As discussed in this lesson, Cabeza de Vaca encountered many Native American tribes during his walk across the continent and recorded his observations using detail and description, much like a modern ethnographer. This is your chance to practice your anthropological skills, even though you will not be able to travel among the tribes as Cabeza de Vaca did. Investigate one Native American tribe of your choosing; you are not limited to a tribe Cabeza de Vaca encountered. Then compose a well-written mini-report of your findings (2-3 paragraphs). You can explain the tribe's lifestyle, government, transportation, clothing, housing, trading, relationship with settlers, or any other interesting aspect of tribal life that you may discover. Make sure you include both historical and present-day information about the tribe. Also, include plenty of descriptive detail to paint a picture of the tribe with words. Copy your work directly into the discussion rather than attaching it to your post. Make sure you cite the information you find using MLA format. You can find a few websites to help you with your research in the sidebar of the course content, but you are not limited to these.

Approximately 12,000–15,000 years ago people from northeast Asia crossed the Bering Land Bridge to enter and inhabit North America beginning in Alaska but rapidly spreading throughout North and South American and the Caribbean islands. These people rapidly adapted to the available food sources and soon developed new foods. It is estimated that about 60% of the current world food supply originated in North America. When Europeans arrived, the Native Americans had already developed new varieties of corn, beans, and squashes and had an abundant supply of nutritious food. The foods of the Native Americans are widely consumed and their culinary skills still enrich the diets of nearly all people of the world today. This article provides only a small sampling of the rich and highly varied Native American food culture that has been passed down to modern civilization.

Explanation:

1. Introduction

When Christopher Columbus first sailed into the Bahama archipelago he believed that he had reached Asia—thus the name Indian for the Native Americans. However, it soon became clear that he had entered a New World previously unknown to Europeans with unfamiliar new people, flora, and fauna. Probably the greatest impact on Old World culture was the rapid introduction of New World ornamental and food plants. Soon orchids from the tropical rainforests of Central and South America were highly sought after additions to the greenhouse collections of wealthy Europeans. Christopher Columbus had sailed to the Caribbean region in search of a route for obtaining spices [1]. However, what he found was not the cinnamon and cloves he sought, but Jamaican allspice [2], [3], the dried unripe berries of Pimenta dolce, and chili and other peppers of the genus Capsicum. It was not long until the new foods from the Americas were introduced around the world and corn, potatoes, new varieties of beans and squashes, peppers and tomatoes, and many other foods were rapidly accepted into the cuisines of the entire world

based on the graph, people who are asian/ pacific islander, are better at math than the other race/ethnicity's on the graph.