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Painting of a Choctaw woman by George Catlin. Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, Southeastern cultures, or Southeast Indians are an ethnographic classification for Native Americans who have traditionally inhabited the area now part of the Southeastern United States and the northeastern border of Mexico, that share common cultural traits.
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Joseph Brant, a Mohawk, depicted in a portrait by Charles Bird King, circa 1835 Three Lenape people, depicted in a painting by George Catlin in the 1860s. Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands include Native American tribes and First Nation bands residing in or originating from a cultural area encompassing the northeastern and Midwest United States and southeastern Canada. [1]
In the southeast, longleaf pine dominated the grassy woodlands and open-floored forests which once covered 92,000,000 acres (370,000 km 2) from Virginia to Texas. These covered 36% of the region's land and 52% of the upland areas. Of this, less than 1% of the unaltered forest still stands. [9]
Native people were forced off their traditional landbases or killed, and traditional land management practices were eventually made illegal by settler governance. [ 46 ] By the 19th century, many indigenous nations had been forced to sign treaties with the federal government and relocate to reservations , [ 47 ] which were sometimes hundreds of ...
Native American cuisine of the Southeastern Woodlands (12 P) Pages in category "Indigenous culture of the Southeastern Woodlands" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
These covered 36% of the region's land and 52% of the upland areas. Of this, less than 1% of the unaltered forest still stands. [8] Savannas typically contained grasses that were 3–6 feet (1–2 m) high. [1] The southeast also had the Black Belt prairie region, within which was the blackland prairie, a type of tallgrass prairie. [8]
The Indigenous peoples of the Americas comprise numerous different cultures. Each has its own mythologies , many of which share certain themes across cultural boundaries. In North American mythologies, common themes include a close relation to nature and animals as well as belief in a Great Spirit that is conceived of in various ways.