THE FIRST ARKANSANS
EUROPEAN CONTACT BRINGS DEVASTATION HISTORIC ARKANSAS INDIAN TRIBES WHOSE PATRIMONY HOLDS SWAY? THE NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION & REPATRIATION ACT
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At the height of their culture before the arrival of Europeans, the native inhabitants of Arkansas numbered in the tens of thousands.
University Museum Collections, University of Arkansas The First Arkansans
Native Americans lived in what is now Arkansas from 10,000 B.C.E to the early 1800s. The first inhabitants included early hunting and fishing groups, rock shelter artists, and the farmers who built mounds near their settled towns. They traded with other native peoples from Lake Superior down to the Gulf Coast. The artifacts that remain from their lives represent a small part of their vibrant and adaptive cultures.
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