Native Americans + Identity and Politics

Algonquin

Native Americans found living over a large area from the Atlantic coast to the Great Lakes.

Siouan

The American Indians had 20 language families and 400 distinct languages. This tribe from the Great Plains was one of the largest. (p. 4)

Iroquois & the Iroquois Confederation

Tribe of the Eastern Woodlands who lived in an area that stretched from the Great Lakes east, and throughout what is today up-state NY, built villages in forest clearings while blending agriculture with hunting, gathering, and canoe travel.

Mayas

From A.D. 300 to 800, this highly developed civilization built large cities in what is today's southern Mexico and Guatemala. (p. 2) (First Jungle Nation)

Incas

Ancient civilization (1200-1500AD) that was located in the Andes in Peru (conquered by Pizarro + got the Potosi Mine -> Spain got rich from silver)

Aztecs

Also known as Mexica, they created a powerful empire in central Mexico (1325-1521 C.E.). They forced defeated peoples to provide goods and labor as a tax. (conquered by Cortez + help from other native tribes + got a lot of gold)