Map of Historic Tribes of the Hopewell Mound Builders

Map of Historic Tribes of the Hopewell Mound Builders

This map shows the historic Indian tribes that made up the Hopewell Empire. The Sioux, Cherokee, and Iroquois are believed to have been the earlier Maritime Archaic and split about 1500 B.C. Linguistic studies show these three historic tribes to have a similar language that was from a common tongue.  History of the early Native American mound builders