Environment of Minnesota -- First people : Paleoindian and early eastern archaic adaptations -- Prairie everywhere : middle and late archaic adaptations -- Southern deer hunters, gardeners, and bison hunters : initial Woodland adaptations in southern Minnesota -- Northern hunters, fishers, and wild rice harvesters : initial Woodland adaptations in central and northern Minnesota -- Terminal Woodland effigy mound builders and bison hunters : terminal Woodland adaptations in southern Minnesota -- First tribes in southern Minnsota : Mississippian and Plains village adaptations -- First tribes in central and northern Minnsota : terminal Woodland adaptations.