Pre-Columbian

Native American Culture

Karen H. Reeves

Incas

Mayans

Aztecs

Bering Strait

Land Bridge and

Early Asian

Migration

(Paleo-Indians)

[40,000-15,000

BCE]

North American Groups

Northwest Coast

Southwest

Plains

Earliest: Monroe, LA

Adena: 1000-300 BC

Hopewell: 300 BC – 700 AD

Mississippian:

700 AD-1000 AD

Eastern Woodlands

(Northeast)

Eastern Woodlands

(Southeast)

Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole = “Five Civilized Tribes”

Cahokia Culture:

Largest mound culture in North America