Eastern Woodlands Essay

Improved Essays
Did you know the Inuit, the Eastern Woodlands, and the people of the Pacific Coast use different ways to hunt and have beliefs. They all have to find a way to live, to learn, and to hunt.

Inuit, people of the Eastern Woodlands, and the people of the Pacific Coast all make things differently. The Inuit, the People Of The Pacific Coast both mostly hunt for sea food. They go on a lake, or river to hunt and fish. Most groups/tribes carve as an art form. Inuit do a complex art form, but Eastern Woodlands and people of the Pacific Coast do an easy style. People of the pacific coast make carvings that have been passed down for centuries. All three groups use sharp weapons to hunt. Inuit use bow and arrows and ivory weapons. Eastern Woodland uses arrowheads and stone axes. People of Pacific Coast go hunting by boat and also use bow and arrows. The Inuit are the only groups that use ivory harpoons and sharp harpoons. As you can see, they find many different ways to provide for their families.

All groups also travel in different
…show more content…
The people of the Pacific Coast make art that was passed down from generations, while Eastern Woodland and Eastern Woodlands make their own art carvings. People of the Pacific Coast make traditions are passed down from elders, their elders and their elders. While the Easter Woodland makes their own carvings. The people of the pacific coast travel by boat while the Eastern Woodland and Inuit travel by snowshoe and dog. The People of the Pacific Coast travel on the water instead of snow. The people of the Pacific Coast hunted on a boat with bow and arrows and the Inuit have to trade animals. The Eastern Woodland hunts with guns. People of the Pacific Coast and the Eastern Woodlands have efficient ways to hunt while Inuit could take longer to hunt. The people of the Pacific Coast use different strategies to be more

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    How would you like to learn some awesome facts about the Inuits and the Mi’Kmaq, well, this is the essay for you! In this essay you will learn some differences and similarities between the Inuits and the Mi’Kmaq. I will, explain to you why the differences are the differences and why the similarities are similarities between the Inuits and the Mi’Kmaq. In this paragraph I will, tell you One similarity for them and, I will explain why this is a similarity.…

    • 364 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Algonquin area of Ontario and Quebec have many natural water resources, such as the big St. Lawrence River, the Great Lakes, and the whole Atlantic coast. The Eastern Woodlands Hunters figured out how to use these rivers and lakes as an advantage and became good fishermen , because of the many waterways. Another way the Eastern Woodland area shaped the Algonquin and how they lived, were the forests. But more specifically, Birch trees. The Algonquin, and most tribes in the Eastern Woodland area used birch trees to make, canoes out of birch bark, Wigwams, Baskets, and much more.…

    • 169 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Musqeam People Hunting

    • 164 Words
    • 1 Pages

    Hunting Hunting was needed for the musqeam people. They had plenty of food, they just needed tools to catch it. The people of the north west coast learned to exploit the natural waterways in the area. The main fishing spot is the Pacific Ocean for the North West Coastal people cause they live right on the coast so they could easily catch salmon and other sea animals to eat and bring them home to feed there family and the tribe. Pacific salmon were abundant in these waters.…

    • 164 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Great Essays

    When we look around us we do not even think about it, we check both ways before crossing the street, we admire the sunset early in the morning, or we read a book. But, we never think about how we see things, how does what we see get translated into things that we can understand? It starts in the retina, where the receptor cells are. There are two types of receptor cells, rods and cones, both are only sensitive to visible light. Rods are chiefly responsible for night vision and respond to only varying intensities of light and dark.…

    • 2172 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    1. What was Native American society like before European contact? What similarities and difference existed? The indigenous peoples of what is now the United States were split into countess tribes, practiced a variety of religions and traditions, and developed different ways of life in different environments across North America.…

    • 1457 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Treaty making between the United States and the Native American tribes were very common from the time the first settlers came to the land, for tribes all over the United States. But these treaties all have different outcomes, ways of negotiation and effects in the long term. The Lakota and Ojibwe tribes had very different outcomes of these treaties including hunting rights and forced assimilation. These outcomes were different partly because of the negation processes of the two treaties. Hunting is one very important aspect of the Native American culture found in most tribes throughout the United States.…

    • 1423 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Cherokee Tribe Arrowheads

    • 1395 Words
    • 6 Pages

    According to Cherokee Weapons, “A favorite tool for chipping arrowheads into shape was the deer antler. A piece of rock was first broken into smaller pieces by using a hammer stone, then the most likely pieces shaped into arrowheads by chipping away with a smaller hammer stone and with deer antlers”. Also they used blowguns to take down small game. According to an online source, “Cherokee children liked to go hunting and fishing with their fathers. Women taught Cherokee girls all of the home and gardening skills.…

    • 1395 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    We have come to learn over the course of time that American Native Indians still have no clear answer on whether they are considered sovereign or not. The definition of sovereignty is to possess power, and although some Indian Tribes are climbing the ladder in earning this right, there is one reservation imparticularly that is suffering due to the neglect of the US Government. The Pine Ridge Reservation is one of the poorest areas in America and suffers great poverty due to the actions of the US Government. The Snyder Act of 1921 charged the US Department of the Interior with responsibility for providing education, medical and social services to many Native nations and tribes, including the Oglala Lakota, yet this Act is not showing any…

    • 1821 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Northwest Passage written and illustrated by Matthew James includes the lyrics to Stan Rogers’ well-known Canadian folk song Northwest Passage. The book tells a story about European exploration of the Northwest Passage, more specifically the voyage lead by John Franklin. The text serves its purpose very well to bring attention to an interesting part of Canadian history that now has a new significance in today’s world due to global warming. Not only does this text serve its purpose exceptionally well, it also includes other mentionable assets.…

    • 567 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Conservation report on Deep Creek State Park Deep Creek State Park is located in Deep Creek MD which is 3 hours and 40 minutes from Young Marine Headquarters. In the state park there is a huge lake with many activities to offer like fishing, boating, and swimming. There’s also many rivers and trails going through the wilderness. During the winter they have resorts where you can find activities such as skiing, snowboarding, and tubing and also learn how to ride with a dog sled team. In the summer they have many activities like white water rafting in the Youghiogheny River, a fun center with rock walls and go carts, and in the fall they have an autumn Glory Festival.…

    • 584 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Westward Movement Essay

    • 1303 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Back in the 1800 's the U.S wanted to do a lot with only a little bit of power, and they eventually did do a lot over time. But one thing they wanted to do was expand and just to keep expanding to try and get as much land, money, and friends as possible to become big and strong like of other countries. The only difference was that the United States were a brand new country so they weren 't very big nor powerful, so they took many risks during the time they were getting larger. So considering all of this, the United States back in the 1800 's were too greedy during their Westward Movement for threatening, motivating and seizing things that weren 't theirs.…

    • 1303 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Indiana Wetlands Essay

    • 675 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Introduction Wetlands are an important part of our ecosystem and perform diverse roles in the environment. The characteristics of a wetland begin with saturated ground for a significant part of the year, but does not need to completely saturated year round. A wetland can be seasonally flooded (Tiner). The wetlands in Indiana perform a vital role in water purification and some general flood protection. A part for these roles a diverse plant group is adapted and more prevalent among wetlands.…

    • 675 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    This week the central theme of the text is to follow the shifts in the main food source and the dependence on tools, weapons and etc. For example, The Lummi were dependent on salmon for thousand of years for an important resource the Lummi built logjams in salmon breeding areas due to eroded lands to keep their main resource. With the Northwestern Indians strong cultural, economic and political ties to salmon reaching beyond the borders decreasing challenges to their main food supply was inevitable. Moreover, the readings this week show the shift in food supply after the first contact with the Europeans you can see the Northwest Coast people starting to hunt mammals of the sea change their main food source and becoming dependent more on weapons.…

    • 305 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Have you ever thought about the difference between Native American tribes? I am going to discuss the different ways of how the Dakota and Ojibwe Indians lived. Both Dakota and Ojibwe had specific tasks for men’s and women’s some of these tasks were the same and somewhere different. They also shared and defined food and dwelling. In this essay I am going to compare and contrast the Dakota and Ojibwe Indians.…

    • 353 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Rural Area Essay

    • 1184 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Various Definitions:-  Rural Area:- In general, a rural area is a geographic area that is located outside the cities and towns. The Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services define the word "rural" as encompassing "...all populations, housing, and territory not included within an urban area. Whatever is not urban is considered rural.…

    • 1184 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays