AMH 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jacques Marquette, Louis Jolliet, Bartolomeu Dias
26 May 2016
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Population estimates from 1492 range from 50 million to 90 million. First natives likely arrived by the bering strait. 15,000 to 60,000 years ago land bridge connected asia and north america (russia and alaska) Native american groups were not homogenous (not all the same) Differences include languages, cultures, farming, hunting, land disputes (fighting amongst each other), politics, religion. Native civilizations in present day us, but more advanced societies in. The hopi and the zuni of the southwest. Various eastern tribes based on agriculture and hunting. Religion: large part of most native life, connection between natural and supernatural. Native ideas about property were largely based on ideas of shared space. Women held a very important position in native society. Owned property, able to divorce their husbands, children belonged to mother, did a lot of labor to help tribe (farm while men hunted) Viewed native american women as embodiment of peace .
