FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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It forced them to travel to new places to seek out fertile lands
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It caused them to settle in more permanent villages than their ancestors
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It resulted in malnutrition as they didn’t have a wide variety of food
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It made their lifestyle very similar to that of the Plains Indians
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Detailed explanation-1: -The interaction took a devastating toll on the Native populations-a huge percentage of indigenous people died from a combination of violence, enslavement, and disease within 100 years of the arrival of Europeans. At the same time, relations between Europeans and Native Americans were extraordinarily complex.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Eastern Woodlands Indians developed myriad ways of using natural resources year-round. Materials ranged from wood, vegetable fiber, and animal hides to copper, shells, stones, and bones. Most of the Eastern Woodlands Indians relied on agriculture, cultivating the “three sisters”-corn, beans, and squash.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Eastern Woodlands Indians depended on farming, hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants. Some groups, like the Iroquois, farmed much of their food. Those living in colder climates where farming is harder, like the Penobscot, relied more heavily on hunting, fishing, and gathering.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sadly, in the 1800s, a large number of the Eastern Woodlands Indians were forced to leave their native lands by the U.S. government. They were made to relocate to Oklahoma and other western states.