The Arctic Culture Area
Aleut/Unangan women tend to move more often than men because of this settlement pattern after marriage
Patrilocal
Among the Kwakuitl (Kwakwaka'wakw) These types of material objects could depict people/animals, stories, demonstrate rank, represent connections to land, and many other things...
Totem Poles
women selected the Sachems (Chiefs) of the Iroquois Grand Council because of this social structure
Matrilineages
The name and culture area of the ancestral Macah site preserved by a catastrophic mudslide
Ozette, NW culture area
This U.S. Act split up Alaskan Native peoples land and awarded them $900 million in restitution
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 1971 (ANCSA)
These are the three Physiographies of the Quebec Inuit territory
The Coast (most productive area=sea mammals, fish, herbs), The Islands (=walrus, birds, & danger! polar bears), The Interior (=freshwater fish, Caribou, migratory birds, evergreen trees in the furthest southern portions)
This dynamic practice was/is used to mark life cycle milestones (e.g. puberty, marriage, etc.), and to create, reinforce, or contest social/political relations...
Potlatch
The beadwork patterns on these objects represent political agreements among the Iroquois confederacy
Wampum Belts
Ancestors of the modern Inuit with a specialized coastal adaptation subsistence strategy and settlement patterns
Thule Tradition
This group has sued the US government for federal recognition as a tribe and to reclaim lost land
the Mashpee
At the time of contact with Europeans, the Inuit were organized into these, which included about 2-5 families each and functioned autonomously, although they may come together on occasion...
Bands
"In the Land of the War Canoes" is based on this group in the NW cultural area
the Kwakuitl or Kwakwaka'wakw
A seneca prophet who combined traditional beliefs with christian values to revive tribes of the Iroquois confederacy
Handsome Lake
Appearing in the eastern arctic region about 2500ya, one material characteristic this archaeological tradition is known for are elaborate bone, ivory, and soapstone carvings that depict animals such as polar bears.
The Dorset Tradition
These three language families are present among groups in the NE culture area
Algonquin, Northern Iroquoian, Siouan (in more western areas)
Beginning in 1741, this group began interacting with the Unangan, and their actions had key impacts, such as the overhunting of key species, changes to traditional Unangan technology, forced labor, hunger and disease among the Unangan
Russians
His life's work was devoted to documenting the "disappearing" lifeways of Native People in North America
Edward Curtis
The Iroquois Confederacy is composed of these 6 groups
Oneida, Onandaga, Cayuga, Mohawk, Seneca, and Tuscarora
This phenomenon dating to around 2000-1600ya, is knwon for widespread sharing of material symbolism and practices such as earth mound construction
Hopewell
Many tribess in the NE culture area were wiped out by disease/illnesses and increased violent encounters with these two European colonist groups...
the French and English
There are three social classes among this group in the Arctic Culture Area - Wealthy (honorables), commoners, and slaves - and they are also described as having "band-like" Political organization, but many features are uncommon of band level organization.
The Unangan or Aleut
This group's settlement and Political systems were organized through families/bands>Clans>Winter towns, with some allied into Chiefdoms
Kwakwaka'wakw
This name means "people of the long house"
Haudenosaunee
The presence of people in all of the culture areas covered so far dates back to this period or earlier...
Paleoindian period or 13,000ya or earlier
Subsistence strategies: Relying on mainly one specific resource vs. gathering a large variety of resources without a singular resource being more important than others
Specialized vs. Generalized Foraging