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100
A soft stone that has a soapy feel
What is soapstone
100
Native group that resides in the Arctic region
Who are the Inuit
100
A dig to uncover evidence of former civilizations
What is an archeological excavation
100
Something you can eat
What is edible
100
The Komox nation is part of this region
What is the Northwest Coast
200
An Inuit canoe covered with skins
What is Kayak
200
Blood relations or relationships in anthropologists terms
What is kinship
200
To abstain from food
What is fast
200
Plateau region semi-subterranean homes
What is a pit-house
200
The Copper Inuit are a part of this region
What is the Arctic Area
300
Pens used to trap and hunt bison by prarie natives
What is a corral or a pound
300
One who eats human flesh
What is a cannibal
300
Central religious festival of the Plains Peoples
What is the Sundance
300
An account or study of a culture's attributes
What is ethnography
300
The Blackfoot tribe is part of this region
What is Plains Prairie
400
An account or study of a culture's attributes
What is ethnography
400
Descent is tracked from mother's or female family line
What is matrilineal
400
Ceremony of feasting and gift giving by NW Coast natives
What is the potlatch
400
The belief that everything in the world has a spirit
What is Shamanism
400
The Ojibiwa tribe is part of this region
What is Sub Arctic
500
Stone markings that look like men by Inuit for hunting
What is an Inukshuk
500
The social hierarchy of the Northwest Coast Peoples
What is chiefs/commoners/slaves
500
Sundance perfomances are used as a rite of this
What is initiation
500
Wooden stockades or walls surrounding a village
What is a palisade
500
The Chilcotin are part of this region
What is the Interior Plateau