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Before European contact Native American Society was mainly Pueblo cultured society. They lived in the Rio Grande valley and to preserve their corn planting they had to construct an irrigation system to water their cornfields. Corn cultivation had come to North America later. Also, society was not very developed for the Iroquis and Pueblos as there were no nation states. The cultivation of maize and strains of beans and squash made up what is called three-sister farming for the Creek, Choctaw, and Cherokee people. Native people of North America lived in run down settlements before the Europeans arrived. Women tended to crops and the men hunted for animals and fish. "This pattern of life frequently conferred substantial authority on women, and many North American native peoples, including the Iroquois, developed matrilineal cultures, in which power and possessions passed down the female side of the family line." (Kennedy 2012, 1.3)
What similarities existed after the Europeans arrived was the fact that America was still mostly an agricultural society. This is because the Europeans gave Old World crops and animals to the Americas. The introduction of horses was a vital factor as North American Native Tribes used them and societies that would have to hunt for them which transformed them into a "hunter" society.
What they did also bring over that affected Native Americans greatly was how they brought diseases like smallpox, yellow fever, and malaria. These plagues would drastically drop the population of some tribes. The Europeans would also force their religion upon the Native Americans which they did not appreciate and felt resentment toward the Europeans. This religion they would force on them the Natives would call "Ecomienda."
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Did Native Americans have guns?
When the Europeans originally came to the New World and met the Native Americans, they were not armed with guns. The had bows and arrows, spears, and other similar weapons. They came to use guns afterwards, through the Europeans.
Were eskimos really native Americans?
Native Americans are any people group who lived in North America before the Europeans came here. Eskimos lived in northern regions. Of course, many think they arrived here by crossing from Russia but that was thousands of years before Columbus arrived.
Where did Native Americans lived before they came to Hawaii?
spain and the coasts of mexico
Why most of Americans people are not called native Americans?
Because most Americans aren't native, They came over from England(hence the term New England) to escape the churches. The people that were here before Europeans are considered Native because they inhabited America before almost anyone else. Everyone else that is an American came from all over the world. Since the founding fathers wanted this country to be a mix of all origins anyone that resides here is classified as an American.All of the non-native Americans did not come over from England only, they came from all over Europe and later on Asia and Latin America and they came over for a variety of reasons not just to escape the church, they also came for land, economic reasons, political reason etc.Native Americans are those who are descendants of the first people in America. Though most Americans are, in fact, native to the land by birth, most Americans ancestors were not native to the land, thus they aren't called Native Americans.
Who reached the America before Europeans?
Most likely, only their ancestors, who came to the Americas across the Bering land bridge from Asia. And it also possible that Pacific Islanders made their way to the Americas prior to those who traversed the "bridge" from Siberia to what is now Alaska. Clovis has been discovered in America, chiefly on the Eastern Coast. Clovis predates the Native American races by thousands of years. Additionally, some current archaeological digs may be suggesting someone "older."
