ABORIGINAL Original occupants of a given region Indigenous people, such as the Indians in North America hunted and followed the herds of animals. They hunted with spears and later with bows and arrows. Buffalo and Elk became their main sources of food for the Indian nations who lived on the Great Plains of America.
The Woodland people are noted for their use of cultivated plants. The Indians grew corn, beans, squash, sunflowers, tobacco, marsh elder, goosefoot, and other crops to supplement their diet of wild game and plants.The animals' hides were used for clothing and shelter, and their bones served as tools. During the Woodland period, people used bows and arrows, made a variety of styles of pottery, and traded with other Indians across the Midwest.
Human culture is learned, shared and complex. It is continually adapting beliefs, values, attitudes, language, patterns of thought and communication, religion and knowledge as well as tools and technology.Adaptation is a human response to changes in the environments in which they live. Aboriginal society has never been static but it has been essentially non-materialist and extremely conservative of the environment. more...
The Oneota practiced a mixed economy, relying on agriculture, plant gathering, and hunting for their subsistence.While maize (corn) was heavily relied upon, squash, beans, and some plants now considered as weeds, such as amaranth (pigweed) and chenopodium (goosefoot), were also important dietary items. The two main sources of meat include bison and deer, with elk, many varieties of birds and fish, and sometimes even dogs, also being eaten. Evidence suggests that some villages were abandoned for seasonal bison hunts which may have taken place once or twice a year. more...
Aboriginal American Indian life centered around the seasons and the natural world. While there are differences among the tribes and clans, traditional American Indian value and belief systems were and still are based on a uniquely Indian way of life. It's all an intertwined way of life and way of looking at the world and can only be taught by example and some examination of it." Simply put, American Indian tradition is alive in Indian people. It is not codified in a set body of knowledge that can be learned from a book.