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Nanih Waiya (alternately spelled Nunih Waya; [2] Choctaw for 'slanting mound') [3] is an ancient platform mound in southern Winston County, Mississippi, constructed by indigenous people during the Middle Woodland period, about 300 to 600 CE.
The Early Woodland period continued many trends begun during the Late and Terminal Archaic periods, including extensive mound-building, regional distinctive burial complexes, the trade of exotic goods across a large area of North America as part of interaction spheres, the reliance on both wild and domesticated plant foods, and a mobile subsistence strategy in which small groups took advantage ...
[3] Landmark name Image Location County Culture Comments; 1: Albany Mounds Site: Albany: Albany Mounds Trail 4]: Whiteside: Middle Woodland: Hopewell: 2: Alton Military Prison Site: Alton: inside the block bounded by Broadway and William, 4th, and Mill Sts. 5]: Madison: Euro-American: 3: Apple River Fort Site: Elizabeth: 0.25 miles east-southeast of the junction of Myrtle and Illinois Sts. 6 ...
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]
The largest political unit among the Eastern Woodland tribes were village bands, which were led by one chief. [2] In the Eastern Woodlands Algonquian-speaking societies, patrilineal clans had names associated with animal totems; these clans comprised the village bands. [7]
Blind persons at the Training Centre for the Adult Blind at Dehradun play Tug-of-War, 1951 Central Braille Press, Dehradun. The first institution was the St. Dunstan's Hostel for Indian War Blinded established by St. Dunstan of London in 1943, [6] which offered a basic set of rehabilitation services to the soldiers and sailors blinded in the World War II.
The California interior chaparral and woodlands ecoregion covers 24,900 square miles (64,000 km 2) in an elliptical ring around the California Central Valley.It occurs on hills and mountains ranging from 300 feet (91 m) to 3,000 feet (910 m).
The Naomikong Point Site, also known as 20CH2, [3] is a Late Woodland period Laurel site [4] archaeological site located in Bay Mills Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.