NATIVE PEOPLES OF NORTH AMERICA Peoples of THE NORTHEAST Native By Barbara M Linde Gareth Stevens PUBLISHING
NORTHEAST The Native peoples lived in the northeastern part of North America for over 12,000 years before European settlers arrived Their lands stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to around the Mississippi River They reached from the Great Lakes region all the way to the present-day state of Maine to the north Archaeologists think there were about 2 million native peoples living in the Northeast during the 1500s It’s believed they came to the Northeast from southwestern North America but no one is totally sure 4
This map shows that the native peoples of the Northeast lived in the present-day states of New York Massachusetts Ohio Pennsylvania and more Greenland Canada United States Mexico where native peoples of the Northeast lived TELL ME MORE Before European settlement much of the Northeast was covered with thick forests So the native peoples are often called the Woodland Indians 5
