Vocabulary
_______________ is a belief about gods and spirits.
What is religion?
These Indians live in snow and ice. They burned animal fat for warmth and light.
Who are the Arctic Indians?
American Indians teach their children how to act by ________________________.
What is storytelling?
The settlers treated Indians ____________ over land.
What is badly?
Treaties are _________________________ between at least two groups of people.
What are formal agreements?
_______________ are the set of sounds and words used to communicate.
What are Languages?
These Indians live on grasslands. They use their horses to hunt buffalo and use the skin to make tipi coverings.
Who are the Plain Indians?
Indians tell about their tribe's history through ______________.
What is stories?
The settlers believed this about the land.
What is "they could claim land as their own and keep it as private property?"
Tell me one type of American Indian shelter or home.
What is:
*pueblo
*tipi
*wigwam
*igloo
*plank house
_______________ is land set aside for use by American Indians.
What is reservation?
These Indians live in forests along the coasts. They use the wood to make canoes for fishing and transportation.
Who are the Northwest Indians?
A synonym for trade is ________________.
What is barter?
American Indians wanted to __________ the land instead of being forced to live on reservations.
What is share?
Tall statues carved from large trees are called ________________.
_______________ is an event to mark a special day or season.
What is ceremony?
These Indians live in desert areas. They had to dig channels to carry water to their crops and to make mud for their pueblo homes.
Who are the Southwest Indians?
Indians traded with one another for things that were ___________________________________________.
What is scarce or couldn't be found in their area?
List two terrible results for the American Indians as a result of the explorers and settlers coming to their land.
What is:
*many died of diseases
*Indians lost their homes and land
*Indians were treated badly & forced to move west
*Indians were made to live on reservations
This was an important food for the California Indians.
What are acorns?
A synonym for sovereign means _________________.
What is independent?
These Indians live in a variety of environments. They gather nuts and seeds and use local materials to make tools and baskets.
Who are the California Indians?
Storytelling was a way to explain a tribe's beliefs about the ____________ and things in ______________.
What are world and nature?
American Indians viewed land as a gift for all to __________, ___________, and ____________.
What is share, use, and protect?
Some recent government policies have tried to correct some of the past mistakes for how _________________________ were treated.
Who are American Indians? (or Native Americans)