Native American societies before contact | Period 1: 1491-1607 | AP US History | Khan Academy

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she talking so slow im on 2 and its like normall video

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your teacher assigned this to you too?

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@@ungrave5231 history

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I’m pretty sure every student is reading the comments instead of listening... Now I have to watch it again...

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POV: your reading another POV comment

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POV: your reading the reply to a POV: Comment about a POV: comment

[@moguldamongrel3054]

Considering that the native Americans were insanely smart in regards to plants (medicines/food/complimentary efficient growing patterns), animals (American bison cultivating), terraforming (helping fires to burn large tracts of land) I'm fairly certain they had established patterns that didn't over hunt an area and had long discovered what plants could be transplanted where, and what plants game animals preferred. To the point patches of edible natural vegetation might not have even been by mistake but planted purposefully to attract plentiful game to those areas. Those humans were more then likely planting native edibles in their summer and winter spots and along the trails they frequented. Wiether they did so by just eating berries and pooping, or someone had taken the time to see how plants sprout, and from what they sprouted from, or some combination of the 2, that still constitutes as "agriculture" just on a continental scale. I'm fairly certain they were nowhere near as static as your hunter/gatherer to farmer models.

[@brandon9172]

Everything points to agriculture being widespread and intentional, and likely quite advanced. There's no way the tribes would have had vast trade networks, caste systems, or sedentary lifestyles without agriculture. Transplanting was also done, at least with Wapatos.

[@operaguy1]

@@brandon9172 There is direct evidence of NON-AGRICULATURAL static civilization for five hundred years along the Mississippi, for instance at Prosperity Point (my name for it, the unfortunate 'official' name is Poverty Point, suggest googling it.) No ag.

[@brandon9172]

​@@operaguy1 Did they not practice agriculture at all, or did they simply have different methods for cultivating food? They say the exact same thing about my region but there's plenty of evidence that points towards the tribes here altering the landscape in order to grow specific foods (shellfish, apples, berries, etc). For example if you have a berry bush that spreads through rhizomes you could clear all of the plants around it so it'll spread. With fruit trees you could do the same but force it to create new shoots/suckers. Some plants grow readily on nursery logs as well. Those techniques wouldn't require domestication and would be pretty hard to detect hundreds of years later. There'd be selective pressure for specific plants to grow but not for specific traits that would make them different from wild ones. Maybe that wouldn't be considered agriculture but its definitely not the same as a hunter gatherer society.

[@operaguy1]

@@brandon9172 The biggest block to seeing the plausability is this: we have a stupendously solid belief that any meat-based hunter culture must must must be nomadic. Poverty Point challenges that. (see also Göbekli Tepe)

[@brandon9172]

@@operaguy1 That belief exists for a reason, and its because nearly every sedentary civilization had agriculture in some shape or form. I suppose its not impossible, if it is indeed true it ultimately won't change our understanding too drastically. I just want more conclusive evidence before I believe it, though unfortunately that may never happen.

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My teacher recommended this video to us and for a sec I thought it was a ricroll..

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We've always been here, since Atlantis sunk

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So you guys might actually be European?

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@@Boxrobly nah, they still lived in caves when Atlantis sunk. Fyi

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No Neamul y’all are the real African Americans because we’ve been here y’all didn’t come into existence until about 2,000 thousand years ago..

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Atlantis is the polity of my ancestors of Tarshish (SW Iberia). When Johan rejected God's will to preach repentance of sins to Assyria, he got on a boat to Tarshish, as far away from Assyria as he could get.

[@matthewmann8969]

Amerindians were already advanced in many ways by themselves excluding gun powder, explosives, And steel weaponry

[@Dylans503]

That's not true at all. Wow.

[@franklucas976]

They had metallurgy trust me

[@matthewmann8969]

​​@@franklucas976 The Metallurgy or metal tools that Amerindians had came from trade with Eskimos, Aleuts, And Whites.

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You Make it so easy

[@michaelkeller6087]

There were thousands of Tribes in the americas before the colonial genocide of our people. Each tribe having their own language. How could this be possible? Because we were and have always been civilized people who respected and treated each other humanely. HIS STORY is not always history.

[@macarde10]

Why call them all tribes? Many were not. They were far past being tribes in many parts.

[@montello33]

Always peaceful? Are you kidding me? What about the Navaho who took lands from the Hopi & the Pueblo? What about the Black Hills where the Sioux took land from the Cheyenne?

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Anyone eles here because you wanna learn about the Native Americans up on the north

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Came from a link from teacher

[@tonyantonellis9983]

the first Americans actually arrived in North America around 33,000 years ago

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Not here for school but still loving it

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teacher sent me here:) anyone else

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omg i have to watch this and im so confused and this assignment is due in 2 days and i have to do a "who what when where why how" thingy and this does not even give u answers for that😭

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Thank you for this! So useful to our multi cultural studies.

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Native Americans were always in America

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Use 1.75x, shes the slowest talker Ive ever heard

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They were more in tune with nature and spirit.

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Ok I came here bc my teacher assigned this to me lol and I am surprised this actually has comments on it-

[@liliacreativity1751]

The Spaniards mixed with North American natives before the Anglo Americans arrived to the west to California.

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I was looking for a video that started with the crossing of the Bering strait from Eurasia. thanks!

[@wtfsalommy3250]

Indeed, reports of 60-100 million Natives in North America alone. Something they didnt ramble off in history class.

[@operaguy1]

It was around one million.

[@michaelharrington75]

Because it's not true.

[@riddl-ahmynsta8506]

Remember Native only means to be born in . Indigenous or Aboriginal mean they come directly from the soil... And 15,000 yrs ? Their is no beginning nor ending to this world . We been here for billions of yrs

[@victoriaoguta]

humans have only been around for about 200,000 years

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There*

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I wish she did my brothers who went down to the South Americas

[@michaelharrington75]

She probably did?

[@kvaz21]

Hopi lore says the spider lady led them out of the underground caves.

[@frybreadndizhnikaaz3314]

thats interesting cause the hidatsa belive a simaler thing

[@Notcompletelyvinx]

Does anyone have the summary of this video?? for like school or somthin

[@JudyChilds-fu4em]

That's a lot of people that were here 1st!!!

[@executivesteps]

Regardless of the evidence each and every regional group in the Americas will insist “they were first”!

[@robhill9989]

Quick question. If perhaps they came over on boats, did they have knowledge of cultivation before or after they set sail? How long did it take them to domesticate maize? And what did they take with them to eat on the boat ride?

[@KaloosaKennels]

Rob Hill bro that’s way over their heads.... the black people in America are organic.... autochthonous to the land

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@@KaloosaKennels no didnt black people come to america as slaves

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Looks like you are doing a homework project. LOL

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[@11mazatl]

does the boat migration theory really have enough popularity and traction to warrant this kind of mention? It feels revisionist, the best explanation is there were waves of migration and already formed ethnic groups that formed mixed ethnicities etc before reaching the tip of south america, this explains diff haplogroup concentrations and why northern migrations are more similar to siberians. it is possible polynesians or australoid peoples came to peru from rapa nui and then went all the way up to california but it's not at all fully proven they mixed and became a central part of ethnic groups idk how to phrase that. people have been trying to say the natives of the Pacific NW, California, all of Peru are polensians it's hard to say for sure where influence begins and ends imo I'm no expert at all just my two cents

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My people have been on this land from the beginning of time

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I'd like to hear what you have to say about this.

[@thomasyork6640]

It said they came over on boat or walled

[@donnyc9430]

@@thomasyork6640 well "it" can say whatever "it" wants and what is walled that's what we should have done but no my ancestors had to help people

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@@donnyc9430 I had many typos in that comment lol. I meant that the video's speaker said they walked over during and ice age or maybe sailed over.

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Make America great again. Like this though.

[@z-mackdos6echo311]

The question I keep coming up with since there’s this correctness in accurately calling people by what is social and politically acceptable these days. We no longer call the people that existed on this continent Indians, because they inhabit a completely different region of land on a whole different continent. Then there’s the name Native American, which I feel is also incorrect for two reasons. It was mistaken used to name this continent only because Amerigo’s name was the only name on the map he had printed and was use for the geographic area where the Europeans were now living in. Also, this wasn’t the name the locals had been calling the territory they called home. They might be called The indigenous people of the new found continent, then you would add the region that they lived in such as Big Basin. Granted it’s too long of a name to be used on a continuous basis, but then that when an acronym is created. But I’m not one to create a brand name for anything. The name Mexico has been used for a long period of time, although with many various iterations surrounding the name itself. You see there North America with Canada and the US, then there’s Central and South America, but Mexico, I felt like it has been an outsider to all areas with the American name attached to it. But that might be a good thing regarding it’s identity. However, they under the assumption that Spanish is suppose to be their native or primary language. Which it is not. It is the language of their conquerors, the indigenous population had their culture burned and language stripped from their existence violently under the guise of Christianity. Tell me who raped and pillaged whom?

[@operaguy1]

Ask them. Many like the word "Indian."

[@lorigauthier8355]

Indigenous is used when speaking about First Nations (status Indians) Mètis and Inuit as a whole. The term Indian is still used today in the Canadian government because of the Indian Act. In my opinion, Native is okay although it isn't completely accurate as anyone born in North America is technically native to the land. As a First Nations person I prefer to be referred to more specifically, so either: Dakelh (region) Nak'azdli Whut'enne (locally) or Lhts'umusyoo (my clan) In all honesty, I am not offended being called any of the terms used as long as it is said in a respectful way.

[@lorigauthier8355]

Many indigenous people refer to North America, Mexico included as Turtle Island. Although that is a Pan-indian term that comes from a common creation story of more tribes centrally located (Cree, Ojibway, etc)

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It cuts off because I should go to website?

[@jsandoval3226]

You never hear The Asias, Europas , The Africas ect … We are America !

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POV- your here from a video link your teacher sent you

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I love the way she narrates the whole thing! :) It was fun learning through this video. I enjoyed it, ;)

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Its actually obnoxious how poorly its narrated lmao

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but where did they come from ?

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[@KaloosaKennels]

D Thomas I’ve been doing a little research and it’s starting to prove America is the real Egypt... America might just be the original place for man.... we can’t believe what the Bible says when new technology is exposing the lies being told and taught............. I might be wrong tho

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And all melanated people aren't from Africa

[@theonegreyjoy7403]

Africa. Africans were traveling the world way before anybody (especially Europeans, who are now widely believed were the first to travel the world; hence why they called the Americas “the new world”...before they had never left Europe in such vastness). There are accounts of Africans traveling the world and to the americas before the start of European colonization. This is also why we see the aboriginals of Australia who are black...also when the Europeans came to America they labeled the inhabitants so dark they compared them to the color indigo, hence Indians

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Everyone lived in harmony until the fire nation attacked

[@mikewhite8009]

I think your math is a little off I believe Europeans meaning Vikings showed up before the 1400 like 500 years before Christopher Columbus

[@SonofNaoya]

Can someone tell me How are native Americans tribes way of life affected by its region.

[@MadameCreme]

The only reason I can actually stand listening to this is because the woman sounds like Stevie from GMM

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Yes my native heritage ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@trevbarlow9719]

If it's less than ab eighth, it doesn't count.

[@MaxWilliams-fv9fw]

I wonder what the world would look like if there hadn't been colonial interest in the world, and Native American societies advanced without being decimated by colonists - would there be entire different societies?

[@operaguy1]

Possible the Five Nations in upstate New York, constantly at war with each other in a cycle of revenge, would have gone extinct and thus the Iroquois Confederacy would never have happened.

[@chatraghu]

What grade are you guys because I'm in 4th grade

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It's not clear to see it's.

[@Matt-vv1iv]

"They found sources of food"

[@Matheus-mw4rm]

One wierd thing who i dont understand is why north americans Native have be more "peacefull" than south or central American ones , aztecs and mayan make many human sacrifice , south americans like Brazilian ones have been more brutal ever they believe If they eat the corpse of the fallen enemys of battle they Will absorve the strengh and Power of their enemy ! Many portuguese scrips Tell that .. TUPI , guarani , tupinambá , tamoios and the most brutal one as been the GOITACÁ tribe who eat any kind of human who they capture .. , its Crazy ancient history ... , The First imigrants who come from beringia dont ever could become this wierd cultural things , they seen to be more "peacefull" maybe they are a diferent human worde of ancient imigracion? Maybe polynesian ? Its a facination part of history

[@macarde10]

One weird thing I can’t understand is why you say North American? The Aztec and maya are North American, let alone all the other people of mesoamerica. Linking them to central or South American is generally an American idea. Even if your English is written as though you believe you can’t speak it (although your mistakes are not that of a person who doesn’t speak English), your idea is very false. Glad I could help straighten it out for you:)

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that is intresting.

[@AutochthonousBey]

How come those calling themselves Indians or Natives NOW aren’t master farmers or productive with ANY produce in natural environment

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

Because your kind is too busy destroying ecosystems, shooting at one another, getting in problems with the police, making it to the news for violence

[@billyfolseakabbafolse6555]

North America is the motherland

[@tusk3260]

What about the domestication of the potato?

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in Peru

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America is the old world.

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Good info.

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I have adhd and didn’t catch a word of this

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Nice video.

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3.49

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So we all here because of a teacher ? 😂

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same here

[@dman8853]

there were a million houma ndns in Louisiana alone

[@andsoitgoes1142]

Is it me, or does the narrator have a weird, unpleasant cadence to her speech? Very distracting for an otherwise interesting video.

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woah thats cool

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Nice !

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pov your reading another POV comment 🤣

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What if native Americans came from theMexico in caves and expanded upwards and south 🤔

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THE VOICEW

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We were already there, where in Amaru Khan, American

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If anyone wants to checkout a unknown mississippian site I made a video showing one around my families land, its a big rock bluff with red paintings and 2 caves

[@DeepTexas]

people were here at least 20k years ago, as evidenced by data from the gault site in austin

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yeah im watching this in 2x speed

[@billyfolseakabbafolse6555]

Middle earth

[@RobertJones-ew8fz]

Funny that the map you show of North America is a land Columbus never set foot in. Not sure Caribbean islands are considered to be the "Americas" by anyone.

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Graham Hancock would disapprove.

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Yo anyone got notes on this video I can steal... *cough* not like I’m cheating or anything *cough*

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Me rn🙄

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I think im the only one who got this from a merit bage....

[@PunmasterSTP]

I could make a pun about domesticating plants into crops, but I think it would be too...lame. But in all seriousness, thank you Khan Academy so much for these videos, and everything else over the years!

[@aglassofmilk5779]

Very cool but I'm sure no one thought the history of North America started with Columbus or the USA

[@iJoshDG]

many white americans believe this. They refuse to acknowledge native history and the genocide that was colonization.

[@frybreadndizhnikaaz3314]

youd be supprised

[@Jake-zp8gi]

ha.... the Vikings and Columbus landed in our backyard.

[@Dylans503]

@@iJoshDG hmm...i dont believe that at all...so where do they think natives came from?

[@ii13D]

Dylans503 I don’t believe many Americans think about that. Native history is never taught in schools, just their interactions and roles in White history. Therefore it would be easy for many Americans to forget that natives existed and had individual cultures and histories long before the colonizers arrived.

[@adammansy4831]

keep it up:)

[@Ifslayanct]

Let's not forget that they were all just constantly warring tribes against each other. They were extreme ideologues that prevented technological and civilizational advancement.

[@dillawell]

Danny Orange// too much truth

[@jazzbelly3589]

Danny Orange thanks. I'm getting utterly sick of people describing them as saints when a lot of them weren't. Yes, some were decent, but the majority were not. My white Irish dad told me about my great grandmother (native american) telling him stories of how brutal our ancestry was constantly were fighting with eachother (raping and pillaging) long before the white man came.

[@TheRelaxingShadow]

Danny Orange Ok, thats all humans

*baloney671:* _"The only big city in the continent is Tenochtitlan"_ - BS. For instance, Cholula was half as large (with ~100,000 population). Still larger than almost all European cities at that time.

*RG,* the US government is responsible for the rise of Nazism, the clash with Japan, and therefore, responsible for WWII.

[@adalynn9696]

Who is here from mr Collins?

[@jameswhite6586]

KZbin and Google Dane calloway!

[@michaelharrington75]

So a 'corn maize' could also be called a 'maize maze'.

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Maíz, en español

[@xapemanx]

I like your voice

[@soonerorlater9883]

I don't: she uses too much rising intonation where it's unnecessary, sounds too young for the part as she lacks authority, and can't possibly convey as large a topic in a 5min video.

[@michaelbrownlee9497]

....atlantis

[@tenochtitlan6905]

Finally Another Wise Brother...

[@frybreadndizhnikaaz3314]

I AM ATLANTIAN

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Lemuria

[@scribbleeslol]

Such a slow speaker my god