American Indian Cultural Regions – Object #3

Village of Secotan

Download Engraving, made from a drawing

<p>This illustration shows a village with native people on a street in the center of the drawing, with fields on the top and rights and houses and storerooms on the left side.</p>

Algonquian village on the Pamlico River estuary (Virginia) showing Native structures, agriculture, and spiritual life. The engraving, an illustration in the book Americae pars decima (1619), was made from a drawing by John White, ca. 1585-1593.

Questions:

What elements of physical geography do you see in this drawing?

What can you learn about the lifestyle of the American Indians in this drawing?

How have the American Indians in this drawing adapted to their environment?

Are the Algonquins in this drawing nomadic or sedentary? How do you know?

Citations

De Bry, Theodor. Americae pars decima. Oppenheimii: Typis H. Galleri, 1619. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.