being better organized, more consciously defined, and more effective. The Iroquois used elaborately ritualized systems for choosing leaders and making important decisions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most of the Eastern Woodlands Indians relied on agriculture, cultivating the “three sisters”-corn, beans, and squash. All made tools for hunting and fishing, like bows and arrows and traps, and developed specialized tools for tasks like making maple sugar and harvesting wild rice.
Detailed explanation-3: -In many ways Birch is the most important resource for the native americans. They made houses, baskets, canoes, tools, pots, clothing, and dishes from Birch or Birch bark. The husks of corn and squash they grew was used to make crafts, bedding, shoes and in ceremonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -Indigenous Peoples of the Eastern Woodlands Iroquoian-speaking peoples in this area include the Erie (south of Lake Erie), Neutral (Grand River–Niagara River area), Wenro (east of Niagara River), Haudenosaunee or Six Nations (including Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Tuscarora), Wendat-Huron (St.