Native+Americans


 * ==== Algonquin Tribes ====

The small groups that lived down on the Atlantic Coast what is now today Maine down to North Carolina spoke Algonquin language. These groups included the Chowanoc and the Pasquotank Indians some of the groups that lived down there like the Waccamaw Indians gave there name to the Carolina bay. These groups would depend on fish form sounds and the sea they also ate many kinds of fruits and vegetables they would also find things to eat like nuts and berries.


 * ==== The Tuscarora Indians ====

This group of Indians would have about fifteen large villages and 300 to 500 people, these people would be concentrated around the Neuse and Tar rivers. These Indians are believed to be kin to the Iroquois nation of New York and came south in the 1400's. Something different about these Indians though wast that there bodies were flat. The way the Tuscarora Indians did this was by lacing the children to a board which made there body become straight.


 * ==== The Catawba ====

The Catawba were a group of Indians that lived in the rolling hills of the Piedmont. This group was the largest group of the tribes, there name is made to be called "Where the river divides." This group spoke the same language as most of the other tribes the language is called Sioux. The Catawba people were actually kin to the more famous groups of the Sioux tribes of the Great Plains. The group was known for its black or burnt clay pots and bowls that were later found in the area.


 * ==== The Cherokee ====

The Cherokee Indians

are the most famous and are famous for there location and size. These Indians were also kin to the Iroquois Indians, but sadly there kin were not very loving and drove the Cherokee form there originally location. The new location of the Cherokee went and settled deep into the mountains and were called "people who live in caves." When the whites had arrived, the Cherokee controlled a mountain region that was 40,000 square miles. The Cherokee was one of the largest tribes in what became the United States they may have numbered more than 30,000.