Early American History Notes

Native Americans

Migration 1. 40,00 B.C.
(approx.)
2. Russia to
Alaska
3. First
humans to
cross Bering
Strait
4. First Native
Americans



Survival
1. Hunted animals
2. Gathered
berries and nuts
squash, beans
3. Farming; corn


How they lived(In the Northeast)
1. Small communities and villages
2. Spoke many different languages
3. Had many different cultures
4. Similar in many ways
a) Intimate respect for earth and
animals
b) Believed God or Spirit was present in
earth and all things
c) Lived together in small communities