Adapting
Virginia has what type of climate?
Mild
What and where did the Virginia Indians use to build their shelters?
Materials around their village
Who studies many types of material evidence left from people of the past?
Archaeologists
What region primarily spoke the Siouan language?
Piedmont Region
It is springtime, what will the Virginia Indians do for food?
Fish, hunt, and pick berries
How many state recognized tribes are in present-day Virginia?
8 Tribes
I was digging up artifacts at Werowocomoco on the York River. What region of Virginia would I be in?
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
Which tribe spoke the Siouan Language?
Monacan tribe
The sun is shining and summer is here! What will the Virginia Indians do for food?
Grow crops such as corn, beans, and squash
What is the sentence that helps us remember the languages and tribes?
Indians Shoot Arrows
Cold Mashed Potatoes
What is the name of the first English settlement where many artifacts were found that showed early interactions between the English and the American Indians?
Jamestown
What language did American Indians speak in the southwestern region of Virginia?
Iroquoian
Snow has started to fall. Winter has come. What will the Virginia Indians do for food and clothing?
Hunt, eat stored food from the fall. Wear deerskins.
Why did Christopher Columbus call the Native People "Indians"?
He thought he was in the Indies.
What are three examples of artifacts that help us learn about how people lived in Virginia in the past?
Pottery, arrowheads, and tools
Chief Powhatan spoke which language?
Algonquian
Leaves are changing colors, fall has arrived. What will the Virginia Indians do for food?
Harvest their crops and hunt for food to store for the winter.
What was the headquarters of Chief Powhatan?
Werowocomoco
What is evidence that shows us that the English colonists and the Native People interacted?
Artifacts in the Jamestown Settlement
Why are Virginian Indians also called Eastern Woodland Indians?
Forests covered most of where they lived.