As more settlers arrived this last village became the town of Cordova. In 1900 the total population was estimated at 60. In 1880 the population of the village of Alaganik was recorded at 117 and by 1890 it had declined to 48. As populations decreased the remaining Eyak began to congregate near the village of Orca. This combined with integration with, and diseases introduced by non-native settlers led to further decline. When the Americans arrived they started canneries and competed with the Eyak for salmon. This pushed the Eyak’s territorial boundary further west and contributed to the Eyak’s decline. The Tlingit, on the east side, had better relations with the Eyak and this led to intermarriage and assimilation of many Eyak. Because of their small population, they were often raided and their territory boundaries were under pressure from the Chugach to the west. They also traded with the Eyak and sent them missionaries. When the Russians arrived they recognized the Eyak as a distinct culture and described their territory on their maps. There they harvested the rich salmon fishing grounds. The Eyak initially moved out of the interior down the Copper River to the coast. The Eyak’s territory reached from present-day Cordova east to the Martin River and north to Miles Glacier.

All information about their social and political organization has come from early Jesuit accounts of what they had been told by the Huron.Įyak – The Eyak, literally “inhabitants of Eyak Village” are a Native American indigenous group traditionally located on the Copper River Delta and near the town of Cordova, Alaska. The Dutch and Swedes also heard about them through their trade with the Susquehannock, but never actually met the Erie. Recent academic research focused on the Sobaipuri, ancient ancestors of the modern Pima, indicates that Pima groups were present in the region at the end of the Hohokam sequence.Summaries: A B C D E-I J-K L-M N O P Q-R S T-V W X-ZĮrie – With French contact limited to one brief meeting, very little is known for certain about the Erie except they were important, and they were there.

National Park Service Website, Hohokam is a Pima (O'odham) word used by archaeologists to identify a group of people who lived in the Sonoran Desert of North America.Īccording to local oral tradition, the Hohokam may be the ancestors of the historic Akimel O'odham and Tohono O'odham peoples in Southern Arizona. Gladwin, who applied the existing O'odham term for the culture, huhu-kam, meaning 'all used up,to classify the remains he was excavating in the Lower Gila Valley.Īccording to the U.S. The Hohokam culture was differentiated from others in the region in the 1930s by archaeologist Harold S. Variant spellings in current, official usage include Hobokam, Huhugam and Huhukam. The Hohokam Peoples are one of the four major archaeological prehistoric Southwestern cultural divisions of the American Southwest and Northern Mexico.Ĭonsidered part of the Oasisamerica tradition, the Mogollon established significant trading centers such as at Snaketown and are considered to be the builders of the original canal system around the Phoenix metropolitan area, of which the Mormon pioneers rebuilt when they settled the Lehi area of Mesa near Red Mountain. The Hohokam (/hoʊhoʊˈkɑːm/) were an ancient Native American culture centered on the present-day US state of Arizona. Description: Pre-Historic Native American Hohokam Plain Ware Pottery OllaĬondition: Excellent Condition for its age.

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