Geography and Native Americans: Movement

Land Bridge Most commonly accepted theory (theory-a set of ideas intended to explain something) During the last Ice Age, people crossed the ancient land bridge connecting Asia to North America This land bridge is now underwater It is believed that the first Native American tribes followed animals across the land bridge into North America Bering Land Bridge Migration Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3kmV ZGGaHg

Pre-Columbian Movement Nomad – a person who travels from place to place Many Native American tribes were nomadic and would follow herds of animals As these tribes moved from place to place, they came in contact with other tribes and were able to share their way of life During this time, the majority of movement was done by choice except for a few cases where a warring tribe would expel you from the area

Post-Columbian Movement Contact with Europeans This is when the movement of ideas, religion, food, and many other aspects of life was extremely high Europeans brought with them horses, Christianity, weapons, and many more new ideas or goods Native Americans shared with Europeans ways to survive the harsh winter, farm the land, guides for the land, and a variety of trees, plants, and crops.

Classwork Assignment Read the story (http://www.trailtribes.org/lemhi/since-time- immemorial.htm) Answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper. DO NOT WRITE ON THE STORY All answers must be in complete sentences What do oral traditions include? What is a myth and is there any truth to myths? What were the five brothers used to eating? What did the five brothers think that the buffalo were? What were the five things that the five brothers learned throughout their travel in the North and they shared with their people in the South?