The+Features+of+Pre-Native+American+culture

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=The Features of Pre-Native American Culture=

Introduction
Native Americans' .cultural, language and customs are different from one tribe to another. Each tribe had its own dialect of those languages. They have similar weaponry, the most common are the bow and arrow. When Europeans settled in the 'New World', the Woodland Native Americans were forced to move into the Great Plains. They left behind their culture

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Clothing
Buckskins originated from clothing worn by Native Americans. They were popular with hunters for their warmth and resistance to wear & tear. Buckskin jackets, often dyed and elaborately detailed, are a staple of western wear and were a brief popular in the 1970s.

Mythology
There are various Native American artifacts presented as circumstantial evidence for the existence of Sasquatch (Big Foot.) The Native Indians believed Sasquatch was out to hunt the and then kill them. This evidence has not been found at this moment, and so, has not been proven so hence, the information is not true.

Culture
When European explorers first arrived in North America, they encountered a great diversity of Native American peoples with widely varying customs. Over time, these indigenous peoples had developed different cultural practices that were suited to their local environments. Scholars find it convenient to group Native Americans who shared similar cultural patterns before European or Euro-American contact into regions known as //culture areas.//

Culture areas are applied to distinct geographic regions. Each region has a characteristic habitat made up of the prevailing climate, landforms, and natural resources, including plant and animal life. Prior to European or Euro-American contact, habitat profoundly influenced how Native Americans lived. Indigenous peoples adapted to the available resources in each habitat to obtain foods and materials for shelter, clothing, tools, and arts. The environment shaped how they organized their communities and how they viewed the world around them. Peoples living where land was suitable for farming but rainfall was limited, for example, were likely to develop similar types of agricultural practices and to share mythological themes surrounding their farming. Similarly, peoples living in areas with large herds of migrating game were likely to have nomadic or seminomadic lifestyles and to celebrate the animals they hunted in their mythologies.

Culture areas may also help provide a framework for understanding Native Americans after European or Euro-American contact, as non-Indians made inroads onto indigenous lands and influenced indigenous culture. One culture area in particular—that of the Great Plains—came to be defined long after the first Europeans had arrived in North America. Horses brought to the Americas by Spanish colonizers transformed aboriginal ways of living on the vast North American Plains.

Scholars have devised a number of different systems for defining culture areas. The most common system divides North America north of Mexico into ten culture areas. These include the Southeast culture area, Northeast culture area, Southwest culture area, California culture area, Great Basin culture area, Northwest Coast culture area, Plateau culture area, Great Plains culture area, Subarctic culture area, and Arctic culture area.

Whichever culture area system is used, it should be kept in mind that each tribe or group had its own distinctive customs, making cultural generalizations difficult. It is also important to remember that many Native American customs and behaviors that originated in pre-contact times are still practiced today. The Native American saga is ongoing.