Introduction to Native Americans in Wisconsin Aaron Bird

Introduction to Native Americans in Wisconsin Aaron Bird Bear overview ❧ PBS Native American Nations overview

Timeline ❧ Paleo-Indians: 10, 000 - 5000 BC Archaic: 500 - 100 BC (3 periods - Early, Middle, Late) Woodland Period (effigy mounds) - Early (1000 BC- 300 AD) - Middle (300 - 400 AD) - Late (400 - 1100 AD) Mississippian Period (Aztalan) 1000 - 1500 AD - divided in 2 periods (Middle and Upper)

Paleo-Indians ❧ ❧ 10, 000 -5000 BCE ❧ Stone tools found – very limited info ❧ Big Game Hunters ❧ Mastodons ❧ Scavenged ❧ Cooler Climate

Archaic Indians ❧ ❧ 5000 -100 BCE: 3 periods ❧ Hunters and Gatherers adapted ❧ Warmer Climate = more hospitable (livable) ❧ Seasonality = different resources at different times ❧ Moved settlements

Woodland Indians ❧ ❧ 1000 BCE – 1100 CE: 3 periods ❧ Signs of more permanent settlements ❧ Mound Builders and Potters ❧ Clay pottery- what would they use them for? ❧ Mounds: markers; cultural significance

Woodland Indians ❧

Glacier in North America ❧

❧ ❧ Woodland Indians overview ❧ Peoples of the Woodlands

Mississippian Indians ❧ ❧ CE 1000 -1500: 2 periods ❧ Farmers (S. WI) ❧ What does this change to agriculture mean?

Oneota Indians ❧ ❧ CE 1000 – European Contact ❧ N WI ❧ Not agricultural: ❧ Rice ❧ Nomadic ❧ Today: Ioway and Ho. Chunk Nations

ANSWER EACH QUESTION: minimum of 1 paragraph each ❧ ❧How did geography directly affect the development of Native American cultures? ❧Why did different cultures form depending on where they lived?