According to History Central, “The Native Americans of the Northwest had no need to farm. The land was full of animals; the sea was full of fish. Most of the villages were located near the Ocean. Wood was plentiful, and the natives of the areas used the woods to build large homes. One of the unique innovations of the Indians of the Northwest was large canoes that could hold 50 people.” |
There was violence between various tribes before European contact. There is very strong evidence of this in the Southwest, according to The Scientific American. The article “Thanksgiving guilt trip: How warlike were Native Americans before Europeans showed up?” by John Horgan in 2010, illustrates, “Where archaeologists have found numerous skeletons with projectile points embedded in them and other marks of violence; war seems to have surged during periods of drought.” Other than when there was famine or drought, there wasn’t much need of war between tribes as their land had been claimed for many years. |
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