Native Americans

Native Americans People have lived in North America for more than 12,500 years, since before the end of the last Ice Age. Scholars believe that these people moved from Asia to America through the Bering Land Bridge during the last Ice Age. Q Where did these people come from? A Most people believe that the early Americans crossed the Bering Land Bridge from central Asia. This bridge now lies underwater. Gradually people spread out across North America. The people of different regions developed different ways of life. Q Who were the Mississippians? A The Mississippians were hunter-gatherers who lived in the south-eastern part of what is now the United States. They began to grow crops about 5,000 years ago. About 2,400 years ago, they learnt how to grow maize crops. They also grew beans, squash and sunflowers. They buried their dead under huge mounds. They knew how to bake pottery and they built four-walled homes of clay and thatch. Some of them lived in a city called Cahokia. 133 Q Did people live in other parts of North America? A The Delaware, Mohegans, Mohawks and Abenaki lived in the north-east of America. They were good hunters and used spears, bows and arrows and clubs. They fished with spears, hooks and nets and lit flares to attract fish to the surface. They knew how to make two types of homes – the longhouse covered with bark, and the wigwam covered with reeds and animal skins. Warrior Native American warriors often dressed to look like the animals with which they felt a spiritual bond. The story of Hiawatha Classic teepee Native Americans in the Great Plains designed a wigwam that could be put up and dismantled very quickly.

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