1. Today’s Schedule
Turn in Scavenger Hunt
Warm Up
Binder Check
PPT: Early Americans
WS: Native American Maps
HW- Rd. 1.4 & 2.1, Native Map
WARM UP:
What Native American groups are you familiar with? How do you know these groups (i.e. TV, films, town names, etc.)

2. Coming to America DNA evidence suggests 20,000 years ago
Earliest documentation of first arrival into Alaska
Crossed Bering Strait from Asia to Alaska
Much ocean water was in glacier form
Exposed a natural land bridge

3. Clovis Culture
Named after Clovis, New Mexico where first found in 1932
Large archeological dig in Cactus Hill area of Sussex Co., VA
Uncovered many remains believed to be from Clovis Culture

4. New Evidence of an Earlier Culture
Long believed to be the first culture in America
New evidence shows culture present in North and South America
Current radiocarbon dating compared to past evidence would require them to arrive in South America in 200 years?!
Not likely possible
No evidence left behind from supposed trail from Siberia to Alaska

5. Nine Regions of Native Americans
Arctic
Pacific Northwest
California
Plateau
Great Basin
Southwest
Plains
Northeast
Southeast

7. Arctic Native Americans
Name: Inuit and Yupik
Many groups included in this category, including Eskimo
Location: Arctic Canada and present Alaska
Food: Fished (salmon, whale) and hunted (caribou)
Housing: Lived in wooden homes with animal skin/fur
Dog sledding main form of transportation

13. Northwest Coast Name: Spokane, Tlingit Location: Pacific Northwest
Food: Fished (salmon) and gathered (berries)
Housing: Longhouses made of cedar
Transportation: Canoes

15. Native American Structure
Societies organized according to family relationships (kinships)
Further organized by clans
A group of kinships from a common ancestor

16. Native American Religions
Religion based on belief in a powerful spiritual world
Creation stories often depict man as a descendent from animals
Reason for strong relationship of respect
Belief in several deities who control each part of life
Complex set of rituals for every aspect of life
A shaman is the spiritual leader of a tribe

17. Relationship to Land Belief that land could not be owned
Land and nature was provided by deities for sustainable use
Powerful source of conflict when Europeans arrived

18. Trading
Trading occurred within tribal groups and with other tribal groups
Traded for items needed and as a sign of respect
Created trade routes throughout America