These include the Chowanoke, Croatoan, Hatteras, Moratoc, Secotan, Weapemeoc, Machapunga, Pamlico, Coree, Neuse River, Tuscarora, Meherrin, Cherokee, Cape Fear, Catawba, Shakori, Sissipahaw, Sugeree, Waccamaw, Waxhaw, Woccon, Cheraw, Eno, Keyauwee, Occaneechi, Saponi, and Tutelo Indians. Many groups of American Indians live in the area now called North Carolina. Towns are usually situated beside streams and surrounded by defensive structures. People construct flat-topped, pyramidal mounds to serve as foundations for temples, mortuaries, chiefs' houses, and other important buildings. Mississippian-culture American Indians create large political units called chiefdoms, uniting people under stronger leadership than the Woodland cultures have. They create pottery and also develop elaborate funeral procedures, such as building moundsВ to honor their dead. Woodland-culture American Indians settle in permanent locations, usually beside streams, and practice a mixed subsistence lifestyle of hunting, gathering, and some agriculture.

Southeastern Indians begin growing squash gourds. Possibly this early, American Indians begin to use a site in present-day Wilson County for either permanent or seasonal habitation. These people change their patterns of living because of the changing climate in North America. They leave no evidence of permanent dwellings in North Carolina.ДЄrchaic-period American Indians move from big-game hunting to small-game hunting, fishing, and collecting wild plants. They also eat small game and wild plants. Paleo-Indian-period American Indians are nomadic and hunt large animals for food. People migrate to North America from Asia at irregular intervals by way of the Bering Land Bridge. Pre-Sixteenth-Century American Indian History

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