1. Into what objects did Native Peoples in the Keweenaw Peninsula shape copper?
The Native People in the Keweenaw Peninsula would shape cooper into hammers, spear points, arrow heads, knives, harpoons, and jewelry. To make the hammers they would heat the copper as rocks were laid around it to help form it. Then to release the copper from the rock, the Indian “miners” would pour cold water to crack the rock. Some of the hammers had handle, some were held by hand and had no grooves.
2. What crops did Native Americans in the Great Lakes Region cultivate? What did they harvest? How did they supplement their diet?
The Native Americans grew many crops such as corn, squash, pumpkin, many different types of beans, and tobacco. They farmed in scattered villages and moved every generation or two. The Native Americans harvested nuts, berries, wild plums, wild cherries, pawpaws, and wild rice, which was popular in Michigan. The Natives supplemented their diet by eating vegetable they had grown and for protein they hunted animals such as beavers, muskrat, raccoon, deer, elk, bison and black bear. They also made maple sugar, which was a staple in their diet.
3.…show more content… Maple and birch trees were highly prized. Why?
Maple and birch trees were seen as the most valuable because they were used for both the crops it grew and for its wood. The trees were used for their sugar, which was a staple in the diets of the Indians. The trees were also used to build houses and canoes to travel through the lakes.
4. Who was the first known European to have come to Michigan? In what year did he
