Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Welcome! First off introduction...



Around 50,000 years ago, the continent of Asia was connected with North America by the Bering Land Bridge.  The first native tribes traveled across the stretch of land, possibly motivated by climate change, animal movement, as well as other factors.  These aboriginal people's lifestyle was affected and dependent on their environment.  

Throughout North America ancient native artifacts have been discovered and recorded with radio carbon dating, way back to 10,000 years.  One area where artifacts have been uncovered in Canada, was the Charlie Lake Caves.  

In all of North America, Native Tribes were divided into six sections according to their lifestyles, the environment influenced the way the people lived and developed.  

Here are the six groups of natives:

Pacific / Northwest / B.C. Coast

Plains & Prairies

Eastern Woodland

Northwest Territories

Iroquois
Inuit




"We see quite clearly that what happens
    

to the nonhuman happens to the human.


What happens to the outer world


happens to the inner world.


If the outer world is diminished in its grandeur


then the emotional, imaginative,


intellectual, and spiritual life of the human


is diminished or extinguished.


Without the soaring birds, the great forests,


the sounds and coloration of the insects,


the free-flowing streams, the flowering fields,


the sight of the clouds by day


and the stars at night, we become impoverished


in all that makes us human."


Thomas Berry