When settlers first began to arrive in what is now the United States of America, they encountered a land already populated with indigenous people. To these first early settlers, and for many of the settlers that followed, these indigenous people all seemed alike. They spoke languages the settlers could not understand, wore feathers and necklaces made of animal teeth, lived in simple settlements, and carried crude looking weapons.
[...] For houses, the Hopi built multi-story housing complexes made of adobe and stone that resembled modern apartments. Often a complete extended clan would live in one complex, each nuclear family in their own unit (Native Languages of the Americas, 2009). Hopi clans were matrilineal and women were in charge of caring for the family and home. Hopi men traditionally were in charge of politics and war. Storytelling, music, artwork, and medicine were shared by both genders. For clothing, cotton and deerskin were used. [...]
[...] Native cultures When settlers first began to arrive in what is now the United States of America, they encountered a land already populated with indigenous people. To these first early settlers, and for many of the settlers that followed, these indigenous people all seemed alike. They spoke languages the settlers could not understand, wore feathers and necklaces made of animal teeth, lived in simple settlements, and carried crude looking weapons. As time wore on, the European settlers moved away from the coast, spreading throughout the country and interaction between the settlers and native populations grew more frequent and involved. [...]
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