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Population and settlementThe Amerinds , the appearance and settlement of the French in North America
+Migrations
The early migration to permanent occupation of the territory
30,000 BC 25,000 years ago migrated across Bering Strait from Asia
http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/fp/fpz2f11e.shtml
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/firstnations/theories.html
http://instaar.colorado.edu/QGISL/bering_land_bridge/
+slowly moved south to inhabit all of North and South America
+Occupation of territory
There are three language families in Quebec in 1500, the Iroquois, Algonquian and Inuit. Estimate numbers between 18.000 and 35.000.
The Algonquian are the most numerous, between 12.000 and 20.000
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/aboriginalpeoples/circa1630
https://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msid=215266017422325638107.0004addc6dbe7f8846a35&msa=0
Gradual occupation of the territory starting from the southern Quebec
+Identification of groups according to language
Iroquoian languages include Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Erie, Neutral, Tobacco, and Huron.
Cree, Odawa, Innu (Montagnais), Innu (Naskapi), Micmac, Maliseet was spoken in the Algonquian linguistic group.
+Algonquin ----Algonquian
Lifestyle :Nomads in the Canadian Shield and the Appalachians
Home :Wigwam tents covered with animal skins, wigwams, teepees (easy moved from one place to another)
Summer camp near a river ,winter camp in the interior
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Patriarchal lineage : The married woman living in her husband's family- patriarchy
Organization : The Nuclear family - Fighter Group-Band
Activities : Hunting, Fishing Gathering
Transportation :snow shoes, canoes, dog sleds
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/native-people-eastern-woodlands
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/firstnations/civilisations.html
+Iroquoian
Lifestyle: Semi –sedentary in the Great Lakes – St Lawrence River Valley
Home : Longhouses-Villages with palisades near a fertile soil and a river
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Matriarchal lineage : The married man lives in his wife's family
Organization : The clan -the village – the nation -the Confederacy
Activities : farming , hunting, gathering
Transportation :snow shoes, canoes, dog sleds
http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/iroquoiens-iroquoians/
+Inuit
Nomads : In the Arctic Home : Skin tent for summer- igloo in winter Patriarchal lineage Organisation - nuclear family -fighter group -
regional band Activities : hunting, gathering Transportation : kayaks- sleds
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