CCD Words
This mythical creature is often featured in Native American legends and appears at the top of totem poles.
What is the firebird?
This word is used to describe a Native American infant.
What is a papoose?
Most of the tribes we studied lived West of this mountain range.
What is the Cascade Range?
The Alsea tribe practiced this tradition, which involved securing babies to a board for long periods of time.
What is head-flattening?
This tribe is nearly extinct.
What is the Alsea tribe?
This word refers to a trade language, or mix of multiple languages, that Native American tribes used to communicate with other tribes.
What is jargon?
This type of Native American home was shaped like a dome.
What is a wigwam?
This tribe was located in North East Oregon where it is hot and dry.
What are the Nez Perce?
This man lead his tribe on a long journey that later became known as the Flight of the Nez Perce.
Who was Chief Joseph?
This tribe often told stories using totem poles with animal carvings on them.
This morpheme means "old" or "ancient."
What is paleo-?
When a family or group has no living members, it can be described as this.
What is extinct?
This river, which flowed through Kalapuya territory, provided opportunities for fishing and travel to local tribes.
What is the Willamette River?
These famous explorers met with the Chinook tribe daily in the early 1800s.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
The treaty written in this year was honored by the US Government.
What is 1841
After studying Native American cultures, languages, and lifestyles, our class can be described as these.
What are anthropologists?
This type of house was built from timber and could house up to 20 families.
What is a longhouse?
This tool located on a map helps the reader understand where things are located.
What is a compass rose?
Descendants of this tribe live on the Grand Ronde Reservation.
What is the Kalapuya Tribe?
This nomadic tribe used teepees for easy shelter as they traveled around.
What is Nez Perce?
This word means to exchange goods or services.
What is barter?
This food was commonly grown and eaten by Native Americans.
What is maize?
These three rivers all passed through part of the Nez Perce tribal land.
What are the Columbia River, Grand Ronde River, and Snake River?
Women in this tribe often had tattoos on their arms and faces.
What is the Siuslaw tribe?
The Hudson Bay Company Fort was attacked in this year.
What is 1838.