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What’s In a Name?

What’s In a Name?. THE HOPEWELLS. First Native American group to settle in area Lived from 500 B.C. to 400 A.D. Known for their manmade earthen structures; MOUNDS 1. 2. 3. Known as the Mound Builders. European Influence.

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What’s In a Name?

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  1. What’s In a Name?

  2. THE HOPEWELLS • First Native American group to settle in area • Lived from 500 B.C. to 400 A.D. • Known for their manmade earthen structures; MOUNDS 1. 2. 3. • Known as the Mound Builders

  3. European Influence • Hernando De Soto •Discovers Mississippi River for Europeans (1541) •Names it “El Rio de Esipirtu Sancto”-The River of the Holy Spirit • Louis Jolliet & Father Jacques Marquette•travel from French Canada down Mississippi •stopped somewhere in Arkansas • Piasa Legend • Robert Cavelier Suier De La Salle & Henri De Tonty •1682, explored the Mississippi River from Canada and travelled to Gulf of Mexico•claimed Missisippi for French

  4. The Sioux • The Sioux named many of the geographical landmarks we know today • Ne-tongo Big River (Mississippi) • Ne- Shodse Muddy River (Missouri) • Ne- Osho Main River • Ne- Ska White River • Ne- Braska Flat River

  5. The Algonquin • We use the Algonquin language and Algonquin names • Missi Sipi Big River • Missi Souri Big Boat (Missouri) • Mer Mac Ugly Fish (Meremac) • Misi Gan Big Lake • Chicago story

  6. Catholic Missions turned cities • Cahokia -1699: Catholic mission for Native Americans • Kaskaskia -1703: Catholic mission for Native Americans • Other famous missions: St. Genevieve (oldest Missouri city-1732), Prairie de Rocher • Treaty of Paris -ended French & Indian War -gave all land east of Mississppi to English -gave all land west of Mississipi to French

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