North America Archive
Myths & Legends of the Algonquian Peoples
In addition to their common language, Algonquian-speaking tribes shared many commonalities in their religious beliefs, stories of creation, and culture. All Algonquian peoples of the Eastern Woodlands subscribed to cycles of legend and myth regarding tricksters and transformers: powerful beings […]
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Wigwam
The wigwam was a dome-shaped shelter, with a roughly circular base, used by a wide range of Native American peoples as a semi-permanent shelter. There are a number of names by which the wigwam is known, corresponding to the specific […]
Continue ReadingNative American History
The history of the Native American People spans uncounted generations over thousands of years. Over tens of thousand of years even, watching a single people multiply and divide like a fractal into a diverse range of cultures. Their story begins […]
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