FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Woodland
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Archaic
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Paleo
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Mississippian
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Detailed explanation-1: -Some of them, such as the Sioux and Cheyenne, gave up agriculture to become nomadic; other such as the Dhegiha (the Osage, Kaw, Omaha, and Ponca) and the Chiwere (Otoe, Iowa, and Missouria) continued to farm while also hunting buffalo for a major part of their livelihood.
Detailed explanation-2: -Native Americans began farming in what is now present-day Illinois around 7, 000 years ago. Corn, or maize, was one of their most important crops.
Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest populations in the Americas, before roughly 10, 000 years ago, are known as Paleo-Indians.
Detailed explanation-4: -The main crop that the Native Americans grew was corn, which they called maize. Maize was eaten by many of the American Indian tribes because it could be stored for the winter and ground into flour. Maize was eaten nearly daily by many tribes and was a major part of much of American Indian culture.