When the Native Americans lived in the Americas on their own and inhabited the land all to themselves, it required them to put a lot of effort into making life as easy and efficient as possible. Many tribes decided to travel to different parts of the region and start a life there so they could correctly adapt to their surroundings, while still having their own areas to call home. The land is now divided into different regions based on the climate and weather of them called the Arctic, the Subarctic, the Northeast, the Southeast, the Plains, the Southwest, the Great Basin, California, the Northwest Coast, and the Plateau. As different tribes took control of each area, their lifestyles changed and they developed a new culture that would be their …show more content…
This land has even been called a frozen desert and this is where the Inuit and Aleut indians chose to be their homes. Both groups of these Native Americans spoke a language called Eskimo-Aleut language so they were able to live amongst each other and interact positively. They had many struggles early on because the landscape was difficult to settle, but over time, they found different ways to make adjustments and deal with it. When they traveled to the land in the beginning, the Inuit chose to live in the northern part of the region and made their living by following seals, polar bears, and other game as they moved further across the tundra. The Aleut chose to inhabit the southern art of the region and made their living by catching small fish along the shore. Their life was not as difficult as the Inuit because the weather was much nicer in the Southern part, but they still had their fair share of struggles. Although they chose to live separate, most of these Indians chose to live in dome-shaped houses made of sod or timber and resorted to using seal skins to keep warm when the weather was cold. The seal skins kept them warm, but were also waterproof, and could even be used to make sleds in certain conditions. These tribes made this area their home but by the time the United States purchased Alaska in 1867, the population had dropped to just 2,500 people and the remainder of …show more content…
This land regions stretched from present-day Canada’s Atlantic coast to North Carolina, and to the Mississippi River valley. Because this region was very close to water, they used inland rivers and lakes to decide where they wanted their villages. They made a sustainable living by growing crops like corn, beans, and vegetables, and fighting for their land when needed. The Iroquoian groups especially tended to be very aggressive and warlike, and had no issue with banding together to stage raids. This aggressive behavior ended up costing them everything as the Europeans came to their areas. The conflict ended up being so bad at one point that the Europeans decided to remove them from their homes and the rest of the tribes in the area died off or
You might be thinking to yourself, the Innu and Inuit people MUST be the same since they have the “same” name but the Innu people are different. For example, the housing that the Innu people mostly did was a wigwam. A wigwam is a type of shelter that is made from birch bark and wooden frames. The housing is different from the Inuit people because the Inuit people created igloos made from ice cubes, not birch bark. Also, the Innu people had hunting leaders for hunting groups when they went to hunt caribou, fish, and some more meat. This is different than the inuit people hunting “plans” because they didn’t have hunting leaders, they just went hunting whenever basically. There are a lot more differences the Innu people did compared to Inuit people but these are some of the ones that stuck out to me.
Though the Chickasaws went without problems, the Seminole Indians did not. The Seminole tribe, which was originated in the Everglades area in Florida, did not want to leave, they stayed in their home and fought for their land. In 1835, after the Indian Removal Act was passed, the Seminoles started the Second Seminole War with the United States army. The battle went on until 1842 and ended with only a couple of hundred of Seminoles left. At this time the United States army said the Seminoles could stay. So even though they lost, it was still a moral victory for the tribe. (Mahone 1998)
Inuit, Haida, and Iroquois are all alike. They all live in Canada. The Inuit live in northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and Siberia. The Haida live in the west coast of British Columbia. The Iroquois live in the shores of the Great Lakes to St. Lawrence, Georgian Bay, and Ontario.The Europeans interrupted their lifestyles. For the Inuit, it was good and bad. For the Haida, it was bad. For the Iroquois, it was also bad. The Europeans brought drugs and alcohol. They all killed the animals they ate. The Inuit used stone knives, harpoons, Bone Knives, and an ulu. The Haida used bows and arrows, snares, deadfalls, and harpoons, The Iroquois
Prior to European exploration, the Native American tribes of North America as a whole consisted of millions of people. Each tribe was its own advanced civilization, each culturally diverse. They ranged in geographic location from the Arctic, like the Inuit, to Eastern America and what is now Mexico. One tribe that resided in Eastern America was the Delaware. The geographic location of the Inuit and Delaware tribes is what most affected their ways of life and future of them and their cultures.
The statement is accurate because they signed a treaty but they still had to be forced off their land since they didn’t leave.While on their journey many of the Indians had died because the harsh cold and winds.
The Haida live in the Queen Charlotte Island(west of British Columbia).The Siox live in Alberta,Saskatchewan,and Manitoba. They made clothing out of the same materials. The Inuit made their clothing out of animal
In order for the white settlers and Native Americans to live together, the US government believed that the Native American people needed to become more “civilized.” Native Americans were made to learn English and start practicing the white settlers’ way of life. The US gave them tools such as hoes and plows so that they would practice agriculture instead of relying on hunting and gathering as the US thought they did. The Native Americans began to grow cotton and some even had plantations and owned slaves. (Hook, 28-29) These tribes that integrated themselves into white society were named the “Five Civilized Tribes.” These tribes were composed of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creek, and Choctaw.
They would use log-and-sod houses in which they lived in mostly in winter. These are the natural resources the Inuit have used in creating their
They had their resources stripped from them, their land taken, and many of their family members had been killed. To this day, the current indigenous people still struggle. Not all are forced to live on reservations, but the cultural differences can make it hard for some to assimilate into today’s society. History
In comparison to the Europeans, depending on the region, a lot of Native Americans were largely migrant people who followed resources as needed. Tribes would stay in one area for as long as they could utilize whatever was in season and then moved forward once the land’s resources had nothing left to offer. Hunting and gathering forced tribes to relocate quite often due to the different seasons’ impact on game and plants. Even though agriculture was not a reliable source of sustainability for these people, Indians often found ways to make use of whatever herbs and plants grew around them. Low environmental impact and zero waste are two very important values to Indians as they have a very spiritual connected to the earth. In other parts of the country, Indians used agriculture quite a lot and even found ways to make their crops last through the winter. Some tribes established themselves fairly prominently in one area, but a key difference between their establishment and the English’s was their inherent view that no matter what they yielded from the land, it was not their property to claim forever. The Native Americans really
The native americans also made diffrent houses depending on the weather, for instance the mojave and cahuilla made their houses out of brush if the weather was hot. If the weather was cold they would make there houses out of oak planks and have slanted roofs.fun fact: did you know the cahuilla also ate beans,corn and squash?anyway, the cahuilla and the mojave lived close together and probably traded lots of things with each other too.fun fact:all tribes sing or yell special ceremonies to honor there tribe or land or there people as well as food or crops.the cahuilla lived in the foot hills of the san bernadino mountains and lived there for hundreads
The Inuit people live at a unique location. They live in the far North and into Canada. “There is a Canadian village, named Grise Fjord, just 500 miles from the North Pole” (Sontella 7). The Inuit people
The Canadian Arctic are known as the Inuit, which they are commonly known as Eskimos. The Inuit is a subculture of a Native American culture and they are losing their homelands due to weather changes. Even though the Inuit were the last Native American people to arrive they were one of the first people in Canada. They settled in Canada and they made their own customs. They have many different types of elements like of religion, art, clothings, and customs and traditions.
For years, the Native Americans lived a very solitary life with their own unique way of living, that was until the European’s showed up with their very complex way of living. Harmony with nature was a very important aspect of Native American culture. The Native people embraced nature with no intention to modify it unlike the Europeans. They simply cared more about nature and what it had to offer. The spiritual connection between the land and these Natives were distinctive from the Europeans also due to the fact that to the settlers, land meant wealth. As a European, if you owned any land you were considered a wealthy upper class human being. As a Native, no one owned the land and anyone could benefit from the land.
The Inuit developed a way of life well-suited to their Arctic environment, based on fishing; hunting seals, whales, and walruses in the ocean; and hunting caribou, polar bears, and other game on land. They lived in tents or travelled in skin-covered boats called kayaks and umiaks in summer, and stayed in