The First Native Americans

Study First Native Americans using Online Video

Use these 6 online educational video titles to learn about the Paleo-indians, or 'first Indians', who populated the American continent about 11,500 years ago. Discover how analyzing the tools and weapons found at key archaeological digs in Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado have given us detailed information about how the Paleo-indian cultures lived. Explore the unique culture from the mammoth hunters to the buffalo hunters to the ancestors of today's Native American cultures. Describe the North American climate during and after the Pleistocene age. Learn different types of dating methods, including Carbon 14 dating, tree-ring dating, and stratigraphy.

Learning Objectives:

• Discover how analyzing the tools and weapons found at key archaeological digs in Texas, New Mexico and Colorado have given us detailed information about how the Paleo-indian cultures lived.
• Explore the unique culture from the mammoth hunters to the buffalo hunters to the ancestors of today's Native American cultures.
• Describe the North American climate during and after the Pleistocene age Explain the process of Carbon 14 dating.

• History > Native American History > The First Americans The Paleo Indians
• Introduction (Runtime: 04:38)
• The Pleistocene Age (Runtime: 05:17)
• The Excavation of Blackwater Draw (Runtime: 03:39)
• Hunting and the Paleoindian Toolkit (Runtime: 06:27)
• A New Human Culture (Runtime: 02:54)
• Paleoindian Migration and Native American Ancestry (Runtime: 03:53)