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Cahokia: Ancient America’s Great City on the Mississippi, by Timothy R. Pauketat, is on the history, society, and religious customs of the Cahokian people. Consisting of twelve chapters, each chapter deals with a different aspect of Cahokian society. Chapter one opens up by telling the reader how the stars in the sky played an important role in the Native American belief system. The Planet Venus was the key figure in all of this, in fact the ancient Maya believed Venus to be a god. According to the Cahokians , Venus had a dual nature, in the daytime Venus was viewed a masculine, and in the evening it was seen as feminine. In the same chapter, Pauketat lets us know about the discovery of, two hundred packed-earth mounds constructed in a five-square mile zone represented the belief systems of the Cahokian people. Historical archeology was the main reason for the discovery of two hundred earth packed mounds. At its peak, Cahokia had a population of over ten thousand, not including the people who lived in the towns surrounding the city. By the time the 1800s came around, the European Americans had already been living in North America for some time; however, many Europeans refused to acknowledge the Native American role in building these ancient mounds. Instead, they believed the mounds to been built by a race of non-Indians. Due to the preservation of Cahokia within a state park and modern highway system, many things became lost. Since many things became lost, very few archaeologists have a good understanding of Cahokia. While there may be a loss of a complete picture, archaeologists are still making progress with numerous discoveries. These discoveries bring into question long-held beliefs such as a people who were peaceful an... ... middle of paper ... ... son, erratic and subhuman, a trickster sometimes associated with the underworld as a spirit or god. Scholars, who study these things, notice a duality in the culture, i.e. good and bad, men, and women, and so on and so forth. This book also discusses things such as who are their descendants and the use of treasure maps to discover new things. Concepts such as who the descendants are and using treasure maps to discover new things. This book was an easy read, in fact, the chapters flew by pretty quick, because they flew by quickly, I often had to re-read some sections. By making this book an easy read, Pauketat does a good job of not assuming that anyone knows about the Cahokian culture. He does however, does an excellent job of explaining things in detail. Overall, I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn about a Native American culture.
In the story “Listening to Ghosts” Malea Powell talks about the native Americans on challenges and educational practices. The story is about the native American living in America before the British came to ruin their lives. This effect caused the Native Americans to disappear for good and became shadows. Afterwards there were different theories about the beliefs such as white guy philosopher's theory and western culture theory.The white guy’s philosopher's theory states that the stories were special and central civilized.Western culture, people thought that they were “savages” and “civilized”.
Cahokia and Moundsville are two very similar cities but in different parts of the country. First going into Cahokia; the name “Cahokia” came from an aboriginal people that lived in the city at about 17th century. It is located in southern Illinois between East St. Louis and Collinsville, right across from the Mississippi River. Cahokia was at its peak from 1050 to 1200 AD with a highest population of about ten to twenty thousand people. This city was spread over 6-square miles. Way bigger than the city of Moundsville. Moundsville is a large settlement of Mississippian culture on the Black Warrior River in central Alabama. This settlement was heavily populated with roughly about ten thousand people and took over almost more than three hundred and seventy acres and was built on a bluff over looking the Mississippi River.
However, Richter establishes the notion of imagination in the reader’s mind to make up for the amount speculation he uses. Using the scarce amount of sources at his disposal, Richter writes about what likely happened during Euro-Indian contact. A prime example of this is Richter making a connection between European shipwrecks, evidence of nontraditional items in Native communities before European contact, and movement of Indian tribes to coastal areas. The author relies on what is known of Native people during the Mississippian Period, and European accounts of their travels to North America. Lack of primary sources becomes a strong point of the book, allowing Richter to use his historical prowess and imagination to channel an unknown world in Indian
About 800 years ago, a great civilization inhabited the land in west Alabama, located along the Black Warrior River, south of Tuscaloosa. It encompassed a known area of 320 acres and contained at least 29 earthen mounds. Other significant features include a plaza, or centralized open area, and a massive fortification of log construction. The flat topped, pyramidal mounds ranging from three to 60 feet, are believed to have been constructed by moving the soil, leaving large pits that are today small lakes. As major ceremonial center, up to 3000 people inhabited the central area from 1200-1400 AD. An estimated 10,000 lived around the stockade, which surrounded three sides of the civilization (Blitz 2008:2-3; Little et al 2001:132).
Kathryn book Life in the Pueblo is based on excavations that she did at Lizard Man Village (Kamp, 1997). This was a small pueblo located in Arizona which is believed to be inhabited between 11th and 13th century. These ancient excavations were first carried out by United States Forest Service and were parts of Grinnell College field school (Kamp, 1997). The aim of the book was to describe Lizard Man Village and present excavation processes and analysis. Kamp 1997 offers archaeological interpretation of the site in relation to the past understandings. She bring out successfully three narratives. These narratives include ethnographic data in relationship to traditional accounts from Hopi (a place which is believed to be the first resident of Lizard Man) (Kamp, 1997). He also bring out clearly the issue of archaeology as well as fictional account basing it on both ethnography and archaeology.
“There is one Acoma. It is a class by itself. The peer of it is not in the world…The longest visit never wears out its glamour: one feels as in a strange, sweet, unearthly dream, whose very rocks are genii, and whose people swart conjurors. It is the spendthrift of beauty”-Lummis, 1983 (James 18). Acoma was a beautiful, strong village, drawing many people to it, even though they were usually unwelcome. “From the very outset Acoma excited the curiosity and even the fear of pioneers because of the strangeness of its position and the reputation of its inhabitants for ferocity” (Sedgwick preface). Although Acoma had such a reputation, it did not stop Don Juan de Onate from taking over such a magnificent place. Once Onate gained control, the Acoma reputation vanished and all lives of the Acoma Indians changed politically, economically, and especially socially.
The novel gives us a good idea about the traditions, beliefs and way of life of the Lakota Indians as well as about the hardships that occurred for them when they had to defend their lands from the Wasichus as they called the white men. And what is more, the story describes in details the fights between Lakota and Wasichus for the land. The reason the white men wanted to occupy the Lakota lands was that they had found gold there. The Indians called gold the yellow metal and considered it inapplicable for anything. According to the novel there was the archenemy of the Lakotas whom they called Pahuska. Actually, his name was George Armstrong Custer. He and his army fought the Lakota Indians and were defeated by them after devastating battles.
Throughout North America there are many different archeological sites, many formed at different time periods by different tribes, though there is one that stands out among the rest of the sites, Cahokia. Cahokia stands out for many different unique reasons, one of which being that it happens to be the largest archeological site that is north of central Mexico. There are many other unique features about this site that help it stand out in addition to its size.
The civilization of Cahokia Mounds was nothing but flattened earth in the beginning, but around 700 CEa group of Late Woodland people began to settle in Cahokia, in present-day Illinois, near the Mississippi River. Cahokia Mounds is the remains of a complex civilization that took place between the period of the Vikings attacks on Europe and Columbus’ discovery of America. The site covers 6 square miles and features around 120 mounds (some ceremonial and some burial). It is estimated that Cahokia’s
The Yakama Rising is an excellent book to using in Native American Experience. It ties in native culture in several aspects that must be brought up. The in-held class discussions are well formed that create this area of true understanding of decolonizing. It opens this perspective within an actual tribe that describe that actual of rebuilding their community. There is much we truly do not understand and this book taught me about culture growth. It is a long process that will take time, but in the end the community in the whole will be connected and create this well rounded structured
By 1000 CE a society that was distinctly Caddoan had emerged. Recent excavations have exposed more cultural diversity within the region than had previously been expected by scholars, predominantly in sites along the Arkansas River. In addition to the lack of wooden palisades often associated with the major Middle Mississippian towns, Caddoan Mississippian towns also possessed a more asymmetrical arrangement of earthen mounds and accompanying villages than their counterparts to the east (Caddoan Mississippian culture).
Since they were quite accustomed to serving as the “trade pioneers” of their region, it made perfect sense to open up the avenues to Europeans, although they did this on their own terms rather than completely acquiescing to the will of the would-be conquerors. By manipulating kinship structures and trade, Maquinna,Wickaninish, and Tatoosh were able to serve as the “primary historical actors” in this circumstance – because these waters were so unfamiliar, European explorers did not find an area ripe for exploitation when they entered the ca di borderlands, and the diplomatic protocols/boundaries followed by natives existed prior to the arrival of Meares (Reid, 51). In a sense, this story defies the usual tropes of Native history because the pre-1800 account of the Makah does not involve Europeans landing in a region, being worshipped as gods, and swiftly conquering the primitive locals without being
A town preacher who is described as a parasite of Salam (though thinking himself to be a pious figure), a pathetic, corrupted shepherd who feels persecuted by his own sheep, only speaking of hellfire and damnation with only a thirst for power, camouflaging his actions with a façade of holiness and religion.
This paper explores information gather from several articles that report on the Mayan Civilization throughout the years of their rise, their conquering, and their fall, as well as their interactions with other civilizations, specifically the Spanish. The Mayan civilization dates back before the 16th century, before they were conquered by the Spanish Conquistadors and the civilization diminished. During their reign, the Maya civilization thrived in what is now parts of Southern Mexico and Central America. However, their supremacy was struck down when the Spanish and their beliefs
Mounds are an earthwork that is consisted up of large hills of earth that are round and project above the surface. Mounds were made by man to use them for a variety of reasons including ceremonies or burial sites. “Ceremonial centers built by American Indians from about 2,200 to 1,600 years ago existed in what is now Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, as well as elsewhere.” (Moundbuilders, Indians of the Midwest, 2016) Mainly the people who build these mounds were hunters, fishermen, and planters. Several miles between each other, along bodies of water including river and lakes, was where the mounds could be found. The communities were made up of mostly blood family members and their leaders were the elderly. The mounds