Hunters and gathering tribes depended upon the animal and weather cycles. They had to follow herds who migrated. Also as the cold settled in, they had to follow the game to areas more likely to support animals during the long cold months.
Homes of a more permanent nature were erected by those tribes who gardened because it was not as imperative to follow the herds. They grew much of what they needed and hunted during the spring and summer to add to their food stores.
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Because some tribes did not realize they could settle and raise their own food. Some also thought it was more convenient to move around.
The Omaha tribe was the Native American group that had trading villages on the Missouri River. These trading villages were greatly affected by a smallpox epidemic, killing a significant proportion of their populations.
Jesuit missionaries
The radical Native American group that called for Native American lands to be returned is the American Indian Movement.
The colonists settled on the Native Americans' land, and they destroyed some villages. Some colonists did not treat Native Americans justly. Others captured them and sold them into slavery. Many Native Americans died of European disease, all causing conflict between Southern Colonists and Native Americans
A painting depicting native American land.