FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Raising their own sheep and growing corn
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Fishing, hunting and farming their own crops
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Hunting buffalo and gathering berries
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Invading nearby tribes and stealing their crops/food stock
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most of the Eastern Woodlands Indians relied on agriculture, cultivating the “three sisters”-corn, beans, and squash. All made tools for hunting and fishing, like bows and arrows and traps, and developed specialized tools for tasks like making maple sugar and harvesting wild rice.
Detailed explanation-2: -The food quest of the Woodland Indians was based primarily on hunting, fishing, and gathering wild crops. They practiced some agriculture, but it was definitely of secondary importance and consisted mostly of the Indian staples–corn, beans, and squash.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Eastern Woodlands includes, among others, the Haudenosaunee, Mi’kmaq, Ojibwe and Wendat (Huron) peoples.
Detailed explanation-4: -A majority of Eastern Woodlands tribes spoke Iroquoian or Algonquian. The Iroquois speakers included the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Huron. The Iroquoian tribes were primarily deer hunters but they also grew corn, squash, and beans, they gathered nuts and berries, and they fished.