FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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land and home ownership
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trade to meet their daily needs
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ability to use natural resources
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warm and mild climate conditions
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of these was most important to the survival of American Indians? Ability to use natural resources. How do historians learn about how American Indians lived many centuries ago? They study their artifacts.
Detailed explanation-2: -They used animal skins (deerskin) as clothing. Shelter was made from the material around them (saplings, leaves, small branches, animal fur). Native peoples of the past farmed, hunted, and fished. They used natural resources such as rock, twine, bark, and oyster shell to farm, hunt, and fish.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Plains Indians who did travel constantly to find food hunted large animals such as bison (buffalo), deer and elk. They also gathered wild fruits, vegetables and grains on the prairie. They lived in tipis, and used horses for hunting, fighting and carrying their goods when they moved.
Detailed explanation-4: -A few Native American tribes such as the Yaocomico and Piscataway developed relationships with the settlers in which they shared their vast knowledge of survival skills. They taught the settlers how to build wigwams and palisade fences for their villages.