Vocabulary
Vocabulary continued
Native American Tribes
Geographic Regions
Additional Information
100
Land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans
What is reservation
100

Native American doctor or healer.

What is shaman

100
Tribes that formed the Great Council
What is the Iroquois
100

This region had an environment that is hot and dry.

What is the Southwest

100
All six tribes of the Iroquois sent representatives to this organization to make decisions for all the tribes.
What is the Great Council
200

Large round hut built by Great Plains Indians

What is Lodge

200

Native American ceremony in which hosts give gifts to their guests.

What is Potlatch

200
This tribe used horses to hunt buffalo
What is the Cheyenne
200
This region is rich in resources and tribes there can get all they need from hunting and gathering.
What is Northwest Coast.
200

The the tribes of the Northwest Coast valued this more than wealth

What is generosity

300

Touching or scaring an enemy but not harming them and then escaping

What is Counting Coup

300
Group of families bound together under a single leadership.
What is tribe
300
This tribe were hunters in the Southwest Desert
What is Apache
300
The 6 tribes of the Iroquois League live in this region.
What is Eastern Woodlands.
300
The Cheyenne presently live in this state.
What is Montana
400

Native American ceremony in which hosts give gifts to their guests.

What is potlatch

400

Building used for shelter by the Iroquois peoples of the Eastern Woodlands.

What is wigwam

400
This tribe used a dance to honor the kachinas and ask for their help
What is Hopi
400
This region is flat and mostly covered with grass.
What is the Great Plains.
400

The Hopi tribe builds their homes on top of this geographic feature for protection.

What is mesa

500

Sled made of poles tied together, used by Native Americans to transport goods across the plains.

What is travois

500
Spanish word for "village"
What is Pueblo
500
The Hopi and the Zuni tribes formed this tribe.
What is the Pueblo people
500

This region includes parts of present day Washington and Oregon.

What is Northwest Coast

500
The Pueblo people farmed and brought water to their crops with the help of this method.
What is irrigation
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