Native American Culture Research Paper

The Native American people were the first American settlers who “represented over 2,000 separate cultures, spoke several hundred different languages, and made their livings in sores of different environments.” (Faragher, 5). These cultures are identified as “pre-columbian” because this is the time before Christopher Columbus, an Italian sailor, stumbles upon the Bahamas calling these Natives, “Indians”. The Native Americans traveled to America by a land bridge named Beringia. Beringia, an ice-free land, connected Asia and North America. But North America was covered in sheets of ice, which is why there is still no proven knowledge of how the Natives got through to the interior of North America. Once they arrived and settled, it was necessary that they found ways of adapting to the environment such as, retrieving or making food and sheltering themselves. Then came The Clovis Culture which emerged at about 10,000 BCE. This culture brought on a new way to make tools which advanced rapidly throughout the Americas. The advantage of …show more content…
Agriculture, which first developed in Mesoamerica, is growing crops systematically and relying on those crops for food. In contrast, foraging was gathering various resources like plants. Foraging is also associated with hunting because the Natives were gathering resources, but they were taking the animals meat and fur. Agriculture has many advantages, such as independence, trade, efficiency, organization, and it can produce urban societies. However, seasonal growth can lead to famine, there was a risk for more warfare, the land was overpopulated, and it was not as healthy as hunting and foraging. Hunting and foraging has many advantages as well such as, a better diet, varied food supply, fur from the animals, trade, and a smaller population. On the other hand, the people are constantly moving and this can be a very dangerous