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Indians of Alabama

Indians of Alabama. Presentation Created by: Richelle Garner Leigh Brown. Prehistoric Indians. Paleo Archaic Woodland Mississippian. Paleo: The First Families of Alabama. >10,000 B.C. to about 7000 B.C. Came to North America 20,000 years ago across the land bridge

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Indians of Alabama

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  1. Indians of Alabama Presentation Created by: Richelle Garner Leigh Brown

  2. Prehistoric Indians • Paleo • Archaic • Woodland • Mississippian

  3. Paleo: The First Families of Alabama • >10,000 B.C. to about 7000 B.C. • Came to North America 20,000 years ago across the land bridge • Roamed in small family bands; Nomads • Hunted large animals with stick like spears and darts

  4. Archaic: Hunters and Gatherers • 7,000 B.C. to 1,000 B.C. • Hunted small game such as deer, turkey, and rabbit instead of large animals • Established more permanent camps • Used objects such as bones, shells, and stones to make tools and jewelry; Created the Atlatl

  5. Woodland: Crops, Pots, and Burial Mounds • 1,000 B.C. to A.D. 800 • Cultivated crops and gathered food • Built huts out of trees; Lived in small villages • Used clay in making pottery; Made bone jewelry and combs • Introduced burial mounds through complex religious rituals

  6. Mississippian: Temple Mound Builders • A.D. 800 to A.D. 1500 • Grew crops; Used bows and arrows; Fished • Lived in complex community; Class system • Perfected the use of various materials in making pottery • Introduced trading with other villages; Mound builders

  7. Historic Indians • Creek • Cherokee • Choctaw • Chickasaw

  8. Creek • Lived in central, eastern, and southeastern Alabama • Joined small tribes together to form the Creek Nation; Ruled by a chief • Named our state after the Alibamon Tribe • Hunted, farmed, and fought

  9. Cherokee • Lived in northeastern part of Alabama and the Tennessee River Valley • Called themselves “the principal people” • Sequoyah created a written alphabet based on the sounds of the Cherokee language • Trail of Tears

  10. Choctaw • Lived in Southwestern Alabama • Friendly with the new settlers • First tribe to sell part of their land to the United States • Very powerful tribe

  11. Chickasaw • Lived in northwestern Alabama • Skilled warriors and good hunters • Would fight anyone who tried to take their land • Small number of villages in Alabama

  12. Summary • Prehistoric Indians – Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian • Historic Indians – Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw

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