Bynum Mound and Village Site
Q. Why was Nagpra created?
NAGPRA was initially enacted in 1990 to establish the rights of Indian tribes and their lineal descendants to obtain repatriation of certain human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony from federal agencies and museums.
Table of Contents
- Q. Why was Nagpra created?
- Q. Are Indian burial grounds protected?
- Q. Who built Serpent Mound?
- Q. What is the significance of burial mounds in early North American societies?
- Q. How did the environment influence Native American cultures in North America?
- Q. What was the most important resource for the peoples of the Northwest Why?
- Q. In what parts of North America did the mound builders live?
- Q. What was the greatest mound-building civilization?
- Q. Did the Anasazi built mounds?
- Q. Why did most Native American groups not form large empires?
- Q. Did the Iroquois League help the Anasazi?
- Q. Which items would you most expect to find in a discussion of Native American culture?
Q. Are Indian burial grounds protected?
Indian burials and burial grounds are protected by law in the same manner as any grave or cemetery. It is illegal to knowingly disturb a grave without an appropriate permit. It is also illegal to know about, and fail to report, the disturbance of a grave.
Q. Who built Serpent Mound?
Serpent Mound is an internationally known National Historic Landmark built by the ancient American Indian cultures of Ohio. It is an effigy mound (a mound in the shape of an animal) representing a snake with a curled tail. Nearby are three burial mounds—two created by the Adena culture (800 B.C.–A.D.
Q. What is the significance of burial mounds in early North American societies?
The varying cultures collectively called Mound Builders were prehistoric inhabitants of North America who, during a 5,000-year period, constructed various styles of earthen mounds for religious and ceremonial, burial, and elite residential purposes.
Q. How did the environment influence Native American cultures in North America?
How did Native Americans adapt to their environment? Native Americans learned to use the natural resources in their environments for food, clothing, and shelter. For example, in the frigid regions of the far north, early Americans survived by hunting caribou in the summer and sea mammals in the winter.
Q. What was the most important resource for the peoples of the Northwest Why?
Why? The most important resource to the peoples of the Northwest was the sea because they were able to hunt whales in canoes, and it provided trade routes.
Q. In what parts of North America did the mound builders live?
Mound Builders lived in the eastern part of the United States particularly in Mississippi and Ohio.
Q. What was the greatest mound-building civilization?
Cahokia
Q. Did the Anasazi built mounds?
The Anasazi built pit houses, stacked pueblos, and cliff dwellings. Why do you think that some mounds were built in the shape of birds and snakes? Some mounds where built in the shape of birds and snakes because they had a religious or cultural significance to the group of Native Americans.
Q. Why did most Native American groups not form large empires?
Why do you think most Native Americans groups did not form large empires like the Aztecs and the Inca did? They did not like to join their self with another group they only have a little interest of joining in another group and they were nomadic.
Q. Did the Iroquois League help the Anasazi?
The Iroquois League helped the Anasazi become one of the most powerful Native American peoples in North America.
Q. Which items would you most expect to find in a discussion of Native American culture?
which items would you most expect to find in a discussion of Native American culture? Answers: tools, art and clothing, and religious practices leaders, government bodies, and wars fought weather patterns, landscapes, and natural resources goods produced, trade partners, and terriorial boundaries.
