Indians, AMERICAN.—GENERAL.—When Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492 he was welcomed by a brown-skinned people whose physical appearance confirmed him in his opinion that he had at last reached India, and whom, therefore, he called Indios, Indians, a name which, however...
Another aspect of American Indian life you'll learn about is their fascinating building styles. Some long houses reached distances of 330 feet long and 15-25 feet wide. Iroquois are perhaps the most well known example of a culture who built long houses. Up to 20 or more related families wo...
Major divisions of these early Southwestern American Indians included theHohokamof southern Arizona, theAncestral Pueblo(Anasazi) of northern Arizona–New Mexico, and theMogollonof southwestern New Mexico. In addition to these groups—each of which produced a style of its own, distinct from all other...
In the south theChono,Alacaluf, andYámanaIndians occupied the wholeChileanarchipelagosouthward toCape Horn. This is a rugged terrain of islands and fjords with heavy rainfall, an average winter temperature of 32° F (0° C), and an average summer temperature of 50° F (10° C). The dens...
Several crops included corn, bean, pumpkin, and squash, Made clothes from wild cottonLived in adobe houses in high cliffs or cavesca es Pueblo Indians These are pueblo homes. Each home has a flat roof and is built next to or on top of it's neighbor. They are made of ...
INDIANS IN THE DOMINION OF CANADA.—The general distribution of the tribes of the British Possessions is as follows. In the province of Ontario are found parts of the Six Nations, Wyandots, Chippewas, Minsees, Mississauguas, and others of Algonquin stock. In the province of Quebec are ano...
S3: Imagine, there are 40 or 50 million Indians, not to mention the Chinese, who could deliver office work to the rich countries of the world for two dollars an hour.P: So this massive web of information is both an asset and a threat, changing cultures, economies, governments, in ways...
InwhatisnowthesouthwestUnitedStates,theAnasazi,ancestorsofthemodern HopiIndians,beganbuildingstoneandadobepueblosaroundtheyear900.These uniqueandamazingapartment-likestructureswereoftenbuiltalongclifffaces;the mostfamous,thecliffpalaceofMesaVerde,Colorado,hadmorethan200rooms. Anothersite,thePuebloBonitoruinsalongNewMe...
the first people to live in America. Native Americans first arrived during the Ice Age when Nomads followed herds of animals across a land bridge from Asia to North America. Native Americans lived in tribes all over the United States. Mistakenly called Indians by Christopher Columbus since the ...
However, as a result of the diversity of these wetland types, their distribution through the built environment, and the presence of tree falls, water holding debris (e.g., tires), and other elements, these systems can produce pestilential mosquito populations. Rockpools within these areas ...