Vocabulary
This is a unit in the army.
What is a regiment?
The Great Basin is called this name for this reason
It's a desert surrounded by mountains.
This region is a grassland.
What are the plains?
What was the plan to get Native Americans to leave their lands?
What is move them to reservations?
This means a small group of people who feed themselves by hunting animals and gathering plants.
Who are hunter-gatherers?
This is a large group of people who share the same language, customs, beliefs, and leadership.
What is a tribe?
Life was easier in the plateua area than in the Great Basin because these things were more abundant (or available).
Plants, animals, water
This animal changed the lives of many Plains Indians forever.
The horse.
What disease killed many Native Americans?
What is smallpox?
This is a group of families claiming a common ancestor.
What is a clan?
This is a Native American who is believed to have special powers.
What is a shaman?
These Indians of the Great Basin are known for moving place to place.
Who are the Paiutes?
What was the bison?
What happened during the Sand Creek Massacre?
American army officers attacked and killed a group of Cheyenne and Arapaho.
This means the violent killing of a defenseless people.
What is a massacre?
This is a plant or animal that is a respected symbol in Native American society.
What is a totem?
This was a staple food of the Indians of the Great Basin. They harvested them from trees.
What are pine nuts?
Rainy and very wet!
What happened at the Battle of Little Big Horn?
General George Custer and his soldiers were killed by Native American warriors.
This is a formal agreement between two or more groups, especially countries.
What is a treaty?
This means to adopt the ways of another culture.
What is to assimilate?
Which animal is a famous trickster in Native American legends?
The coyote.
This is how the PNW Indians passed on their legends.
Totem Poles
The Battle of Wounded Knee
This is a another word for a symbol. It starts with the letter "e."
What is an emblem?