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Way back many years ago in North America there were many tribes that were controlled by great leaders. Each of these tribes had different names such as the Cherokee Indians, Creek Indians, or Sioux indian tribe. Almost all of these tribes were controlled by elders. Some of these great leaders were peaceful while others were not. A lot of wars took place between the tribes from the 14th century all the way up to the 18th century. Most of these wars were land feuds while others were over differences in culture and beliefs. As the Cultural Survival Magazine states, “Still, well over 90 percent of known peoples have made war, some frequently and quite brutally.” This is talking about the Native American tribes throughout the Ethnographic record that controlled the land that we now know as the United States.

Although most tribes were very peaceful some were definitely not. There is evidence that proves that during the 1200’s and 1300’s many tribes caused mass destruction including killing other tribe members and setting villages on fire. This especially happened in the Great Plains of the USA. One of the most violent tribes was the Dakota Tribe. As the Encyclopedia of the Great Plains says, “After 1250, villages were often destroyed by fire, and human skeletons often show marks of violence, scalping, and other mutilations.” This shows that many of these so called “peaceful tribes” were really not all that peaceful.

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Many years ago in North America, the Native Americans had a pretty different trade system then what we have now. Your probably used to just buying a candy bar with paper bills or coins, but back when the Native Americans wanted something they traded slaves for it. If the Native Americans wanted something to trade for  they traded their slaves for it with the Europeans.

Since the Natives didn’t really have a reliable way of protecting themselves from any harm or danger, they traded their slaves for weapons with the Europeans. Not only did the Native Americans trade slaves for guns, they also traded their slaves for cloth and metal cooking utensils. You must be wondering to yourself, what did Native Americans use to trade when they ran out of slaves? To answer that they simply just raided other villages and took their slaves or took people captive and turned them into slaves. So the Native Americans never really ran out of their slaves because they just turned more people into slaves.

Lets see things from the Europeans eyes for a few minutes. The Europeans wanted some sort of cheap labor so that they didn’t have to work themselves either. So they resorted to the Native Americans to supply them with slaves to their work for them, but the Europeans had to offer something of worth to the Native Americans. The Europeans gave the Native Americans guns for their slaves. This a risk the Europeans took because at any time the Natives could have turned their backs on them at any given time, but they never did. To make sure this never happened the Europeans attacked the Native Americans villages and took slaves and everything that was in the villages. Since this happened the Native Americans stopped trusting and trading with the Europeans which resulted in the end of the Native American trade system with the Europeans.

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The Native Americans in early North America really love food, they love corn, beans, tomatoes, pumpkins, wild rice, ect. anything they could grow in North America. They love buffalo, cow, and chicken. They didn’t just grow crops, they also grew cash crops like cotton and tobacco. They would hang it up on trees so the leaves could dry out and they could smoke them. They would also use the cotton to use for clothing and rope and anything they need. Corn was an important ingredient for native american culture because it was very easy to grow and it grew everywhere. It was very easy to prepare. Martha says, “cron is so easy to grow and use in dishes. Corn is so good for you and it fills you up.” Martha also says, “corn bread is very easy to make and it fills the family up.”

Acorns is also an easy nut that is used in Native American culture and foods. They use it to make acorn bread which marth says “it’s very good.” acorns also grew everywhere because the oak tree which is what they grow on are very hardy and they will fill you up. I hope this article encourages you to experiment and try some of the Native Americans foods and experience a new culture.

Boiled Corn Bread

Ingredients: Corn, Flour, Water

Directions: First mash the corn until a paste and add in flour and water and mix until a sticky substance that sticks together. Then put in boiling water until it floats then take it out.

Boiled Acorn Bread

Ingredients: Acorns, Flour, Water

Directions: Smash the acorns and add the flour and water and mix until connected. Put in boiling water until it floats then take out.

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Between the 1600s and 1800s, the Shoshone Indians lived all along the western half of what is now the United States. They occupied parts of California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. The Shoshone Indians lived in large “families” independent from each other so they were spread out into many groups. These Indians believed in many myths and legends. They were known for passing down oral traditions onto children to scare or teach them a lesson. One story, “The Little People and the Pedro Mountain Mummy” describes tiny dwarf-like goblins that would feed on children at night. This myth was used to scare children so they would stay in their beds at night. Legends of America relate the little people as being “… 20 inches to three feet tall”. These goals were typically associated negatively, but “some tribes believed them to be healers or even magical spirits like fairies or leprechauns”. What was once believed as a myth changed in 1932 when a “small curious mummy- about 14 inches tall standing was found in Pedro Mountain”. Were the Shoshone Indians making up myths, or were these traditions actually based on a real phenomenon?