PPT-Native American Cultures

Why do we call them Native Americans instead of Indians Native American and American Natives are synonyms We use the term Native Americans instead of Indians When explorers from Europe came to North America for the first time they thought they were in India so they called the people there Indians . -Suffered greatest drop in population. -Eradication of many languages and cultural customs. -Were the last group of people to earn the right to vote as citizens in the US 1925. 2000 CENSUS. 1.5% of U.S. population. Fry Bread Clan. Challenges/Mountains to Climb. looking for acceptance of being Native. Education in our ways and in higher education and trades. Youth participation. Finding our voice – ‘too shy’ – appear insecure. . PLAINS. . tipi. . (also teepee or tepee). Plains Native Americans did not stay in one place very long. They followed the buffalo for food. The teepee was easy to set up and take down for shelter. It was usually made with long sticks found on the prairie and animal hides. Many times painted artwork was added to the hides.. The cultivation of the soul . or . mind. The . full “expression” of the unique “authentic” self.. A Heritage Rich in Culture. Columbus led the way. The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the Native Americans. In the 15th to 19th centuries, their populations were ravaged, by the privations of displacement, by disease, and in many cases by warfare with European groups and enslavement by them. The first Native American group encountered by Columbus, the 250,000 Arawaks of Haiti, were enslaved. Only 500 survived by the year 1550, and the group was extinct before 1650.. One of the oldest forms of music. . . Can be made from animal parts, vegetation, ceramics, and/or metals .. Used in ancient cultures the world over for various spiritual purposes.. ** In many cultures, rattles are used in healing rites and invoking the gods by the shaman or healer. For this purpose, only that person was allowed to make and play the instrument and the rattle was the primary form of communication with the spirits or ancestors. . Native American. Western. Emphasis on the circle . View life as a continuance, or series of repeating cycles. Example: seasons, circle of life (birth, death, rebirth). Death is not an ending, continuance of the cycle. November. Celebrates. Presented by the. DMV Affirmative Action Unit. The existence . of indigenous Native Americans predates . colonialization. . The usual theory of the settlement of the Americas is that the earliest peoples of the Americas came from Asia over a land bridge which connected the two continents across what is now the Bering Strait during a period of glaciation, when the sea water level was lower.. history. . .... Carving . totem.  poles is a tradition among many . Indian.  tribes, especially those tribes that lived along the Pacific coast where . forests grew. . Many times the story of a totem pole will be passed down from generation to generation. Having the story documented will help keep this tradition recognized in our history.. EARLY SOCIETIES. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AREAS. SHARED BELEIFS. I CAN. Identify 2 types of Early Societies in North America and Explain where and how they lived. Define totems. List 3 cultural regions of Native North Americans. WSU Plateau Center, Office of Native American Programs. Barbara Aston, MA (Wyandotte), Director/Tribal Liaison.. Ken Lokensgard, PhD. Asst. Director, Plateau Center for Research & Collaboration.. They were . Hunter Gatherers – . people who survive by searching for wild plants and animals. Bering Land Bridge. Prehistory. Prehistory. is the time before written records.. Prehistoric cultures did not leave written records but they did leave . Native history project. Visualizing expansion lesson 2. What do we know about European Explorers and Native Americans?. According to a historian named Louis De . Vorsey. , when European explorers arrived in new places in North America, they asked Native Americans for help navigating the new place. for students attending the NU Bound Program These courses are for the Spring 2022 semesterfourof the following courses with the NU Bound England Program Calculus for Business MATH 1231 Calculus for Bell Work. Estimate . the approximate populations of the following places in 1500:. Paris . London . British . Isles . France . Answers!. The populations were as follows: . Paris. : 200,000 . London.