Native American Tribe

In the 1400’s the Native American people numbered a vast many different tribes such as the Cherokee and the Iroquois. These tribes held similar beliefs such as a high respect for nature but led different day to day lives depending on their location across the early primitive industrialized United States. The Native American people can be considered different than other ethnic groups living in America today because they were born to this continent. Native Americans were the original settlers of the Americas. They did not immigrate here from another place seeking a better quality of life, like many other immigrants did. In the melting pot that is America today many different ethnic groups like the Jewish American or Chinese American people

Many tribes living in the Southeast regions of early America, like the Cherokee, Chickasaw, and the Creek grew crops as a source for life. They formed family units and settled in areas like towns relying on neighboring villages for trade. In each township men tended to hunt fish or deer, and the women tended to stay close to camp with young children. Other Native American tribes were more nomadic and hunted buffalo. These tribes migrated with their food sources; and is what most people think of when they perceive Native Americans, located on the plains of Midwest America living in teepees. No matter what tribe or location an ethnic group was from; religion and nature played a big roll in day to day life. A bond between nature and religion was created for many early Native American. This kind of respect for nature is seen in Art, song, and costumes and is something many continue to follow to this day. In Northeastern area, tribes like the Iroquois had complex political or governing system with respect to nature uniting many different tribes under a few leaders like our political