FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Creek, Choctaw
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Cherokee, Seminole
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Seminole, Creek
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Creek, Cherokee
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Detailed explanation-1: -The “Green Corn Ceremony, ” is the most important social and spiritual event in the traditional seasonal round of the Choctaw and other Tribes that are Indigenous to what is now the Southeastern United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -Among the Cherokee, the Green Corn Ceremony was the time when people were to forgive debts, grudges, adultery, and all crimes (with the exception of murder).
Detailed explanation-3: -Historically, stomp dancing has its roots in the Green Corn Ceremony, springtime celebrating harvest, redemption and forgiveness. Men sing stomp dance songs in a call-and-answer format, following a male song leader, who often sets the dance rhythm using a handheld turtle shell rattle.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Indian name for corn is maize (ma-hiz). Indians helped early European settlers by teaching them how to grow corn to eat.