1. 1491
Pre Columbian America

2. Bering Strait

3. Recent Discoveries Raise Questions
When did first Americans arrive? 15,000 years ago? 25,000? Earlier?
Did they come from Asia AND Europe? Elsewhere?
Did they come in waves or as one group?

4. When Europeans came
There were hundreds of different cultural and language groups, each one unique.
There is no monolithic Indian.
However, one can speak in generalizations by region.

5. Stereotypes

7. Eastern Woodland/Northeast
Hunted, Fished, Farmed, Gathered
Lived in Longhouses or wigwams
Semi-nomadic
Division of labor by sex and age
Many cultures matrilineal

8. The Three Sisters
Squash, Beans and Corn (Maize)
Succotash

11. Longhouses

17. Southeastern Early Moundbuilder Culture Highly advanced, agricultural
Sedentary
Disappeared
Followed by farmers and hunter/gatherers
Often Matrilineal

23. Georgia Indians

24. Cherokee Village

27. Creek Village

28. Florida Indians