1ST AMERICANS

NEW ARRIVALS

• Boat
• Bering Land Bridge
• Paleo-Indians

THE WEATHER

• Global warming is good
• Stable temperatures
• Woods, grasslands, crops
• Melted ice = rivers, lakes, irrigation
• No wooly mammoths

MAGNIFICENT MAIZE

• Genetically modified
• Surplus = trade = wealth
• Cities and Society
• Art and Armies

THE MAYANS

• Perfect calendar...almost
• Hieroglyphic writing
• Codices/Books
• Star gazers

THE AZTECS

• Floating city
• Floating fields
• Conquerors-taxes, sacrifices
• Blood Brings Blessing

THE SOUTHWEST

• Hohokam
• canals bring 2 harvests
• copied Mesoamericans
• Anasazi
• pop. 1,000, droughts :-(

THE EASTERN WOODS

• Poverty Point
• Mound Building
• Mississippians spread culture

HUNTER/GATHERERS

• Northwest-fishing villages
• Totems bring social status
• Acorns supplement diet
• Buffalo hunters

KINSHIP/GENDER

• Kinship over marriage
• Murder-family will handle it
• Women-village, gather
• Men-hunt, fight
• Both- spiritual leaders, healers

SPIRITUAL VALUES

• Mysterious force connects all
• Force is in all nature
• Follow your dreams
• Vision Quest
• Balance the Force...or else.

What do you think?

• What were the best attributes of NA culture?
• What were some weaknesses?
• Why was warfare so different?
• What are advantages of kinship over nuclear?
• Do we have reciprocity in our culture today?

Reciprocity

• Favors over Force
• Cooperation over Coersion
• Warfare- regain balance, reputation
• Indian giver- maintain balance

Clash of Cultures

• Religion-Tolerance vs Inquisition
• War- Balance vs Domination
• Technology- Natural vs Man Made