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1. Native American Society on the Eve of British Colonization

The peoples already here: the diversity of their societies, the Anasazi of the southwest, the Algonkian tribes of the northeast, and the Iroquois confederacy.

1. Native American Society on the Eve of British Colonization

Dating from ca. 1050–1100 CE, this Ancestral Puebloan storage jar’s colors derive from a black iron-rich slip made from diluted organic materials and minera…

1a. Diversity of Native American Groups

The structures Native Americans called home were extremely varied and often exclusive to tribe or region. These "apartment" style dwellings were the work of Na…

1b. The Anasazi

According to Anasazi legend, Kokopelli was a little man who traveled from village to village with a flute and a sack of corn. At night he would play his flute…

1c. The Algonkian Tribes

Meeting of Governor Carver and Massasoit H.L. Stevens (artist) Augustus Robin(engraver) 1870Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoag tribe and father of Metacomet, m…

1d. The Iroquois Tribes

The Masssachusetts Mohawk Trail began as a Native American footpath used for trade, hunting, and social calling by five tribes, including the Pocumtuck and the…