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US History timeline & concept chart: 10th-16th centuries pre-colonial Native Americans to early North American colonization (Spanish, French, Dutch): Difference between revisions

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* Native America tribal alliances were language-based
* Native America tribal alliances were language-based
* European entry to Americas changed those alliances
* European entry to Americas changed those alliances
'''DETAILS'''
* Native North American linguistic areas
** Northeast
*** Algonquian
*** Iroquoian
** Southeast and Gulf region
*** Southeastern woodlands
** Midwest
*** Plains Linguistic Ara
** Pueblo
** Western
*** Northern California
*** Northwest Coast
*** Pacific Northwest
*** Plateau
* source [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_areas_of_the_Americas Linguistic areas of the Americas (wikipedia)]
* Hopewell culture
* Mississippi culture
* '''Reciprocity'''
** Native American concept of sharing of land, resources, and labor
** was part of cultural misunderstanding between European and native populations over land and object ownership
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== Post-Columbian indigenous peoples overview ==
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! '''PERIOD / TIMELINE'''
! '''Major Events, Concepts & Themes'''
! cell style="width:60%"|'''Notes & connections: details of issues, concepts, themes & events'''
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| '''PERIOD / TIMELINE'''
* 1492+ Post-Columbian
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=== linguistic and cultural areas ===
=== tribal alliances ===
=== culture ===
=== architecture ===
* Pueblo adobe houses
* Iroquois "longhouses"
* Mound builders
=== land use ===
* hunting (extensive forests)
* trade (waterways)
* farming (localized)
* communal ownership
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'''BIG IDEAS'''
* European entry to Americas changed Indian alliances, cultures, economies & populations
'''DETAILS'''
'''DETAILS'''
* Native North American linguistic areas
* Native North American linguistic areas