Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Tribes
100
Corn is another name for this crop
What is Maize
100
Another word for movement
What is migration
100
A mixture of sandy clay and straw dried into bricks
What is Adobe
100
A kind of carrier made up of two poles fastened to a harness on a dog
What is a travois
100
This tribe made it home in the Artic Region and lived in igloos
What is the Inuit Tribe
200
Native American used Adobe to create these "towns" or "villages"
What is Pueblos
200
High Flat-Topped Hills
What is a Mesa
200
Underground rooms where Religious services were held
What are Kivas
200
This Tribe made its home in the in the Pacific Northwest and survived on fishing and gathering berries
What are the Kwakiutl
300
A tall wooden pole that families carved out shapes of people and animals and put outside their houses
What is a totem pole
300
Celebrations that the Kwakiutls held with feasts and dancing.
What are Potlatches
300
A group of families that are related to one another
What is a Clan
300
Stories handed down over time, to explain the past
What are legends
300
This tribe made its home in the great plains and relied on buffalo as their main resource for food
Who is the Pawnee
400
These were the Spirits the Hopis believed in along with the Sun, Rain, and Earth God
What are Kachinas
400
To exchange goods
What is to Barter
400
A Cone Shaped house built by covering a log frame with mud or grass
What is a Hogan
400
A loose group of governments
What is a confederation
400
This Tribe made beautiful Pueblos in is what is today known as the Four Corners and the Southwestern United States
Who is the Hopi Tribe
500
The Navajos were led by this person to perform ceremonies in which they held a ceremony to help him or her feel its healing powers
Who is a Shaman
500
Circular houses built over a shallow pit and covered with sod
What are lodges
500
A Cone shaped tent the Kiowas/Pawnees built with wooden poles in a circle and tied them together at the top.
What is a teepee
500
A group that makes the laws
What is a council
500
This Tribes main source of food was Salmon and made its home in the Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana environment
Who are the Nez Perce
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