1. Today’s Warm Up/ Classwork Activity How would you react if aliens landed in your backyard? How would you respond to them? Your paragraph should be at least 5-7 sentences and well written.

2. Native Americans in North Carolina

3. Tribes of North Carolina Catawba (ka-ta-ba) Cherokee Creek Croatan Tuscarora Tutelo/Saponi Cheraw, Chicora, Waccamaw Coharie Haliwa-Saponi Lumbee Meherrin Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation Waccamaw Siouan Eastern Band of Cherokee Sappony Pre Colonist Today

4. Native Americans In North Carolina North Carolina has largest American Indian population east of the Mississippi River. Most Native American tribes are located around a body of water because Native American people lived off of the land. Like it is today for everyone, water was a necessity to the AI people. Today they hold social gatherings called PowWows They perform traditional dances at the PowWows as drummers drum and chant songs Styles of dance include: men’s and women’s traditional, men’s and women’s fancy, jingle (women), and grass (men)

6. Indian Life at the time of European Contact The Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and Mountains were home to more than 30 different Native American groups Groups ranged in size from a few villages to thousands of members

7. Algonquin Tribes Algonquin language was spoken along the coast Groups included Chowanoc, Pasquotank, and Waccamaw Tribes depended on fish, fruit, and vegetables

8. Tuscarora The Tuscarora lived on the Coastal Plain, along the Neuse and Tar Rivers Used hemp to make rope and binding cord. The name means “hemp gatherers” Connected to the Iroquois tribes of New York

9. Indian hemp, which is also called milkweed, is a plant that produces strong fibers, like cotton does.

10. Catawba The largest group living in Piedmont Known for their burnt-black pottery Tribes in Piedmont spoke versions of Sioux Language Connected to the Sioux tribes of the Great Plains

11. Cherokee Were related to Iroquois, but had been driven away from their homes During Woodland Period, they settled in the mountains Controlled 40,000 square miles when Europeans arrived During Woodland Period they numbered 30,000, and had three main divisions-upper, middle, and lower

12. Native American Habits and Beliefs Woodland culture and customs dominated 1500s Villages were longhouses and hutslonghouses Clans were connected through mothers (Matrilineal) Tribes were governed by consensus, where most members agreed on decisions Nature was respected and center of most beliefs Europeans introduced animals, plants, and diseases that Natives had not seen

14. Native Americans in North Carolina Facts you should know: Lumbee tribe has the largest AI poplulation E. of Mississippi River Cherokee tribe is found in NC and OK. In NC the Cherokee people are referred to as the Eastern Band of Cherokee, in OK they are referred to as the Western Band of Cherokee Haliwa-Saponi means “The red earth people” Waccamaw Siouan means “The fallen star people”