Les Amérindiens / Native American History
How Hollywood has portrayed Native Americans
Selected tribes c Source: Norton Anthology of American Literature, 8th ed.
Last Ice Age: 75,000-10,000 BCE (Before the Common Era). Arrival of « first Americans »?
Clovis spear point British Museum For hunting large game: mammoth, mastodon, caribou, bison (also called buffalo) Oldest points date to 10,000 BCE
Bison hunting Painting by George Catlin, 1844
Desert Southwest 1500 BCE: maize (corn) introduced from Mexico 1000 BCE: squash and beans introduced from Mexico 200 CE: permanent villages 500 CE: extensive irrigation: « Hohokam » culture
Desert Southwest
Late 17th-early 18th century kiva in Pecos, New Mexico Irrigation system
Casa Grande (1300s) Compound, c Ruins ofGreat House, c Source: National Park Service
Desert Southwest
Chaco Canyon (10th-13th century CE)
Mesa Verde (550 CE CE) Source: National Park Service
After the drought Anasazi -> Pueblo Indians in New Mexico Hohokam -> Pima and Papago Indians in Arizona Joined by new groups: Apache and Navajo
Eastern Woodlands
Poverty Point, 1000 BCE-700 BCE Source: Louisiana State Parks
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica Turn toward agriculture: 700 CE-1000 CE Maize, squash and beans
Mississippian trade center Artistic reconstructions of Cahokia at its peak c CE
Cahokia Cahokia today Artist reconstruction c CE
Selected tribes c Source: Norton Anthology of American Literature, 8th ed.
The Iroquois Mohawk Oneida Onondaga Cayuga Seneca (14th century?): The Iroquois Confederacy
Red Jacket (Sa-go-ye-wa-tha) 1835 lithograph after a painting by Charles Bird King