Vocabulary
roaming from place to place
What is nomadic?
Best known of the medicinal societies among the Iroquois with a wooden mask.
What is a False Face?
Moveable home used by Plains Natives to follow the herds of buffalo.
What is a Tipi?
White and purple shell beads used as money.
What is Wampum?
The removal of the Navajo tribe by the US Government in which eventually the Navajo were able to return to their tribal lands.
What is the Navajo Long Walk?
A wooden sled strapped to the shoulders of a dog in the Plains.
What is a travois?
What is the Green Corn Ceremony?
A permanent dome dwelling used by Northeastern Native Americans.
What is a wigwam?
A group of relatives who share the same ancestor.
What is a Clan?
Gentleman known for forcing Native Americans from their lands.
President Andrew Jackson
1st Native American newspaper.
What is the Cherokee Pheonix?
Traditional Chinook ceremony for the dead.
What is the Canoe Burial?
A long narrow home in which many families could dwell.
What is a longhouse?
A special language used in fur trade.
What is Chinook Jargon?
This group was formed to stop wars between one another AND aided in shaping democracy in the US government.
Who is the Iroquois Confederacy?
People of the Longhouse.
Who are the Haudenosaunee?
Traditional forming of the skull for beauty.
What is Head Flattening?
A shelter supported by posts and a raised floor, thatched roof, and open sides that Seminoles used.
What is a chickee?
A fun sport used for entertainment in the Northeast region.
What is LaCrosse?
Name of the new home the Native Americans were forced to walk to and live(known today as Oklahoma).
What is the Indian Territory?
What is the Indian Territory?
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western lands where the United States wanted to settle Southeast Native Americans (near Oklahoma)
Traditional saying or blessing to wish positive vibes on a well-lived long life.
What is a Blessingway?
A settlement that has houses made of stone, adobe, and wood.
What is a pueblo?
Important leaders, usually older, are distinguished by their wisdom, fairness, and sense of honor.
Who are Chiefs?
The federal government forced Native Americans to leave their homelands and walk hundreds of miles to a specially designated “Indian territory” across the Mississippi River.
What is the Trail of Tears?