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When I was reading about the Paleo Indians of Wisconsin, I did not feel like I had enough information from the text book to understand how they lived. I used one of the links at www.balkena.weebly.com site, to learn more. There have been 5 sites that had mammoth or mastodon bones that showed signs of being butchered by humans. There was much more information that added to my knowledge about the first people of Wisconsin that lived here about 12,000 years ago.
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Kaylee
12/18/2020 01:17:48 pm
I learned about woodland pottery. I learned that they could have decerated it with lines, cord, or fabric. I also learned that the oldest pottery had lines on it, they made the lines by stick or fingernail.
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Mr B
12/21/2020 04:37:53 am
I did not know that they added textures to the pottery. That must have looked really neat! I wonder what other kinds of ways they designed things or their homes to make them look great?
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Brooklyn
12/18/2020 01:21:14 pm
I learned that Oneota people called corn, beans, and squash the ¨three sisters¨
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Mr B
12/21/2020 04:38:44 am
Do you know what the story is for calling them the "Three Sisters?"
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Brooklyn
12/21/2020 12:51:32 pm
No it did not tell a story of how they began to call them that I dont know why they call them that but I learned it.
Kaylee
12/21/2020 12:50:10 pm
I knew that too and I think that it is really cool.
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aubrie
12/18/2020 01:30:27 pm
Aztlan people use a deer antler or Rock to chip rocks into spear points
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Mr B
12/21/2020 04:39:36 am
That is interesting. I wonder if they shaped rocks into other tools?
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Kaylee
12/21/2020 12:51:48 pm
Do they wash them first?
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Brooklyn
12/18/2020 01:31:23 pm
I also learned In warmer weather people at a site called Crow Hollow needed less shelter
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MR B
12/21/2020 04:40:49 am
So, does that mean they made different structures to stay in during the warm months? Were the Crow Hollow people from the Archaic or Woodland tradition?
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Brooklyn
12/21/2020 12:54:58 pm
Yes I am pretty sure they made different structures to stay in during warm weather and they are from Crow Hollow
Kaylee
12/21/2020 12:53:01 pm
But what if it got cold outside and they had no shelter?
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Brooklyn
12/21/2020 12:56:42 pm
They would build better structure when its cold outside in warmer weather they need less shelter though
DYLAN MICHEAL HIASLER
12/21/2020 12:52:27 pm
I learned that the native Americans used mounds to bury their dead and celebrating.
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DYLAN MICHEAL HIASLER ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
12/21/2020 12:54:23 pm
I also learned that the woodland Indians made a temple that maybe tribe leaders lived in
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Dylan MICHEAL HIASLER ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
12/21/2020 12:56:37 pm
woodland Indians used pits to store stuff.
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from conner to dylan
12/21/2020 01:04:03 pm
relly dylan the lenny face
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Gavin.
12/21/2020 12:57:13 pm
So: for the Mississpians it had a dancer and i think he is worshipping the thunderbird because it looks like a eagle-like bird and a thunderbird is widly spread through out native american culture
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Ok, so I was close to accurate it is actuly the "Brid Man" Here's what Found. "Bird Man Symbol Native American Symbols, like the Bird Man symbol, can vary in meaning from one tribe to another and across the culture groups of North America. The Bird Man symbol was used by the ancient Native Americans of the Mississippian culture. The Bird Man symbol featured strongly in the Mississippian culture. The bird man was believed to be a supernatural deity who resided in the Upperworld with the spirits of the Sun, Moon and Stars. A Bird Man therefore represented the Upperworld, order, and light and bird man dancers would perform in ceremonies supplicating the spirits of the Upperworld. The link between the Upperworld (heaven) and the earth was the sky and the bird man was able to move between the two realms as messengers to the gods. The bird man was portrayed in the guise of an eagle, hawk or falcon. These birds were all strong, high flying predators. As creatures of the sky they were in constant warfare with the spirits of the underworld. The Mississippians used dances, gestures and sounds as symbolic powers and wore ceremonial clothes and carried sacred objects and weapons to symbolize their power. The Bird men also used masks as they were believed to hold spiritual powers that never left them and that the masks would identify them with the spirits and activate their power. The bird man created a powerful, intimidating figure and was associated with warfare. The Bird Man symbol pictured above shows a headdress bearing a horn. Antlers and horns signified spiritual power, especially when applied to animals that did not ordinarily have them such as Birds, Panthers, Avanyu and Snakes (Serpents). Performing rituals and bird man dances were the Mississippians way of aligning themselves to the spirits of the Upperworld and gaining favor for victory during battles or victory in important competitions such as Chunkey during which fortunes could be won or lost.
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Kaylee
12/21/2020 12:57:22 pm
I learned that the Aztalan people ate deer, fish and crops like corn and squash. ( I wonder why they mostly ate corn and squash?)
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Conner :D
12/21/2020 12:58:57 pm
i learned that woodland people were the first people to make pottery. i learned woodland people built mounds to burie the dead. i learned the mississippians built villages along the mississippi river. i learned mississippans moved to wisconsin but then later disappeared and know one knows why. i learned mississippans built the effegy mounds.
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BROOKLYN C.
12/21/2020 12:59:21 pm
I also learned, for the Woodland Indians they used bows and arrows that replaced spears
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Brooklyn C.
12/21/2020 01:10:32 pm
I learned 2 Dosch boys found mastodon bones on their farm and it is important because it tells how early people killed mastodons!!
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Brooklyn C.
12/21/2020 01:16:08 pm
I learned at Aztalan had to keep things well organized to keep things running smoothly!!!
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Brooklyn C.
12/21/2020 01:20:19 pm
I also learned The Oneota people were the early Wisconsin farmers.
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BROOKLYN C.
12/21/2020 01:23:36 pm
I also learned that no one knew why the Mississippians came to Wisconsin and no one knows why they later disappeared!!!
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breezy
12/21/2020 01:25:23 pm
i learned that some of the woodland people use to live with Mississippian
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