FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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lots of camas and salmon
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limited food and water
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large supplies of acorns
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crops of corn, beans, squash
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Detailed explanation-1: -Several distinct tribes have historically occupied the Great Basin; the modern descendents of these people are still here today. They are the Western Shoshone (a sub-group of the Shoshone), the Goshute, the Ute, the Paiute (often divided into Northern, Southern, and Owens Valley), and the Washoe.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Great Basin Indians were nomadic, meaning that they moved from place to place during the year. They, therefore, had shelters that could be moved easily. In summer they built shelters out of brush. In winter they constructed dome-shaped huts called wickiups near water and firewood.
Detailed explanation-3: -Great Basin Indian, member of any of the indigenous North American peoples inhabiting the traditional culture area comprising almost all of the present-day U.S. states of Utah and Nevada as well as substantial portions of Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado and smaller portions of Arizona, Montana, and California.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shamanism was prominent in all Great Basin groups. Both men and women might become shamans. One was called to shamanism by a spirit-being who came unsought; it was considered dangerous to resist this call, for those who did sometimes died.