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Native peoples of the United States

Traits.

The Amerindians have darker than the Asians, sometimes more cobriza skin that yellow; nose can be hooked or sometimes straight concave and rarelyflattened as in the typical mongólidos: have prominent cheekbones, do not offer palpebral fold, and the epicante does not exist in adult, men that is normal in women and children have hair black andsmooth, removing the tropical forests, which presented them slightly wavy Indians; the face and body are almost hairless. There is no blood group B between the Amerindians, individuals which evidence thatthe hypothetical passage through the Bering Strait was prior to the occurrence of this blood group in Asia. This has led to various authors have proposed theories alocadas American stocking with notoo basis

Cultural areas.

The territory inhabited by the Amerindians Americans can be divided into eight areas or cultural areas characterized by their Habitat

Southeast.

Occupies thearea southeast of the United States of America (current States of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas part.) Characterized byits high cultural development very influenced by Mexicans, since many live in cities and have a society strongly stratified. Indigenous cultures strongly developed as Cahokia or the so-called BuildersMt. mounds culture remains have been found in this area. The tribes in this area are mainly of the trunk linguistic muskogi (creek, choctaw, chickasaw, seminola, alibamu, apalachee, hitchiti), thecherokee (of Iroquoian language), the catawba, waccamaw and tutelo (siouan language the caddo and other kin groups as the houma, natchez, tunica, ofo, chitimacha, biloxi, chackchiuma, tohome, mobile,chatot, ais, timucua, calusa tekesta, yamasee, cusabo and tacobega.) Many of them would be massively moved to Oklahoma in the middle of the 19th century.

Southwest.

(Occupies the South West of...