Nomadic pastoralism is of far greater importance to many economies than the relatively small number of nomads would imply. Nomads produce valuable products like meat, hides, wool, and milk. Traditional pastoralism turns grasslands to economic advantage.
No cows, horses, sheep, pigs or goats. The Spaniards brought pigs and horses during the conquest. They multiplied over a few decades in the 1500s. Native Americans were able to hunt and travel as never before. Pigs ate their crops then morphed into razorbacks. Wild boar still roam the woods in the midwest.
Llama and alpacas were used for their wool and as pack animals in the Andes. Turkeys were domesticated in Meso America. Bison, deer and small game were used as a meat source and their hydes in North America.
On the East coast of America.
