FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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trading
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hunting
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farming
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -These early migrants arrived here possibly by crossing over the land bridge between Alaska and Asia and moving south. Scholars say that in 1492 nearly 10 million natives inhabited North America, but by the middle of the 19th century this population had dwindled by 90 percent.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Native Americans used natural resources in every aspect of their lives. 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some 4, 000 Native Americans died during the Trail of Tears, which lasted from 1830 to 1850. In Texas, the extermination effort wiped out nearly all American Indians around the republic.
Detailed explanation-4: -American Indians in Texas Today Only three federally recognized tribes still have reservations in Texas, the Alabama-Coushatta, Tigua, and Kickapoo. The state recognized Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas has its headquarters in McAllen. The Caddo, Comanche, and Tonkawa are officially headquartered in Oklahoma.