Vocabulary
Moving from one place to another
What is nomadic
The artifact that the Northwest people made to tell stories, record events, and identify families
What is a totem pole?
The prominent Native American tribe of the desert Southwest
What is Hopi
This is used by plains indians to keep track of important events.
What is a Calendar Robe or Skin Story?
The name of the permanent shelter for the Eastern Woodlands Native Americans
What is longhouse
This is how the first wave of people arrived in North America
What is a land bridge (Beringia)
All the members of a family
What is a clan?
A special type of clay which the Hopi used to build their homes
What is adobe?
Dome-shaped homes made of sod used by central plains Indians.
What are lodges or sod houses?
Small polished beads that were usually made from shells and strung or woven together. Sometimes they were traded.
What is Wampum
Beringea connected what two pieces of land (countries)
What is Russia and Alaska
The name of the special feast where the guests, not the hosts received gifts
What is a potlach?
The artifact made by the Hopi and other southwest groups to tell stories and record events of their people.
What is pottery?
Cone shaped tents made of animal skins
What is teepee
The prominent group of the Native Americans from the Eastern Woodlands who lived further inland and hunted and farmed near the Great Lakes
What is Iroquois
an object made by a people group (considered a primary source of information)
What is an artifact?
The main source of food for the Northwest Indians
What is fish?
Apartment style homes of the Hopi. Also means "village" in Spanish
What is Pueblo
A sled like device used for carrying people and belongings
What is travois
The Iroquois warrior that wanted peace among the Five Nations of Iroquois.
Who is Hiawatha?
Walls (fences) of tall wooden poles surrounding villages to keep it safe
What is a palisade?
The name of the longhouses that the Northwest Indians built from the planks.
What are plankhouses?
The cone and dome-shaped homes built by the Navajo tribes.
What are hogans?
This is the main source of food for the plains indians
What is buffalo?
The Native American tribe who lived on the coastal plains area of the Eastern Woodlands and traded wampum beads with the Iroquois.
Who are the Algonquins?