1. Georgia’s Prehistoric Cultures

2. What are the characteristics of the Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and the Mississippian Indian Cultures?

3. Brainstorming
* With a neighbor, quietly discuss the stereotypes of Native Americans and how they been portrayed in American History. Think of movies, cartoons, commercials, books, stories, etc.

4. Stereotypes of Native Americans

5. Stereotypes of Native Americans
Someone wearing feathers
Someone living in a tipi
Someone who makes a "whooping" sound
Someone to associate with Thanksgiving and the pilgrims
People who never waste anything
People who respect the land and never harm anything
People who are often seen in the wild or portrayed as animals or part of the land
Fought like the “brave”

6. Stereotypes continued
Smoked the “peace” pipe – say there was never peace and that narcotics were never in the peace pipe.
People who worship nature
That every one chose an animal name or had a animal spirit as protector
Native are lazy and not motivated
Always associated with handcrafts – dream , jewelry,
Stereotype that all Indians were the same
A lot of the ideas mentioned above are all ideas that are found in Mainstream America.

7. Things we have heard "Sit like Indians"
"You act like a bunch of wild Indians"
"I'm dressing like an Indian for Halloween"
"You're an Indian giver"
"Too many chiefs, not enough Indians“
Have we (American history/society) turned Native groups into simply movie roles and costume ideas?

8. Brainstorm
List 10 items you use everyday!

9. Break it down-list 5 things you would need everyday to survive.

10. Do you think your items are the same or different from the Paleo Indians?

11. Earliest Native Americans
Where did they come from?
How did they get here?
When did they get here?

12. BERINGIA! At least 10,000-15,000 years ago
Land bridge was formed across the Bering Strait; Coined “Beringia”
From Asia to North America

13. Beringia:
A narrow strip of land that use to connect Alaska & Russia

14. Notes
Fold notebook paper in half!

15. Before “Contact” Native Americans
Paleo (12,000-8,000 BC)
Archaic (8,000 BC-1,000 BC)
Woodland (1,000 BC-800 AD)
Mississippian (800 AD-1600 AD)

16. Paleo Indians (12,000-8,000 BC) A. Migratory Patterns:
Nomadic hunter gatherers in temporary housing
B. Social Structure:
Small groups who hunted equally

17. Paleo Indians C. Tools & Weapons:
-”Clovis” point spears, use of the Atlatl (spear throwing device)
D. Food:
Mammoth
Bison
Nuts and wild berries
Over hunted large animals causing extinction

18. Archaic Indians (8,000-1,000 BC) A. Migratory Patterns:
- Mostly nomadic, move with seasons
- Made small camps
B. Social Structure:
Larger groups/ communities

19. Archaic Indians C. Tools and Weapons: D. Food:
Atlatl: Allowed spears to be thrown at high speeds
D. Food:
Berries, nuts, and fruit & small game

20. Whitetail Deer
Turkey
Bear
Shellfish
Opossum
Rabbit
Fox

21. Archaic Indians E. Cultural Aspects: 1st signs of clay pottery
Decorative stone and bone pieces

22. Woodland Indians (1,000 BCE-750 CE)
A. Migratory Patterns:
Settled in villages
More sturdy structures
B. Social Structure:
Tribes are formed

23. Woodland Indians C. Tools and Weapons: D. Food:
Bow and Arrow is invented
D. Food:
Small game:
Small animals such as rabbit & squirrel
-First to farm (horticulture)

24. Woodland Indians E. Cultural Aspects:
FIRST to build burial mounds (in the shape of animals)
Markings on pottery

25. Mississippian Indians (800 CE-1600 CE)
A. Migratory Patterns:
Large tribes near rivers
In groups of houses made of wood & clay
B. Social Structure:
Chiefdom: villages ruled by a priest-chief

27. Mississippian Indians
C. Tools and Weapons:
Stone weapons & farming tools

28. D. Food:
Agriculturally advanced
Tobacco
Maize (corn)
Squash

29. Mississippian Indians
E. Cultural Aspects:
Flat-topped burial mounds
Ear ornaments
Tattoos
Feather and copper headdresses

30. Mississippian Indians

32. P A W M Aleo (Paleo) Te (Archaic) ild (Woodland)
ammoth (Mississippian)