Who were the Timucua? What did they do? Where did they live? These may be some…
The name "Kaw" or "Kansa" means, "People of the South Wind," (unknown, kaw nation, n.d.) and the state of Kansas takes its name from this famous tribe. The Kansa people were closely related to the Omaha, Osage, Quapah and Ponca tribes.…
Similar, because they are farmers to the pueblo indians had their own way to living. They depended on their farming skills in order to sustain a more sedentary lifestyle. The Pueblo Indians developed a skill called Pumice. The object that was being used absorbs all water like a sponge and then releases it slowly as time goes by. This was a big help mainly because the land in which they lived on was very arid it also helped at times when the canyon walls blocked sunlight making it difficult to farm.…
Found in northeast Arizona, Chevelon Pueblo was theorized to have flourished for a time but then eventually abandoned. It is recognized as the third largest of the eight ancestral Hopi pueblos. This site provides features such as 500 rooms, plazas and kivas that give vital evidence supporting that an ancient civilization used to reside there. Although it is obvious that the site was abandoned, it has not yet been proven as to how, when and why the inhabitants dispersed. However theories such as, climate change, overpopulation and conflict have been proposed to explain the reasoning for their eventual departure. Observation of geographical positioning on the site alludes to definitive purpose of existing structures. Through extensive excavation,…
In the first chapter of the book, Native Peoples of the Southwest (Griffin-Pierce, 2000) we learn about the general history of the Native tribes of the Southwest. We learn of there independence and the periods of time they were taken over by other countries. It also talks of the land and those who dwelled there. It also gives us a little peak into there culture and their lives. This chapter was packed with information where we learned about different tribes homelands and past history with Spain, Mexico and the Americas.…
Thousands of years before the arrival of the Europeans, there was a man who was celebrated by numerous ancient Americans. In the chapter he was given the name Sun Falcon. Sun Flacon was said to be a great political and spiritual leader. He was buried at Cahokia, the biggest ritualistic site in ancient North America. Not much is known about this man, but the small amount of information there is came from archeological findings. Archaeologists were able to conclude many things from Sun Falcons grave that helped them understand the basic characteristics of ancient Americans who controlled America until 1492. Historians and Archaeologists are both terms used to describe a profession in which one seeks to learn more about the past. Both use artifacts as sources of information. The difference between them is that archaeologists use physical objects to help them obtain information, while historians use mostly written documentation to look for the same information. Writing is a system of symbols used to keep note of verbal language. It originated in places like China, Egypt, and Central America nearly 8,000 years…
My group of people were the Tribes of the Southwest.The Tribes of the Southwest lived in a desert climate. They lived in a region called The Four Corners this is the region where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona met. The Hohokam lived in the Southern Arizona desert. The areas that they lived in were called Pueblos the Spanish gave the region the name. Claim- The Native Americans of the Southwest lived in a desert area called Pueblos, maily in the Four Corners regioin.…
The pueblo people, sometimes called the Anasazi. Began to build mud-brick houses for themselves in the south-west part of America about 100 BC. They were also known as the Basket Maker people.…
The Kickapoo Indians, roughly meaning, “He who moves about, standing now here, now there,” spent centuries of time wandering the land of North America. Algonquin, the language from which the Kickapoo speak, have taken their name from the Algonquin words Kiwegapaw or Kiwigapawa. Today, the recognized tribes are the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, the traditional Tribe in Texas, the Kansas Kickapoo Tribe, and also, The Mexican Kickapoo Tribe. Their population of 3,000 people in 1759 has grown to be almost 600 more members by the year 1990 in the United States (Malinowski, Sheets 88). It seems, the Kickapoo people were not as well known or respected as other tribes today, and unfortunately, were kicked around by not only the Europeans, but also, other Indian tribes. Although the Kickapoo are a lesser known tribe, their traditional ceremonies and way of life are fascinating.…
Perched upon stumps, telling stories by the fire, day fades into dawn. As the fire burns on the sound of drums pierce the ears of all around it. This is the life of the Chippewa tribe. The Chippewa tribe, also known as Ojibway Indians (Web), was created by the Algonquian people. In the early years, the Algonquian people maintained different tribes and cultures. They also traveled throughout the Great Lakes from place to place to find more efficient resources (Ditchfield 6). In the 1600s, the Chippewa tribe and its people, the Chippewas, became one of the largest and most efficient tribes in North America (7). The Chippewas called themselves the Anishnabe which means the first people because of their Indian heritage (8). The lives of the Chippewas…
The Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma is signifigant to our states history. They had a happy life in Northwest Ohio and Southern Michigan, until they got pushed out. Southwest Wisconsin was there new home for a little while. Oklahoma was then their last stop, along with Texas and Kansas. The nickname for the Kickapoo “Kiwigapawa” refers to them moving from place to place, because the word itself means “he moves from here to there”. Tribes across Oklahoma have had these same struggles of moving from many places because they were either kicked out, pushed out, needed a change, and etc. After the Kickapoo were forcibly removed, they have struggled to recover and come back like they used to be.…
In view of the Choctaw tribe, their lots of things today's generation does not know that went about on/inside their reservation. There are things like their geographic location, clothing, historical impact, housing and reputation that no one could have never thought about that went on at reservations in America.…
The Owens valley Paiute Indians live in the great basin. These Indians are located in the great basin is located in the western region of the U.S. They usually lived in dwellings and also used wood to make them but they majorly lived in thatched wikiups which are made up of straw and skins. These Indians where very used to living in their environment.…
In the early 1800s, White settlements were expanding westward. This threatened the Cherokee land which was located in the Southeastern part of the United States. This left the Cherokee with a big decision to make for their entire tribe. Would they relocate West ,or stay for the White settlements to invade where they call home. After all, the Cherokee had owned the land for over 10,000 years. It was not the United States’ land to take. This is why many of the Cherokee Nation felt the need to stay. Others wanted to move because they felt that if they did not, then the United States territory would override the Cherokee customs and they would have to follow United States laws. Clearly the best chance of survival for the Cherokee was to stay in…
Even if it was quite a good deal for the federal government, a lot of people who were part of the Cherokee tribe felt betrayed because the negotiators did not represent the tribal government. John Ross, the principal chief of the Nation once wrote “The instrument in question is not the act of our nation,” to the Senate of the United States of America protesting against this treaty. Furthermore, a large number of Cherokees (about 16,000) signed Ross’s petition, but the treaty was approved anyway by the congress. By 1838, just a few Cherokees had left their “former land” for what was called the Indian Territory. After this, nearly 7,000 soldiers were sent to expedite this removal process. The Cherokee were thus forced to march more than 1,200 miles to Indian Territory. Unfortunately, along the way, as said earlier, it was easy for Indians to die contracting diseases such as whooping cough, typhus, dysentery, or cholera. Moreover starvation was also a big issue for the Indians. The federal government back then promised that their new land (Indian Territory) would remain intact forever, the truth though was quite different, and the more whites had envy of conquest, the more the Indian Territory shrank.…