FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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in the great plains
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between the Rocky and the Sierra Nevada mountains
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in the Pacific Northwest
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along the California coast
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Detailed explanation-1: -The American Indians of the Great Basin culture area lived in the desert region that reaches from the Rocky Mountains west to the Sierra Nevada. The Columbia Plateau lies to the north, and the Mojave Desert is to the south.
Detailed explanation-2: -On its slopes live four separate but related peoples: the Arhuaco (or Ika), Wiwa, Kogi, and Kankuamo. Together they number more than 30, 000.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Miwok tribe lived here, mostly on the west side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Washoe tribal area included the region that is now Eastern Sierra County, including the Sierra Valley.
Detailed explanation-5: -Indians of the Mountain and Basin Region. The Jumano were a very large tribe. The Jumano built permanent homes made of wood and adobe bricks, which they made by drying clay mud in the sun. The roofs were flat and were made from tree branches.