Native Vocab
_________ refers to a group who share similar culture and have lived in a geographical region for many generations.
Indigenous
This tribe were expert traders and controlled the waterways of the Columbia River
Chinook
Pacific Northwest Native Americans used this mythological creature to explain natural disasters.
Thunderbird
Many Native American populations were decimated by __________.
Disease
A law introduced by Andrew Jackson allowing the legal removal of Native Americans.
Indian Removal Act of 1830
legislature
A tribe known for ceremonial rituals such as hunting gray whales off the Olympic Peninsula.
The Makah
Washington's Coastal tribes typically lived in ______ made from wood and sometimes 100ft long.
Longhouses
Many Native tribes were ________, or forcefully convinced, to sign peace treaties giving up land.
Coerced
The first territorial governor of Washington and Secretary of Indian Affairs.
Isaac Stevens
The process of accepting a new culture.
Assimilation
A nomadic tribe in the Columbia Plateau known for courage and as expert horsemen.
The Cayuse
Federally recognized tribes can establish their own government known as tribal _____________.
Sovereignty
White settlers also acquired land through trickery and deceit, known as _________.
Fraud
These two men led the Corps of Discovery after the Louisiana Purchase.
Lewis and Clark
Reservation
This tribe fled on a 1400 mile retreat through Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
Nez Perce
Chief of the Nez Perce
Chief Joseph
A speech given by Chief Joseph ultimately surrendering saving the lives of remaining tribe members.
"I will fight no more, forever."
The discovery of this precious metal led to the tension between Natives and white settlers over land ownership.
Gold
a written agreement between two states or governments
treaty
A federally recognized tribe in Southwest Washington. A river is named after this tribe.
Cowlitz
A ceremonial feast which gifts are given away.
Potlatch
Between 1776 and 1887, the US seized over _________ acres from America's indigenous people by treaty and executive order.
1.5 billion
Note: America is a little over 2.5 billion acres.
This trade came to an end in the 1840s due to changing fashion and near-extinction of animals
Fur trade