2.2 Orgin Stories
Why do many Native American groups tell orgin stories
explain how Earth and its people came to be
Most scientist beleive that the first Americans came from what continent?
Asia
A natural environment includes what?
How did the Inuit people make tents?
They stretched caribou or seal skin over driftwood
What natural resource did the Sioux use to record their history?
buffalo hide for pictographs
According to the Hoppis, where did people live at first?
inside earth
As they migrated, the first Americans went in search of big game such as what?
mammoths, bison (buffalo), caribou (reindeer)
Why did some animals that were around during this time no longer around?
Over hunting, too big to survive after Ice Age
As they migrated, how did early Native Americans have to adapt?
Using what was around them in nature
What important event did Lone Dog add to the winter count in 1833 when they thought the world was ending?
The Leonid meteor shower
What is the name of the round, underground meeting place where people would meet to share these orgin stories?
kiva
What two continents did the early people migrate to and settle in?
North America and South America
What are the advantages of living in the Grasslands?
Good soil, can see people and animals coming, rivers for water
Most early Americans decided to settle in paces that had a lot of what?
natural resources
What kind of shape is a winder count made in?
a spiral
Where did the Hopis live?
American Southwest/ modern day Arizona
What did the early Americans cross that is no longer there today?
The Land Bridge
What are the four environments that Native Americans settles in?
Grasslands, deserts, mountains, Artic Ice fields
Name two things the Inuit people were likely to make in their environment.
snow goggles made from bone, an igloo built out of ice and snow, a float constructed from sealskin, tents made fromseal skin, etc
The name of the person responsable for the winter count.
The keeper
In the Hopi orgin story, why did the poeple decide to leave the center of the Earth?
The caves became too crowded and people began to argue.
How long ago did early Americans migrate from Siberia?
at least 12,500 years
What left the Americas via the land bridge, but was then brought back by Spain?
Horses
The Inuit people do not waste any part of the animal they catch. Name 4 ways they use they animal.
Eat the meat, make clothing, blankets, tents, burn fat for fuel, use bones for dog sleds, supports tent frames, carve bones into knives and harpoons or long spears
How do are modern winter counts kept?
Videos, blogs, etc