FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Question
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Canoes allowed for easy transportation
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Canoes allowed Native americans to catch and trap fish/other animals along the rivers
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Canoes provided Native Americans an easier way to participate in trade with other tribes
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Canoes were used as firewood when trees became hard to find
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Eastern Woodlands Indians developed myriad ways of using natural resources year-round. Materials ranged from wood, vegetable fiber, and animal hides to copper, shells, stones, and bones. Most of the Eastern Woodlands Indians relied on agriculture, cultivating the “three sisters”-corn, beans, and squash.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eastern Woodland Native Americans commonly lived in wigwams or wickiups. The frame was made of willow saplings. The frame was also covered with woven cattail mats or bark. A fire pit would have been located in the middle and bedding on the floor or on raised bed frames made of sticks.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Eastern Woodlands Indians depended on farming, hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants. Some groups, like the Iroquois, farmed much of their food. Those living in colder climates where farming is harder, like the Penobscot, relied more heavily on hunting, fishing, and gathering.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Eastern Woodlands is a cultural area of the indigenous people of North America. The Eastern Woodlands extended roughly from the Atlantic Ocean to the eastern Great Plains, and from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf of Mexico, which is now part of the Eastern United States and Canada.