FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Native Americans did not live near rivers because of potential flooding
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Transportation and fishing
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Making ice to help preserve their foods
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Drowning their enemies
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Detailed explanation-1: -Before the arrival of horses, Native people traveled on foot or by canoe. When the hunting tribes of the Great Plains moved camp, tipis and household goods were usually carried by women, or by dogs pulling travois. The distance anyone could travel in a day was limited.
Detailed explanation-2: -Native Americans view nature through their belief systems. A river or water does not only sustain life – it is sacred.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Native Americans in Virginia never developed sailing ships, but they were using canoes routinely when the Europeans like John Cabot sailed along the North American shoreline at the end of the 15th Century.
Detailed explanation-4: -“Mississippi, ” derived from the French rendering of the Ojibwe name for the river, means “great river” or “gathering of waters.” For thousands of years, Native Americans used the Mississippi and its tributaries for transportation and fishing.