Eastern Woodlands

Eastern Woodlands refers to the cultural region of indigenous peoples who inhabited the forests of eastern North America, stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.

The term encompasses diverse tribes including the Iroquois, Cherokee, and Algonquin peoples who shared broadly similar lifeways adapted to deciduous and mixed forest environments.

These cultures developed sophisticated agricultural practices, particularly the cultivation of corn, beans, and squash.

The museum's Eastern Woodlands exhibit features birchbark canoes and wampum belts.