Transcript Native Americans 2

A Powhatan man
Who were the first
people who lived in
Virginia?
prehistoric camp site
They were Native
Americans, or American
The Bering Strait
Native Americans, often
called American Indians,
came from Asia to America
across what is now the Bering
Sea, during the last great Ice
Age. They settled across all
of Virginia thousands of
years ago.
The Alaskan Tundra today, close to
where the first Americans crossed
from Asia several thousand years ago.
They settled all over Virginia, as well as all
over North and South America.
This is a drawing
by John Smith of
Indians hunting
from a canoe, as
well as on land,in
the Tidewater
area of Virginia.
Native Americans living in the
Tidewater area of Virginia around
1600 spoke Algonquian (Algonkian)
languages.
Tidewater region
What were the names of some of the tribes?
These tribes lived in Tidewater and spoke Algonquian:
An original map of Virginia
•Accomack
•Chickahominy
•Mattaponi
•Nansemond
•Pamunkey
•Potomack
•Powhatan
An original drawing by John
Smith of a Powhatan village
These tribes ate
seafood and raised
vegetables. They
hunted birds and
deer for meat. They
lived in houses made
from plant and animal
parts.
In the piedmont region of
Virginia, tribes spoke Siouan
languages.
Corn
tassels
The Piedmont region
An arrow for hunting fish
What were the
names of some
of the tribes in
the Piedmont
region, who
spoke Siouan
languages?
Here are some of these tribes,
who lived in the Piedmont and
spoke Siouan languages:
A stone bowl
Appomattuck
Manahoac
Using a weir to catch
fish in a river
Saponi
Mahyssan
Tutelo
Monacan
Occaneechi
What was life like in a Monacan village,
in the Piedmont Region, where Native
Americans spoke a Siouan language?
The Monacans were an agricultural
(farming) people who grew the "Three
Sisters" crops of corn, beans and squash,
as well as a wide variety of other foods,
including sunflowers, fruit trees, wild
grapes and nuts.
They lived in villages with palisade (fort) walls, and their
homes were dome-shaped structures of bark and reed
mats.
A Monacan dwelling, made from poles, bark, and animal skins.
These Monacan ancestors hunted
deer, elk and buffalo, and they would
leave their villages every year to visit
hunting camps known to have plenty
of game.
The Monacans
also buried their
dead in mounds,
a tradition that
makes them
different from
neighboring
Indian nations.
mounds
Throughout the
mounds
Piedmont and
mountain regions,
thirteen known
mounds have been
identified and many
excavated.
In these mounds,
archaeologists have
found interesting
information about the
lives of these First
Americans, whose
ancestors inhabited
our region for more
than 10,000 years.
There was a tribe in the Allegheny
(Appalachian) Plateau. This tribe was called
the Cherokee.
The Allegheny (Appalachian) Plateau
The Cherokee spoke an
Iroquoian language.
A Cherokee chief
An early drawing of some
Cherokee people
They lived in homes of wooden
frames covered with vines and of
saplings (small trees) covered with
clay. They lived in small
communities, often in small valleys
by rivers.
Each village had a council house
where ceremonies and tribal
meetings were held. The council
house was seven-sided to represent
the seven clans of the Cherokee:
Bird, Paint, Deer, Wolf, Blue, Long
Hair, and Wild Potato.
Each tribe elected
two chiefs -- a
Peace Chief who
counseled during
peaceful times
and a War Chief
who made
decisions during
times of war.
A modern Cherokee man
However, the Chiefs did not rule
absolutely. Decision making was a
more democratic process, with tribal
members having the opportunity to
voice concerns.
A modern-day Cherokee man
So we know that
American Indians
lived all over
Virginia. They
spoke three kinds
of languages and
had diverse
(different)
cultures.
Thank you for watching my
show. Peace to you and your
tribe,
Mrs. Wooding