Native Vocab
Native Tribes
Native Cultures
Native Struggles
1800's
100

_________ refers to a group who share similar culture and have lived in a geographical region for many generations.  

Indigenous

100

This tribe were expert traders and controlled the waterways of the Columbia River

Chinook

100

Pacific Northwest Native Americans used this mythological creature to explain natural disasters.

Thunderbird

100

Many Native American populations were decimated by __________.

Disease

100

A law introduced by Andrew Jackson allowing the legal removal of Native Americans.

Indian Removal Act of 1830

200
a law making body of government

legislature

200

A tribe known for ceremonial rituals such as hunting gray whales off the Olympic Peninsula.  

The Makah

200

Washington's Coastal tribes typically lived in ______ made from wood and sometimes 100ft long.  

Longhouses 

200

Many Native tribes were ________, or forcefully convinced, to sign peace treaties giving up land.  

Coerced

200

The first territorial governor of Washington and Secretary of Indian Affairs.  

Isaac Stevens

300

The process of accepting a new culture. 

Assimilation

300

A nomadic tribe in the Columbia Plateau known for courage and as expert horsemen.

The Cayuse

300

Federally recognized tribes can establish their own government known as tribal _____________.

Sovereignty

300

White settlers also acquired land through trickery and deceit, known as _________.

Fraud

300

These two men led the Corps of Discovery after the Louisiana Purchase. 

Lewis and Clark

400
An area of land set aside by the US government for Native Americans

Reservation

400

This tribe fled on a 1400 mile retreat through Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. 

Nez Perce

400

Chief of the Nez Perce

Chief Joseph

400

A speech given by Chief Joseph ultimately surrendering saving the lives of remaining tribe members.

"I will fight no more, forever."

400

The discovery of this precious metal led to the tension between Natives and white settlers over land ownership. 

Gold

500

a written agreement between two states or governments

treaty

500

A federally recognized tribe in Southwest Washington. A river is named after this tribe.

Cowlitz

500

A ceremonial feast which gifts are given away.

Potlatch

500

Between 1776 and 1887, the US seized over _________ acres from America's indigenous people by treaty and executive order.

1.5 billion


Note: America is a little over 2.5 billion acres. 

500

This trade came to an end in the 1840s due to changing fashion and near-extinction of animals

Fur trade