When Columbus landed in the New World in 1492, more than 300 Native American languages were spoken in what is now the United States. Only 175 of those languages survive today.
No matter where they lived, Native Americans made the most of their natural resources, using local materials to make complex tools. Their creativity allowed them to survive, and thrive, in harmony with the land.
Facts about the Aleut indigenous peoples of northern Alaska and Russia. Includes information about their traditions, myths, social activities, the development of their culture, methods of hunting and gathering, rituals, and their daily lives.
After Christopher Columbus and other European explorers arrived in the Americas, the lands they explored were often called the :New Worlds." However, these lands were new only to the people of Europe.
Native Americans had many different kinds of festivals and ceremonies. These involved everything from significant events in a person's life to the changing of the seasons, the arrival of special people or places, and the elements of nature.