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1 Native People of the New World

2 Pre-Columbian Empires
~ 1520 Capitol in Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City) Montezuma conquered by Cortes Yucatan Peninsula 2000 B.C. – 1700 A.D Advanced culture, art, writing, architecture, calendar 1438–1533 Conquered by Pisarro

3 Mayan Temple at Chichen Itza

4 North American Indian Nations

5 Puritans, 1630 Pilgrims, 1620 Jamestown, 1607 St Augustine, 1565!

6 Long thought to be the first widespread North American culture at 13,500 years ago, named for early spear points found in New Mexico. Clovis culture

7 Early southwestern culture, ancestors of the modern Pueblo
Early southwestern culture, ancestors of the modern Pueblo . They lived in cliff dwellings. The Anasazi (Mesa Verde N. P.)

8 Shawnee Tecumseh In Kentucky, the main tribe was the...
Their most famous leader tried to drive the settlers back, allying his nation with Britain in the War of He was…

9 X Battle of Tippecanoe

10 Cherokee There were a few
in Kentucky, but most were southeast of here. .

11 The Cherokee were part of the five “Civilized Tribes”, with colonial-style government, judicial system, agriculture, plantations, and even slaves. They even had a national capitol at New Echota, Georgia.

12 Andrew Jackson Trail of Tears
The Five Civilized Tribes were removed by the Indian Removal Act of 1830, under president Andrew Jackson This forced removal, was named the Trail of Tears by the Cherokee.

13 The Indians were forcibly resettled in the 1830s to
Oklahoma territory

14 Seminoles The Florida Indians were the
The US military, under Andrew Jackson, fought three Seminole Wars.

15 The strongest eastern nation was
. The Five Nations, Then The Six Nations

16 The Iroquois lived in Longhouses

17 The Algonquins were held together by a common language.

18 Wampanoag The celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the pilgrims in 1621

19 Inuits Eskimos were formerly called

20 Sioux Nation The Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota tribes are all part of the
the most numerous and influential of the prairie people.

21 Sioux leader and holy man who foretold Custer’s defeat at Little Big Horn. He joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show for a time, but returned to Standing Rock to resist the advancing settlers. Sitting Bull 1885

22 Sioux warrior who defeated Custer at Little Big Horn.
Crazy Horse

23 Nez Perce leader and warrior who unsuccessfully tried to lead his people to Canada during US Army relocation. “I will fight no more forever.” Chief Joseph

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