Northeast Settlements (GEO, MIG) (jan 1, 1200 – jan 1, 1400)

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The Northeast Settlements refer to the groups of Native American settlements and their peoples (who were derivative of the peoples from the Midwestern Settlements) located in the northeastern locations of North America, including the tri-state area. The areas of these settlements were characterized by many rolling hills, dense forests, rocky and less fertile areas, short summers, and long harsh winters. Because of these conditions, the peoples of the Northeast Settlements utilized a mixture of farming, and hunting to support themselves, and a lifestyle which consisted of utilizing and exhausting areas of their resources (sometimes utilizing slash & burn methods), and moving on in a semi-sedentary lifestyle. Uniquely, this area was home to groups of Native Americans which would cooperate unlike others through out the Americas, known as the Iroquois Confederation, made up of the Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga, and Cayuga peoples, essentially making up the most prominent political entity amongst Native Americans in North America.

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