National Museum of the American Indian
This week I’m highlighting the National Museum of the American Indian.
This museum is located in Battery Park, New York City. Here you will find information involving the indigenous people of America pre and post European contact, as well as the history and culture and the impact they made in the western civilization.
Clothing was important in many natives tribes. They used skin and fur of animals hunted to design their clothing and other household needs. Intricate details went into each preparation. They tell a story. For many tribes, the men kill the animal and the women prepared the clothing.
The museum displays many tribes and their environment. Many tribes located in different regions in search of resources. Tribes of the plains, Lakota, Cheyenne, Ojibwe, Arapaho, traveled to the Plains because there was an abundance of Buffalos. Tribes in the Arctic Circle, The Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut, migrated to Alaska and Canada for fishing and hunting of polar bears. Native tribes migrated to New York due to lands near the river. Canoes were used on the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers for trade routes.
The Environment was important in survival. For centuries the indigenous people learned how to adapt. This museum shows us the effects the European-American settlers had on each region.
Years before the European-American contact, the native tribes relied on the leaders of the tribes to govern, but when the settlers arrived, they imposed the beliefs unto the natives, which resulted in many battles and conflicts.
Today, most tribes are self-govern. The laws are administered by the Tribal government.
https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/
This museum is located in Battery Park, New York City. Here you will find information involving the indigenous people of America pre and post European contact, as well as the history and culture and the impact they made in the western civilization.
Clothing was important in many natives tribes. They used skin and fur of animals hunted to design their clothing and other household needs. Intricate details went into each preparation. They tell a story. For many tribes, the men kill the animal and the women prepared the clothing.
The museum displays many tribes and their environment. Many tribes located in different regions in search of resources. Tribes of the plains, Lakota, Cheyenne, Ojibwe, Arapaho, traveled to the Plains because there was an abundance of Buffalos. Tribes in the Arctic Circle, The Inuit, Yupik, and Aleut, migrated to Alaska and Canada for fishing and hunting of polar bears. Native tribes migrated to New York due to lands near the river. Canoes were used on the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers for trade routes.
The Environment was important in survival. For centuries the indigenous people learned how to adapt. This museum shows us the effects the European-American settlers had on each region.
Years before the European-American contact, the native tribes relied on the leaders of the tribes to govern, but when the settlers arrived, they imposed the beliefs unto the natives, which resulted in many battles and conflicts.
Today, most tribes are self-govern. The laws are administered by the Tribal government.
https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/
Very interesting that this museum is so close. I went to the website and it has a wide variety of topics that it covers. Cultural identity, governance, the various nations that exist. The topics provide a short explanation of the various topics. This would be well worth a trip in to the city.
ReplyDeleteNorth America features an incredible range of environments, and the Natives had to adapt to each of them. The type of food the Native Americans ate, the type of clothing they wore, and the shelters they had was contingent upon the season or time of year. Their ability to grow food changed with the seasons. During the winter, they might rely on hunting and stored foods from the previous harvest. In the springtime they hunted, fished, and picked berries. During the summer months they grew crops that were harvested in the fall.
ReplyDeleteThe Native Americans relied on natural resources in every part of their lives. Animal skin, such as deer, was used as clothing. The type of shelter they built depended on their environment as well. Materials from their surroundings influenced the types of shelters.
As a hunter, I can honestly say that compared to Native Americans I waste the majority of a deer. I don’t take advantage of all that the deer can provide.
Hi JM
DeleteI think most hunters in the civilized nations would feel the same as you do now.
That wasn't something practiced here and in Europe. I read that in some parts of Africa, when they hunt, they still use all parts of the animal.