vocab- contact and genocide

beringia (bering land bridge)

* land bridge between russia and north america
* covered by the bering sea after the ice age
* it was a vast grassland with dry winters and mild summers

mega fauna

* bison, mastadon, etc
* searching for this is what led the first humans across beringia to north america
* most of these from the prehistoric age are now extinct

wampum

* shells used as currency by native americans
* part of the legend of how the iroquois came together
* in the legend, wampum belts represent words of condolence, and a belt is given to each iroquois nation to create the iroquois confederacy

hiawatha

* turned the iroquois from enemies to friends in the League of the iroquois, with help from a holy man named Deganawidah.
* hiawatha had the vision about wampum shells

deganawidah

* “the peacemaker“
* he met hiawatha in the woods and gave him wampum belts to console him
* they then took the belts to each iroquois nation as a message of peace

great league of peace

* the iroquois nation, how they joined together to keep good relations
* created by hiawatha and degandawida (aka “the peacemaker“)
* the model for federalism, separation of powers, and participatory democracy, inspired the founding fathers.