North Carolina Native Americans l What area of

North Carolina Native Americans l What area of the country we place these natives? l What are the features of the environment for these native Americans?

North Carolina Native Americans l People lived in NC for 10, 000 years, wandering the land as Nomadic Hunters l 2, 500 years ago they started to settle in permanent villages l Freed from hunting, these Native Americans became skilled craftsmen

North Carolina Native Americans l Using clay and stone, they created pottery, pipes and cooking vessels They also made woven baskets, painted jars and bowls, and jewelry from shells and copper l Crafts were so prized that they were buried with them when they died l

l What makes crafts so important to Native American people? l Why do you think it took North Carolina Native Americans so long to settle down

North Carolina Native Americans l No Written Records were left behind, like with other Native Americans l Information learned through “oral history” (Stories passed down from generation to generation) l Other Information comes from early European explorers

North Carolina Native Americans l 35, 000 Native Americans lived in North Carolina when Columbus arrived in 1492 l 5 Major groups: Hatteras, Chowanoc, Tuscarora, Catawba, Cherokee (but thought to be at least 34 different groups) l European thoughts on Native Americans: “Well shaped clean-made men. ” Great strength and endurance, dark skin and very little clothing.

North Carolina Native Americans left their mark on land of NC; They used whatever the land offered: l l l l Stone tools for working in gardens Plants for food Trees for building canoes and huts Long gray moss for making fires, rope, clothing Rivers for fishing Forests for hunting deer, bear, wild turkey, etc. Minerals (like quartz)

` l How and where do we find history of Native Americans? l What would a day in the Life of North Carolina Native American’s look like?

North Carolina Native Americans Patterns of Life Ways of life varied, but they all shared these traits: Extended family was basis for life l Descendents traced through women l Clans (groups of related people) lived in settlements together l Clans ruled by a chief, succeeded by sister’s son l Life was a web of relationships between humans plants, and animals l

Final Questions l How do North Carolina’s Native’s patterns of life differ from yours? l Explain words web of relationships in your own