Native Americans Of Arkansas Flashcards
What Native American tribe used stone and animal bones as tools?
Paleo
What Native American tribe hunted mastodon and mammoths?
Paleo
Who was the 1st Indians to migrate to Arkansas?
Paleo
When did the Archaic live?
8,000-1,000BC
What Native American tribe buried the dead with care in individual graves?
Archaic
When did the woodland live?
1,000BC-1,000AD
What Native American tribe was commonly known as burial mound builders?
Woodland
What Native American tribe used religious ceremonies to bury dead?
Woodland
What Native American tribe made their homes on ledges and cliffs, where rocky overhangs of cliff walls protected them from wind and rain?
Woodland
When did the Mississippian live?
1,000-1,541AD
What Native American tribe was commonly known as temple mound builders?
Mississippian
What Native American tribe decorated pottery, mixed, crushed, and burned mussel shells with clay?
Mississippian
What Native American tribe grew corn and used gruel as baby food?
Mississippian
What Native American tribe had plaza and mounds surrounded by wooden and earthen walls and ditches like moats looked like a fort?
Mississippian
What caused the decline of the Indians
- Disease
- Warfare
- Enslavement
- Desire for Indian land
Describe why disease caused a decline of Indians?
Small Pox
Measles
Mumps
50-80% of Indians died in the first century of European contact.
Describe why warfare caused a decline of Indians?
Battles between American Indian tribes caused a decline
The introduction of firearms (guns) made it worse
Describe why enslavement caused a decline of Indians?
Some American Indians were kidnapped and forced to be slaves in rich agricultural lands to the east.
Describe why a desire for Indian Land caused a decline of Indians?
After the purchase of the Louisiana territory by the U.S. government in 1803, many European settlers moved to the area.
When did the Paleo live?
10,000-8,000BC
Where did the Caddo live?
Southwest Arkansas
Red and Ouachita River Valleys
Where did the Quapaw live?
Eastern Arkansas
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Where did the Osage live?
Northwestern Arkansas
How did Osage, Quapaw, and Caddo men where there hair?
Scalp lock
Describe Caddo Houses.
Tall, domed shaped grass houses
Describe Quapaw Houses.
Rectangular House
Arranged around open area or plaza
Describe Osage Houses.
Rectangular houses 100ft long
What Native American group had sky people and earth people?
Osage
Were the Quapaw rude or friendly?
Friendly
Did not believe individuals should own land; everything was shared.
Quapaw
Lived in Mississippi but hunted in Arkansas
Osage
