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This link takes you to a clickable map of the Native American cultures and tribes in North America in the 1500s. 

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This link takes you to a clickable map of the Native American cultures and tribes in North America in the 1500s. 

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This resource has articles about the Native American tribes in each region of the U.S.

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Kids learn about the history of Native American Indians in the United States. Educational articles for teachers, students, and schools including Native American daily life, homes, art, food, clothing, people, social structure, religion, and tribes.

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Huge Resource in TrueFlix about Native American Tribes and History.  

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Huge Resource in TrueFlix about Native American Tribes and History.  

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Apache, Comanche, Inuit, Iroquois, Pueblo, and Sioux. Use hwporter for username and password.

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The Seminole (like this group of Seminole Braves) were among the southeastern nations called the "Five Civilized Tribes" by European settlers. These nations were considered such because of their adoption of European cultural traits.

Photograph by Buyenlarge

Encyclopedic Entry Vocabulary

The land along the Atlantic Coast was inhabited long before the first English settlers set foot in North America. There were more than two dozen Native American groups living in the southeast region, loosely defined as spreading from North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico. These groups included the Chickasaw (CHIK-uh-saw), Choctaw (CHAWK-taw), Creek (CREEK), Cherokee (CHAIR-oh-kee), and Seminole (SEH-min-ohl).

By the time of European contact, most of these Native American groups had settled in villages of 500 people or fewer, and grew corn, beans, squash, sunflowers, greens, tobacco, and other crops. The southeast Native Americans also gathered berries, nuts, wild plants, and roots from the surrounding forests. For the most part, women tended the fields while men hunted, fished, and engaged in trade with one another, as well as with other groups to the north and west.

Life for the southeastern groups, as for Native Americans throughout the Americas, changed with European exploration and colonization. The Native Americans had no immunity to smallpox or other diseases Europeans carried, and the spread of these diseases killed thousands of native people. Others were killed or enslaved by the Spanish explorers who led 16 th-century expeditions through the southeast. These factors weakened the remaining tribes. Many joined with larger or stronger groups, such as the Cherokee and the Creek.

With colonization came a desire to convert Native Americans to Christianity and to encourage (or force) them to adopt European cultures and traditions. These efforts were more successful in the Southeast than most parts of North America; indeed, five southeastern nations (the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole) later became known as the "Five Civilized Tribes." Europeans viewed even the most "civilized" tribes as inferior, however, and waves of European immigrants encroached on the Native Americans' land. The southeastern groups signed treaties to cede land to the colonies and moved, only to be followed by new settlers looking for new land. Conflicts between Native Americans and white settlers often erupted into violence. The southeastern Native Americans could not defend themselves against the colonists' seemingly never-ending demand for land. Like other Native Americans, they were pushed farther west and, eventually, onto reservation land.

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April 21, 2020

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Director

Tyson Brown, National Geographic Society

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National Geographic Society

Production Managers

Gina Borgia, National Geographic Society
Jeanna Sullivan, National Geographic Society

Program Specialists

Sarah Appleton, National Geographic Society
Margot Willis, National Geographic Society

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Clint Parks

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Image The Seminole (like this group of Seminole Braves) were among the southeastern nations called the "Five Civilized Tribes" by European settlers. These nations were considered such because of their adoption of European cultural traits. Photograph by Buyenlarge Encyclopedic Entry Vocabulary The land along the Atlantic Coast was inhabited long before the first English settlers set foot in North America.

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"On May 28, 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, beginning the forced relocation of thousands of Native Americans in what became known as the Trail of Tears."

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Battles between U.S. Army and Native Americans

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"The Hopewell left behind more than just earthworks all over the Ohio River Valley. They also left a cache of artifacts."

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The Hopewell left behind more than just earthworks all over the Ohio River Valley. They also left a cache of artifacts.