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  HighBeam Encyclopedia - Eastern Woodlands culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
EASTERN WOODLANDS CULTURE [Eastern Woodlands culture] term used to refer to Native American societies inhabiting the eastern United States.
The earliest Woodland groups were the Adena and Hopewell, who lived in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys between 800 BC and AD 800.
Additional evidence for early cucurbit use in the northern eastern woodlands east of the Allegheny front.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/E/EWoodclt.asp   (356 words)

  
 Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Eastern Miombo woodlands (AT0706)
Unlike the other miombo woodland ecoregions (Angolan, Central Zambezian, and Southern), which are found on the Central African Plateau, this ecoregion is mostly confined to lower elevations of the East African Plateau (Bridges 1990), ranging from 200 m along the eastern coastal regions to 800 to 900 m in the interior.
The underlying geology of the Eastern Miombo Woodland consists mainly of metamorphosed upper-Precambrian schists and gneisses, interspersed with intrusive granites (Bridges 1990).
In the north it is separated from the Central Zambezian Miombo Woodland ecoregion by the Eastern Arc and Southern Rift Montane areas.
www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/at/at0706_full.html   (3027 words)

  
 E. Woodlands
However, the woodland aspect varies from semi-tropical cypress swamp in the south to temperate birch/beech and coniferous forest in the north.
The Eastern Woodlands and its cultures are generally stereotyped as being solely HandG, partly out of ignorance and partly as propaganda to justify the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
The Early Woodland (Burial Mound I 1,000-300 B.C.) is referred to as the Adena Tradition with its influential sphere in the Ohio River Valley.
daphne.palomar.edu /ais130/Lectures/e__woodlands.htm   (1278 words)

  
 Eastern Woodland Culture
The Eastern Woodlands were moderate-climate regions roughly from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River and included the Great Lakes.
The rich earth and forests from the Ohio River to the Gulf of Mexico comprised the southeastern part of the Eastern Woodlands.
The Eastern Woodlands' original inhabitants were the first the European colonists met.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h922.html   (641 words)

  
 Mound Builders of the Eastern Woodlands, a art history of pipe, gorget manufacture, and Iconography
The gorgets and the use gorgets in the Eastern Woodland societies manifest a loyalty to their primary tribal society while exhibiting relations and continuity to the regional society.
Gorgets are one of the keys needed to uncover the cultural sophistication of the early societies of the Eastern Woodlands.
The art of the Eastern Woodlands is diverse, and is exemplary of the individual comprehension of the human spirit, and the connection of the spirit to creation through a living environmental order.
www.wcedar.com /fin1.html   (12722 words)

  
 Native People: Eastern Woodlands
The Canadian Eastern Woodlands are part of a larger biotic region that extends southwest to Illinois and east to coastal North Carolina.
The deciduous forests of southern Ontario, the St Lawrence lowlands and coastal Atlantic provinces phase north into the mixed deciduous-coniferous canopy of the Canadian SHIELD in the west and the Appalachian uplands in the east.
Climate and soil conditions allowed peoples south of upland regions to grow corn, beans and SQUASH; by far the largest portion of their diet consisted of products of their extensive fields.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009067   (198 words)

  
 Eastern Woodlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The tomahawk was a name given to axes used in the Eastern Woodlands.
The Eastern Woodlands people loved to decorate their bodies as well as their clothes.
The Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands were warlike.
www.wsd1.org /riverview/students/309/wood.htm   (1258 words)

  
 Eastern Woodlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Woodlands Indians lived in the eastern part of North America.
They were called Woodlands Indians because they lived in the forest.
Three important Woodlands tribes were the Iroquois and the Cherokee.
www.promotega.org /vsu05035/eastern_woodlands.htm   (310 words)

  
 Eastern Woodland Indians
The Indians in the Eastern Woodland Culture lived east of the Plains Indians.
Because these Indians lived in the forests, they were called the Eastern Woodland Indians.
Remember whenever you have corn, or pancakes with maple syrup, these things came from the Eastern Woodland Indians.
portfolio.educ.kent.edu /mcclellandr/zackthezipper/easternwoodland.htm   (687 words)

  
 Eastern Woodlands culture
Eastern Woodlands culture, term used to refer to Native American societies inhabiting the eastern United States.
The earliest Woodland groups were the Adena and Hopewell, who lived in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys between 800 B.C. and A.D. Both groups are known for their large burial mounds, often provisioned with finely crafted grave items.
Woodlands culture - Woodlands culture: see Eastern Woodlands culture.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/society/A0816589.html   (167 words)

  
 eastern woodlands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Eastern Woodland Indians lived in lthe present-day eastern United States-from the Mississippi River eastward.
The Green Corn Ceremony was in the summer, and celebrated for the new harvest.
Eastern Woodlands Indians got their name from the woods and the location of the eastern woodlands.
www.homewood.k12.al.us /shadescahaba/Fulda_Website/eastern_woodlands.html   (218 words)

  
 North American Archaeology: Eastern Woodlands—Northeastern Archaic Cultures
As the Pleistocene megafauna began to be replaced by more recognizable Holocene forms, people in the Eastern Woodlands began to focus their subsistence strategies upon the smaller species of animals as well as upon locally available plant resources.
A.D. Late Woodland (in the north and Northeast) (2) Temple Mound I and/or Mississippian (in the southern area and in the Southeast) e.
A.D. Late Woodland (in the north and Northeast) (2) Temple Mound II and/or Mississippian (in the southern area and in the Southeast)
www.indiana.edu /~arch/saa/matrix/naa/naa_web/mod12A.html   (694 words)

  
 Eastern Shawnee History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is one of three (3) federally-recognized Shawnee tribes that constitute the modern successor tribes of the historic Shawnee Nation.
Because of their geographic location and the focus of their subsistence pursuits, the Shawnee People are generally known as Eastern Woodlands Indians.
At this time, the US Government re-named the Lewistown Shawnees the Eastern Shawnees, as they were the eastern-most tribe of Shawnees in Indian Territory.
www.easternshawnee.org /history.htm   (340 words)

  
 WWF - Central & Eastern Miombo Woodlands - A Global Ecoregion
This Global ecoregion is made up of these terrestrial ecoregions: Eastern Miombo woodlands; Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands; Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands.
These unique woodlands are home to many large mammals, including Giraffes, Elands, Rhinos, and the largest population of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Africa.
Among the reptiles are endemics such as the Zaire centipede-eater (Aparallactus moeruensis), Platysaurus maculates, Dalophia luluae, Carved worm lizard (Monopeltis scalper), and the Katanga beaked snake (Rhinotyphlops kibarae).
www.panda.org /about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions/central_eastern_miombo_woodlands.cfm   (387 words)

  
 Category:Indigenous languages of the North American eastern woodlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Category:Indigenous languages of the North American eastern woodlands
Articles about Native American languages spoken (at the time of first contact with Europeans) in the eastern woodlands of the United States and Canada.
Pages in category "Indigenous languages of the North American eastern woodlands"
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Indigenous_languages_of_the_North_American_eastern_woodlands   (111 words)

  
 Eastern_Woodlands_Indian - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Hartford Fern, common name given to a climbing fern, native to the eastern United States.
The Hartford fern is a beautiful woodland plant that is...
Indian Philosophy, along with Chinese philosophy, one of the foremost Eastern traditions of abstract inquiry.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Eastern_Woodlands_Indian   (86 words)

  
 WWF Global 200 Ecoregions -- Central and Eastern Miombo Woodlands
These unique woodlands are home to many large mammals, including giraffes, elands, rhinos, and the largest population of African elephants in Africa.
Miombo woodlands are a favorite grazing spot for elephants, which feed on tree branches and may even knock down a whole tree just to get a good meal.
Large areas of the Central and Eastern and Miombo Woodlands are intact, primarily because the ecoregion is so sparsely settled by humans.
www.nationalgeographic.com /wildworld/profiles/g200/g088.html   (465 words)

  
 Beastiary of Temuair - Eastern Woodlands
An important thing to know, in the third and fourth areas of the Eastern Woodlands, wolves are a very good source of both Holy Hermes and Magus Ares staves.
Most of them are very aggressive and will attack upon sight; a few of the older ones that have wondered deeper in to the woodlands have lost their will to fight, and seem to just wander aimlessly until attacked.
Like the Hobgoblins, it appears that the dark powers within the woodlands have caused this, and their behavior seems to be very similar.
www.darkages.com /community/lore/Angelic_Beast/woods.html   (1977 words)

  
 Eastern Woodlands Assignment
Thousands of acres of woodlands east of the Mississippi River have disappeared as a result of westward expansion.
Although the Eastern Woodlands have been cut, replanted, and cut again many times since the Lewis and Clark Expedition, patches of old growth forest still exist in a few places.
Although elk were once common in the Eastern Woodlands, today only a few remain in isolated places.
www.nps.gov /jeff/LewisClark2/Education/TheWestToday/EasternWoodlandsAssign.htm   (671 words)

  
 Chickahominy Indians Eastern Division - The Coarse Ground Corn People
We are the Chickahominy, pronounced chick-a-hom-a-nee, Indians Eastern Division Native American Tribe.
Chickahominy Indians Eastern Division is also known under the acronym CIED and will be used this way throughout this site.
We are a non-reservated Eastern Woodlands Tribe that has had and continues to have its roots in what is now known as the state of Virginia, since before the colonists migrated east from England.
www.cied.org   (205 words)

  
 Native American Speakers of the Eastern Woodlands — www.greenwood.com
Description: This collection of essays examines, in context, eastern Native American speeches, which are translated and reprinted in their entirety.
Essays are arranged so that the speeches progress chronologically to reveal the evolving assessments and responses to the European presence in North America, from the mid-sixteenth century to the twentieth century.
Speeches represent the full range of the woodland east and are taken from primary sources.
www.greenwood.com /catalog/GM1257.aspx   (464 words)

  
 Eastern Woodlands: Your Source for Land and Log Homes in Virginia
Eastern Woodlands Corporation invests in land in the eastern United States.
We were so impressed with the quality and comfort of the homes, as well as the exceptional people affiliated with Honest Abe, that we became an independently owned dealership and opened our office as a showroom and sales center.
Eastern Woodlands has a long history of land sales in this area, and we now offer land and log home packages.
www.easternwoodlands.us   (238 words)

  
 The Woodland Confederacy
The Woodland Confederacy is a historical re-enactment organization dedicated to portraying Native Americans of the eastern woodlands.
With a membership of over fifty friends and families, we depict the native peoples of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, from early colonial contact, to the Seven Years War in America (also known as the French and Indian War) through the American Revolution.
Woodland Confederacy members are regularly called upon to participate in media ventures, whether in film, television, or the fine arts.
www.concentric.net /~rowenna/woodland   (418 words)

  
 IUCN Eastern Africa Regional Office
Forests supply goods of commercial, cultural and sacred value and they comprise a vital safety net in times of need, yet the trees and forests of Eastern Africa are under tremendous pressure due to land use competition, forest degradation and conversion, and as a result of increased population pressures.
IUCN recognizes the critical role that forests and woodlands play both in terms of conservation and in terms of securing the livelihoods of the region's people.
Forest Restoration: IUCN recognizes that forests and woodlands in Eastern Africa have been degraded and converted for many reasons.
www.iucn.org /places/earo/prog_links/forests.htm   (628 words)

  
 North American Natives: The Eastern Woodlands Area
The Eastern Woodlands area covered the eastern part of the United States, roughly from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River, and included the Great Lakes.
The myths of Manitou (often called Manibozho or Manabaus), the hero who remade the world from mud after a deluge, are also widely known.
The region from the Ohio River S to the Gulf of Mexico, with its forests and fertile soil, was the heart of the southeastern part of the Eastern Woodlands cultural area.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/society/A0859896.html   (474 words)

  
 Eastern Woodland Indians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Eastern Woodland Indians inhabited a wide area in the eastern part of the United States that extended eastward from the Mississippi River, through the Great Lakes region, to the Atlantic Ocean.
Living and learning from the land, they learned to use wood and wood products as the basic raw materials in their lives.
This region is noted for ample rainfall, numerous lakes, streams, and rivers and the Woodland Indians tended to live near water in the forested areas.
www.mrsbogucki.com /aemes/resource/woodland/index.htm   (213 words)

  
 North American Archaeology: E Woodlands Ô Northeastern Archaic Cultures
B. What follows is a geographic sortie into the heartland of the Woodland Tradition - the Eastern Woodlands - beginning with the archaeological Northeast and concentrating on cultural developments after the Paleoindian period.
This transition in subsistence focus herald the emergence of locally characteristic life ways and what archaeologically is called the Woodland Archaic Tradition.
Some refer to the Eastern Archaic in terms of their being "professional-hunter/gatherers-in- forests" 3.
www.indiana.edu /~swasey/matrix/naa/naa_web/mod12A.html   (711 words)

  
 American Indians of the   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Thousands of American Indians lived in the forests of the eastern woodlands.
The Indians of the eastern woodlands were able to get the things they needed from the land.
Many kinds of trees grew in the woodlands, and the Indians used them in different ways.
www.tooter4kids.com /Thanksgiving/woodlands.htm   (420 words)

  
 Eastern Woodlands culture. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
term used to refer to Native American societies inhabiting the eastern United States.
The earliest Woodland groups were the Adena and Hopewell, who lived in the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys between 800
A.D. Both groups are known for their large burial mounds, often provisioned with finely crafted grave items.
www.bartleby.com /65/ew/EWoodclt.html   (148 words)

  
 AMERINDIANS AND SETTLERS IN THE EASTERN WOODLANDS, 1500-1800
The relationship between Eastern Woodland native peoples and European colonists 1500-1800 has been characterized primarily as one of hostility.
You may write on any aspect of the history of Amerindian-European settler relations in the Eastern Woodlands, 1500-1800.
The topics need not be "large"--you do not have time to undertake a major project--but the paper must prominently utilize at least one significant primary source.
www.lehigh.edu /~ejg1/sylx/cohen3.html   (1051 words)

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