USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Iroquoians lived along the fall line south of present-day Richmond and in far southeastern and southwestern Virginia; the Siouans lived west of the fall line in the Piedmont, loosely organized into the Monacan confederation; and the Algonquians lived in the Tidewater.

Detailed explanation-2: -Native Americans in Virginia About 15, 000 Algonquians lived under Powhatan’s control in Tsenacommacah, and perhaps 10, 000 others on the Coastal Plain. Most Native Americans in Virginia live, like most other Virginia residents, in the three centers of population-Northern Virginia, Richmond, and Hampton Roads.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the early Woodland period, native peoples began to concentrate settlements near streams and rivers, where the rich soil allowed successful farming. This Woodland tradition took root among Indians in the Carolina region.

Detailed explanation-4: -Archaeological evidence shows that people have been living in what is now Virginia as far back as 16-22, 000 years ago. Virginia’s modern day tribes were firmly established in ancestral lands long before the English arrived to settle at Jamestown.

Detailed explanation-5: -All Indians lived in organized societies with political structures, moral codes, and religious beliefs. All had adapted to the particular environments in which they lived. The idea of private land ownership was foreign; land was held communally and worked collectively.