Vocabulary Terms
Vocabulary Terms
Tribes
Culture
Buffalo
100
What is the name of the type of permanent round house made of earth, logs, branches, and grass?
Earthlodge
100
What is a leather bag to carry things?
Parfleche
100
How many Plains Indian tribes lived in the Nebraska territory?
7
100
Which tribe was corn very sacred to?
Pawnee
100
What was the most vital use of the Buffalo?
meat
200
What is the Indian home made of poles and animal skins?
Tipi
200
What is the big game animal that the Native American hunted and used to survive?
Buffalo
200
Which tribe's name means "people together"?
Lakota
200
Which tribe had a pole that symbolized the unity of their nation?
Omaha
200
What part of the buffalo was used to make homes, clothing, bags, toys and other things?
Buffalo hide
300
The group of men in a tribe that make important decisions for the tribe?
council
300
What is the name of the drag made of two poles and an animal skin, pulled by a horse or dog?
Travois
300
Name all of the Plains Indian tribes.
Cheyenne, Arapaho, Lakota-Sioux, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe-Missouri, Omaha
300
Which tribe used horses as a vital tool for hunting and became expert horsemen?
Lakota
300
Name a use for the buffalo horns?
Arrow points, cups, fire carrier, powder horn, spoons, ladles, headdresses, signals, toys, and medication
400
Attitudes, beliefs, and patterns of a group or organization are known as their?
Culture
400
People in the Western Hemisphere before the arrival of foreigners are known as the?
Native Americans
400
Which two tribes were located in the pan-handle of Nebraska?
Cheyenne and Sioux
400
Which tribe used the stars as a calendar?
Pawnee
400
What made it easier for the Native Americans to hunt buffalo?
Horses
500
A special agreement for peace is known as a?
Treaty
500
A food paste of dried meat, fat, and berries.
Pemmican
500
Name which tribes were Nomadic tribes?
Lakota, Arapaho, Cheyenne
500
Which tribe was known as the "people of the dug-out canoe"?
Otoe-Missouri
500
What happened to the buffalo population after Native Americans began hunting them and settlers began moving to Nebraska territory.
The buffalo population in the Nebraska territory became scarce and the Native Americans were forced to look else where for food.
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