Pre-Columbian Tribes

Have you ever heard of the Cherokee Indians? Sure you have! Just as a reminder, they are the biggest tribe, and most known of out of all the Indian tribes there has ever been in the southeast. They are very important to American History and helped shaped us to be the Americans we are today, which is clearly what I 'll be explaining in this paper. Throughout the paper, I 'll tell you everything you need to know about the Cherokee Indians and continue to relate to the thesis.

The important Native American pre-Columbian civilizations in the New World were the Mayas, Incas, and Mexica (Aztecs). The importance of these Native American pre-Columbian civilizations in the New World were that the ancient Indians adapted to their diverse environments. They hunted, gathered, farmed, mastered fire, and improved technology. The Native Americans had transformed themselves into farming societies. The pre-Columbian civilizations made extraordinary advancements. The Maya's had built temples and pyramids. They dominated Central America for more than six-hundred years. They had developed a rich written language and used sophisticated mathematics. They had used astronomy to create a calendar that was more accurate than the Europeans. The Incas, had

Due to their nomadic lifestyle, the Paleolithic people lived in huts, simple tent structures, or in nearby caves, instead of permanent housing structures. In order to build their huts or tent structures, the Paleolithic people had many simple tools made from a variety of materials. The materials used range from wood and animal skins to bone and even stone. The Paleolithic people used these materials to build simple tools like clubs and scrapers, and even weapons like small axes, flints, and simple arrowheads, which helped them, live day after day. Aside from their weapons and tools, the people of the Paleolithic Era made a great discovery when they learned to control and master the concept of fires. The people of the Paleolithic Era learned the art of starting a fire by rubbing two objects, like sticks, together and mastered the technique used to conserve the energy released by the embers of a fire. Once the Paleolithic people became comfortable with fire, they used it in many beneficial ways, like in hunting, for cooking, for protection and for warmth in colder

The only way they knew how to get fire was by stealing it from other tribes. Also, through their journey they made a new friend who is a female from another tribe. It wasn't till they encountered her tribe due to being caught in a trap. One of the main tribe member learns that the female knows how to create fire and eventually falls in love and starts a family with. He does not let any of the other tribe members know till the very end where there journey ended back when they reunited with their tribe. The supposedly the main fire watcher end up distinguishing the fire in the water. Nonetheless the main tribe guy ended up showing the tribe that fire can be be created. Surprised and the tribe being happy again they were able to go back and live in their

This piece is useful as an additional resource to study religious belief of Pre-Columbian cultures. You can start the lesson by teaching your students about colonialism and cultures native to Latin America and the Caribbean. You can use the Cocle culture from Panama as an example before going to the museum.

The mastery of fire on the invention of the atlatl were very important to the survival of the mammoth hunters. They both help lots when it came to hunting, fire could scare the animals towards the hunters and the atlatl could kill from far away. The atlatl made it so a single person could take down a mammoth or mastodon without getting squashed or killed in other ways. The fire also helped when hunting, it could scare the animals towards the hunter or the trap set up for the animal. Fire also helped to cook the meat from their hunts and keep them warm. By keeping them warm fire made sure less of the tribe died of hypothermia. Cooking the meat it became better tasting and, depending on the animal, better for the people to eat. The atlatl also

The boys realize that the without the fire there is no way out. consequently, They will never be rescued.Nature doesn't need people, people need nature; nature would survive the extinction of the human being and go on just fine, but human culture, human beings, cannot survive without nature. This proves that nature is something you have to keep in order to survive.

Controlled fire was very important to humans during the Paleolithic Era. The first fires were started with lava or lighting at the source. Eventually humans realized rubbing two sticks together or other materials could start a fire also. Fire now allowed for cooked meat which was the number one source of protein. Also fire was used to harden wooden weapons and tools and treating animal hides. Last, fire was used for warmth and light.

People have been burning dried manure for as long as they've had agriculture and domestic animals. Archeologists have found ancient evidence of dried dung being used as a fire fuel in Inca remains. The dung fire was believed to be used both for heat and to cure ceramic pottery.

The forests, and the animals needs each other. The animals needs the forests to have a home and protection. While the forests needs the animals to continue to grow and reproduce. So having controlled fires will

Chitimacha was the tribe who made the first canoe. One day, the Great Spirit came and took several of the men out to the woods. The Great Spirit told them to take some mud, place it around the tree about shoulder high, set the trunk afire and let it burn until it fell. The mud was packed thigh high so that the fire could not go above it. When the tree had fallen, He showed them how to pick the right part of the tree and length that they needed for a canoe. The Chitimacha were then shown how to burn off the bottom and ends, also using the mudpack to control the fire. When the burning was complete, they were told to take clam shells and scrape all the charred parts off, With the outside complete, the canoe was set upright; a fire was made on

The Pueblo Indians organized their community in an interesting way. They had latter at the very top and took it down at night. The reason for that is so other tribes could not get in their village. The lower area in the village usually is for storage.Behind all Pueblo houses were mud brick ovens called Hornos, that was where woman baked food.

Tools in this time period were made of stone and other resources that could be gathered from nature. These people discovered fire for their food and climate conditions, hunted and gathered, and lived in nomadic groups.

Once they discovered fire, they used it for everything. Fire changed their lives drastically and made life easier. They could use fire to cook their food, to keep them warm during the winter, and use it for light. Fire was also very dangerous. They would burn themselves or even destroy their homes. Fire was used as a weapon. Fire was used to hunt for food. The first men realized that animals are scared of fire. They started forest fire and when the animals would get scared, they would run around. As soon as this happened, the hunters would jump on them with speaks and stone axes and would kill them to eat.

Our government enforces prescribed burning on land enrolled in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Landowners who participated in this program are required to burn this native grass at least once every three years.