Native American lecture

Earliest American Settlers

The “Native” Americans

General Information

Densest Population in North America = southwest United States

Communities

• Small communities
• Plentiful land
• Slash & burn agriculture
• Corn = super crop
• Rotate fields

Iroquois Nation

General Information

• Location = New York area
• Tribes = Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca
• Hiawatha
• Strength was not in their numbers, but in their efficient political structuring

Community

• Family-centered
• Matriarchic & matrilineal
• Longhouse

European Relations

European Worldview

• Pax Romana
• Mercantilism
• Savages: Irish, Africans, Native Americans

posted by Jeffrey @ Tuesday, September 20, 2005