Navajo
Name of their homes.
What are Hogans?
The name of a religious healer is what?
shaman, medicine man, or hataalii,
The two types of homes they built were?
tipi and wikiup
Who was often the "leader" of a band?
the most skilled warrior
Language of Navajo and Apache.
What is Athabaskan?
Name of their family group.
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What are Clans?
Main part of curing ceremony.
What are sand paintings?
Bands
What is the NAME of their family groups?
Who performed the main parts of curing ceremonies?
the shaman and masked dancers
Matrilineal
What is tracing family though mother's side?
This was an important part of everything in their culture.
What is religion?
The four main colors in sand paintings represent what?
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They represent the Four Sacred Mountains that mark the borders of Navajo land.
These people had a __________ lifestyle moving from place to place.
Nomadic
How are they different from Navajo in raiding style and war?
What is ruthless and skilled horsemen or fierce warriors?
The important ritual in both cultures.
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curing ceremony
This is the name the Navajo call themselves.
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Dine
When times were rough or lean they resorted to doing what?
raiding the Pueblo
What was used to carry supplies, wounded, or children behind a dog or horse?
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travois
Apache groups that lived in Tipis.
Who are the Mescalero and Jicarilla?
Semi nomadic
What is moving a few time a year?
Hogans were and are always built with the entry facing which direction?
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east
What is unique about the Navajo reservation and where is it located?
It is the largest in the U.S. and it is in the four corners region.
How were most decisions made in an Apache band?
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Consensus of the group
Apache group that did a little farming.
Who are the Jicarilla?
Modern Apache religion is a combination of three others. They include?
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Navajo, Pueblo, Christian
The Navajo learned farming from one group and herding from another. Who were these groups?
Pueblo and Spanish
What is the central part of a Navajo healing ceremony including songs, or chants that help keep the Navajo people in balance with the universe?
Blessingway
What are the three groups of Apache that remain in NM today?
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Jicarilla, Chiricahua, Mescalero
"One characteristic that separated the Apache from other Indian tribes was their lack of group ________?"
unity
Where did both of these groups migrate from originally?
across the Bering land bridge through what is modern day Alaska