Definition
A staple crop for many indigenous cultures
corn
Chattel slavery
people are treated as property that can be bought, sold, or inherited
What do the Hero Twins represent in the Popul Vuh?
They represent the two sides of the universe, like day and night or the sun and the moon.
Crops sold for profit (like tobacco and cotton) during slavery
cash crops
Genocide
The deliberate killing of a group of people, often based on race, ethnicity, or culture
What is the “Clovis first” argument? Is it well-supported by evidence?
The “Clovis first” argument claims that the Clovis people were the first humans in North America around 13,000 years ago. It is not well-supported because evidence like the footprints at White Sands (23,000 years ago) shows that people were here much earlier.
The name many indigenous peoples use for North America, based on origin stories involving a turtle
Turtle Island
Indigenous
original peoples of a land
What’s the difference between slavery and chattel slavery?
Slavery is when people are forced to work without freedom or pay. Chattel slavery is a specific kind of slavery where people are treated as property that can be bought, sold, and passed down among families.
A term used to describe Indigenous peoples of America
Native
Skywoman
A woman who falls from the sky and creates the Earth in Haudenosaunee origin stories
Cultural/spiritual story that explains how a people or land came to be
origin story
Migration
Movement of people from one place to another, often for survival, trade, or cultural reasons
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