Culture
Something that is performed over and over to ensure a good outcome.
What is a ceremonial ritual: planting in a cross shape, using a special pouch, a prayer stick.
What are the girls made large pots to hold the water. The boys went to the canyon to check the dams to hold the water that ran off from the storms.
I am afraid of heights.
Who is Gray Owl?
Who did Little Fox say Gray Owl followed to get to the cave?
Who is a Trader.
Who did the Indian's consult before planting the corn?
The Village Priests who watched the moon and sun.
Clay pots: three details
What are: they are made of coiled clay, smoothed and dried. Painted with boiled bee weed and fired in shallow pit.
Three things that happened at the Green Corn Festival.
Steamed corn in large ovens. Wrestling. Shooting bows and arrows. Footraces.
New Cliff Houses
When everyone gathers stones and the woman make a paste from clary to smooth between the stones.
Called him "round head."
Who were the children of the tribe.
What literary device did the author use when describing the rain in chapter 7 (XII)?
What is personification?
What is a Sipapu?
A hole in the Kiva where all creatures came from in the center of the earch.
Where is the extra food stored?
High in the cliffs on the edges in a cave that they seal with rocks.
What happens in the winter?
The men go into the Kiva for ceremonies and gamble. The others tell stories, play with the animals and make up games.
Tragedy in the Fields
What happened when the boys were challenging each other to race: deer trampled the fields.
How do they name a new baby?
The baby is taken to the top of the cliff and dedicated to the Sun Father. Suggested names are given from Aunts and Grandmother.
What happened to the Hunt Chief?
He got hit in the leg by an arrow and the medicine man cured him.
How do the hunters capture their prey?
They form a large circle on the flat mesa and slowly become smaller and smaller to capture the animal.
What is a Kiva?
Underground ceremonial chamber.
This happened when they did something wrong like not watch the fields: the tribal leaders lectured the boys.
What is the baby placed on before they can walk?
Wooden Cradle Board.
A male in the family goes into the Kiva and releases a spirit from the underworld by opening the Sipapu.
What happens after an animal is captured and killed? You need 3 details.
The woman and girls process and prepare the meat for storage. They dry the meat over the fire and use the skin for leather and bones for tools.
What happens when someone dies in the tribe? Three details.
They wrap the body in a blanket and dig a grave in the refuse heap. They add food and water and favorite weapons. After 4 days they believe the spirit returns to them.
What is the most important lesson Gray Owl will take to his people?
A person that is different from you can be your friend.
Why are the Cliff dwellers called Flat Heads?
From laying flat on a cradle bed for so long.