The Early People of North Carolina

September 23, 2013The Early People of North CarolinaHow did the earliest people get to NC?Migrated-moved across North America to settle in NCFollowed bison and mammoths

NomadsA person who keeps moving from place to placeTraveled in groupsAte nuts, berries and plants, mostlyFished and hunted

Atlatl ( AHT*lah*tuhl)A tool that hunters used for throwing spears farther.A stone weight steadied the atlatl and allowed the hunter to put more force into launching the spear.

Native American MedicinePlantsBarkNuts

artifactsThings people used in the pastOften find in the ocean

Early farmersSettle along riversPlanted beans, squash, gourds, sunflower and maize (kind of corn)

Mound BuildersBuild towns along the Pee Dee River-Piedmont areaBuilt mounds that served as temples and burial placesTown Creek Indian Mound is a NC state historic site.http://www.nchistoricsites.org/town/

Early Tribes in North CarolinaAlgonquian (al-GAHN-kee-uhn)Iroquoian (ir-uh-KWOY-uhn)Siouan (SOO-uhn)

Parts of North Carolina

People of the Coastal PlainsMostly AlgonquianThe HatterasRoanokesCroatoansSecotansPamlicos

One Iroquoian tribeTuscaroras Background information on Coastal plain IndiansLived in longhousesFarmedHunted with bows and arrowsUsed wampum

People of the PiedmontMostly SiouanAlso called Woodland peopleIncluded Catawbas, Enos, Keyauwees, SapionisBackground Information on Piedmont IndiansLived in round doom housesHunted, gathered and farmedMigrated with the weatherSkilled pottersUsed red clay

The CatawbasLargest Piedmont tribeCalled themselves People of the RiverPalisadesHad a council-a group of advisors-who made the final decisions

People of the MountainsThe CherokeesSpoke Iroquoian languageSeven clansCouncil had a representative from each clan