1. Chapter 4 - Lesson 2 Through the Centuries
Canada

2. Canada’s Early People pg 142 - 143
Canada’s first people are believed to have come from Asia
The people are believed to have come over the same land bridge the early Native Americans came to the U.S. from

3. Canada’s Early People pg 142 - 143
Descendants – a person who is descended from a certain ancestor; children’s children
People that stayed in Canada became known as Native Canadians
The first migration over the land bridge took place 25,000 years ago and the second migration to Canada happened about 5,000 years ago
These people settled the most Northern parts of Canada, their descendants became known as the Inuit people
Today descendants of the Inuit people live in the Arctic Islands region of Canada

4. Canada’s Early People pg 142 - 143

5. Canada’s Early People pg 142 - 143
The Inuit people were not the only early settlers of Canada
Some early settlers made their homes in the Appalachian region, the St. Lawrence Lowlands, and the Southern Canadian Shield
These people included the Algonkins, Hurons, Iroquois, Ojibwas, and the Ottawas
Each of the tribes
spoke different languages
and followed different
customs, yet they shared
a common natural
resource – trees
These people used
wood and tree bark
to make shelters,
boats and weapons
interacted with one
another through trade

6. Canada’s Early People pg 142 - 143

7. Canada’s Early People pg 142 - 143

8. Canada’s Early People pg 142 - 143
Unlike the Eastern regions of Canada with the abundance of trees, the Interior Plains was scarce of trees but had many prairies
The peoples living in this region were the Assiniboines and the Blackfeet
The natural resource of these tribes was the buffalo or bison
They used the bison for many things including food, shelter, clothes, weapons and tools

9. Canada’s Early People pg 142 - 143

10. How did different groups of Native Canadians adapt to the conditions of their environment?
(pg.143)

11. Remember
descendants