FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Eastern Woodlands
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Pacific Northwest
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Plains Indians
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Southwest
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Northwest Coast was densely populated when Europeans first made landfall in the 1700s. It was home to peoples speaking Athabaskan, Tshimshianic, Salishan, and other languages. Well-known tribes included the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Bella Coola, Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Coast Salish, and Chinook.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Coast Salish are the largest of the southern groups. They are a loose grouping of many tribes with numerous distinct cultures and languages.
Detailed explanation-3: -Approximately 8, 000 years ago, the first Native American tribes settled in the Pacific Northwest after migrating south through modern-day Alaska and Canada. They quickly adapted to the more temperate coastal climate and used large canoes to travel swiftly along rivers and coastlines.