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  1. Antiquity
    Origins
    Today, all tribes tell stories of their origins. There are as many creation stories as there are tribes, ...
  2. 40,000–10,000 BC
    Homelands
    Contemporary Native peoples from many nations teach that they originated in their traditional lands. ...
  3. 10,000–8000 BC
    Early North American lifestyles
    Ancestors of American Indians hunt large mammals, catch fish, and gather fruits and nuts. Archaeological ...
  4. 8000 BC
    Glaciers retreat; climate changes; diets shift
    At the end of the Ice Age, many large mammals become extinct. Across the Americas, people shift away ...
  5. 4500 BC
    Mound builders keep gardens along the Mississippi River
    Ancestors of the Muscogee people build circular earthwork mounds—the earliest evidence of human habitation ...
  6. 2600 BC
    Gulf Coast peoples make canoes and pottery for trade
    As the population grows north of what is now called Fort Myers, Florida, people begin living in permanent ...
  7. AD 1520–24
    Mid-Atlantic coast peoples meet foreign explorer
    On the Atlantic coast, Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Lenape (Delaware) peoples encounter Giovanni da Verrazano, ...
  8. AD 1607
    British colonists settle in Powhatan territory
    More than 30 tribes and an estimated 20,000 Indians, including Mattaponi, Pamunkey, and Chickahominy ...
  9. AD 1607
    Powhatan Chiefdom fights encroaching Virginia Colony
    Opechancanough, the brother of Chief Powhatan of the powerful Powhatan Chiefdom, is disturbed by England’ ...
  10. AD 1622
    Powhatan Chiefdom resists English settlement in Virginia
    At the death of Chief Powhatan in 1618, his brother takes his place as the leader of the Powhatan Chiefdom ...
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