Vocabulary
First People
Native Americans of Indiana
Explorers and Settlers
100

A group of related people or families

clan

100

First culture to settle in what is now Indiana

Adena

100

Good hunting and fishing, as well as excellent farmland drew this group to Indiana.

Miami

100

Which European country first traded furs with the Native Americans in Indiana?

the French

200

an area that is controlled by an outside government

territory

200

relied more on agriculture than on hunting and gathering

Mississippian Culture

200

Which Native American group did the older women choose the chief?

the Lenape
200

He claimed the entire region on either side of the Mississippi for France in 1682 

La Salle

300

groups that join together for a common purpose

confederacy

300

this group made complex headresses

Mississippian Culture

300

How did Native Americans get what they needed from Europeans without money?

They traded furs and guiding services for the goods.

300

Indiana was a part of what territory in the 1700s

The Louisiana Territory

400

change in response to new conditions

adapt

400

Mound building was very important to this group of people.

Hopewell Culture

400
first group to ride horses when hunting

the Kickapoo

400

Who was a long time enemy of many Native American groups?

Iroquois Confederacy

500

an object made by humans

artifact

500

Why did the first people of Indiana build mounds?

To bury their dead and for ceremonial sites

500
What caused Native American groups to adapt?

weather and seasons

500

This war lasted for nine years

The French and Indian War