Native American Cultures in North America (SS3H1)

John Faber Jr., Tomochichi, Hargrett Library, as displayed in the New Georgia Encyclopedia

SS3H1 Describe early American Indian cultures and their development in North America.

1. Locate the regions where American Indians settled in North America: Arctic, Northwest, Southwest, Plains, Northeast, and Southeast.

2. Compare and contrast how American Indians in each region used their environment to obtain food, clothing, and shelter.

3. Discuss how American Indians continue to contribute to American life (e.g., arts, literature).

Suggested Collections

• Georgia Traditional Arts Research Collection ( (Georgia Council for the Arts))

• Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842: Antiquities  (Hargrett Library, Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, LaFayette-Walker County Library, Tennessee State Museum, and University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections)

Suggested Searches (DLG)

• Indians of North America

  • • Indians of North America--Alabama

    • Indians of North America--Arctic regions

    • Indians of North America--Arkansas

    • Indians of North America--Connecticut

    • Indians of North America--Florida

    • Indians of North America--Georgia

    • Indians of North America--Louisiana

    • Indians of North America--Mississippi 

    • Indians of North America--Montana

    • Indians of North America--New England

    • Indians of North America--New Jersey

    • Indians of North America--New Mexico

    • Indians of North America--New York (State)

    • Indians of North America--North Carolina 

    • Indians of North America--Ohio

    • Indians of North America--Oklahoma

    • Indians of North America--Pennsylvania

    • Indians of North America--Rhode Island

    • Indians of North America--South Carolina

    • Indians of North America--Savannah River Region (Ga. and S.C.)

    • Indians of North America--South Dakota

    • Indians of North America--Southern States

    • Indians of North America--Tennessee

    • Indians of North America--Texas

    • Indians of North America--Virginia 

    • Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Yakima

    • Indians of North America--West (U.S.)

• Indians of North America--Agriculture

• Indians of North America--Clothing

• Native dwellings

• Indian art--North America

• Indian literature--United States

• Natchez Indian Warrior (Louisiana) 

• Oto Indians

Suggested Searches (DPLA)

• Indians of North America

  • Indians of North America--Alabama

  • Indians of North America--Alaska

  • Indians of North America--Arkansas

  • Indians of North America--California

  • Indians of North America--Colorado

  • Indians of North America--Connecticut

  • Indians of North America--Delaware

  • Indians of North America--Florida

  • Indians of North America--Georgia

  • Indians of North America--Great Plains

  • Indians of North America--Idaho

  • Indians of North America--Illinois

  • Indians of North America--Indiana 

  • Indians of North America--Kansas

  • Indians of North America--Louisiana

  • Indians of North America--Maine

  • Indians of North America--Maryland

  • Indians of North America--Massachusetts

  • Indians of North America--Michigan

  • Indians of North America--Middle Atlantic States

  • Indians of North America--Middle West

  • Indians of North America--Mississippi 

  • Indians of North America--Missouri 

  • Indians of North America--Montana

  • Indians of North America--Nebraska 

  • Indians of North America--Nevada

  • Indians of North America--New England

  • Indians of North America--New Hampshire

  • Indians of North America--New Jersey

  • Indians of North America--New Mexico

  • Indians of North America--New York (State) 

  • Indians of North America--North Carolina 

  • Indians of North America--North Dakota

  • Indians of North America--Northeastern States

  • Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific

  • Indians of North America--Ohio

  • Indians of North America--Oklahoma

  • Indians of North America--Oregon 

  • Indians of North America--Pennsylvania

  • Indians of North America--Rhode Island 

  • Indians of North America--South Carolina 

  • Indians of North America--South Dakota

  • Indians of North America--Southern States

  • Indians of North America--Tennessee

  • Indians of North America--Texas

  • Indians of North America--Utah

  • Indians of North America--Virginia 

  • Indians of North America--Washington (State) 

  • Indians of North America--West (U.S.)

  • Indians of North America--Wisconsin

  • Indians of North America--Wyoming 

• Indians of North America--Agriculture

• Indians of North America--Agriculture--Health aspects

• Indians of North America--Clothing

• Indians of North America--Dwellings

• Native American Art

• Indian literature--United States

• Indians of North America--Music

Historic Georgia Newspapers

• Cherokee Native Americans (1763-1900)

• Cherokee Phoenix

• Newspapers that Discuss the Indian Removal Act or the Trail of Tears (1831-1850)

• Tecumseh, Native American War Chief and Leader (1780-1850)

Chronicling America Newspapers

• Jim Thorpe - Great Native American Athlete

• Wounded Knee Massacre

Suggested DPLA Primary Resource Sets and Exhibits

• American Indian Boarding Schools

• The American Indian Movement, 1968-1978

• Cherokee Removal and the Trail of Tears

• Cross-Cultural Colonial Conflicts

• Exploration of the Americas

• History of Survivance: Upper Midwest 19th-century Native American Narratives

• The Lewis and Clark Expedition

• Powhatan People and the English at Jamestown

• Reservations, Resistance, and the Indian Reorganization Act, 1900-1940

• The Wounded Knee Massacre

NGE Articles

• Archaic Period: Overview

• Cherokee Indians

• Creek Indian Leaders

• Creek Indians

• Environmental History of Georgia: Native American Influences

• Folklife: Native American

• Foodways: Traditional Foodways

• Indian Pottery

• Indian Projectile Points

• Indian Trails

• Indian Warfare

• Languages of Georgia Indians

• Late Prehistoric/Early Historic Chiefdoms (ca. A.D. 1300-1850)

• Mississippian Period: Overview

• Piedmont Geographic Region: Native American Settlement Patterns

• Storytelling Traditions: Native American Myths

• Tomochichi (ca.1644-1739)

• Woodland Period: Overview

Georgia Public Broadcasting Resources

• Archaeology Adventures: Early Alabama History (full episode)

• Before the White Man

• Digging into Early Georgia

• Dwellings: Native American Civilizations: U.S. History

• Florida Footprints | Once Upon Anhaica (1513-1704)

• Green Corn, Native American Gold

• I Got Skills! Primitive Technology and the Cherokee Tradition

• Image Collection of Native American Civilizations: U.S. History

• The Myths and Legends of the Cherokee Peoples

• Native American Heritage Collection

• Native Art: Native American Civilizations: U.S. History

• Tragedy in Georgia: The Trail of Tears

• What’s a Syllabary?

Georgia Historical Society Resources

• Hernando de Soto: Contact with Native Americans

• Indian Trading Post: Home of Mary Musgrove

• Oglethorpe & Tomochichi 

• Sequoyah

• Tomochichi

Posters and Postcards

• SS3H1 poster

• SS3H1 postcard