Native Cultures & Early Exploration Do you remember this topic from elementary or middle school? Brainstorm any information that you remember.
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue
The first people to discover the land were the nomads that traveled over the “land bridge” from Asia
The Mayflower brought the first British pilgrims
The Native Americans showed the pilgrims how to grow maize
Pilgrims introduced the plague to Native American
When/where for first arrivals—
Christopher Columbus and his crew landed on the Canary Islands on October 12, 1492.
List regions of North America and the Native groups living in each—
Southeast- Cherokee,Seminole, Apalachee, Catawba
Chickasaw, Choctow, Coushatta, Creek, Houma, Lumbee, Miccoukee, Timacu
Mid Atlantic/Northeast- Piscataway, Lenape, Powhatan, Yaocamico, Algonquin, Iroquios, Narrangansett, Nipmuc, Peqet, Pokanoket, Wampanog
Great Lakes- Cippewa, Fox, Shawnee, Huron, Kickapoo, Menominee, Miami, Oneida, Onondaga, Ottowa, Potawatomi, Winnebago
Great Plains- Sioux, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Comanche, Arapoho, Crow, Dakota, Kiowa, Mandan, Osage, Pawnee, Wichta
Califrornia/Mountains- Paiute, Shoshone, Cahuilla, Chemihuevi, Chumash, Costanoan, Diegueno, Hupa, Luiseno, Maidu, Pomo, Ute
Pacific Northwest- Spokane, Aleut, Athabascan, Chinook, Colville, Coos, Nez Perce, Puget Sound Salish, Quileute, Quinault, Tlihgit, Tulalip