Across America
This group from the Great Plains followed buffalo herds and lived in tipis.
Who are the Lakota or Sioux?
A group of Native people with shared language, land, and traditions is called this.
What is a tribe or nation?
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Native Americans introduced these “Three Sisters” crops that are still grown today.
What are corn, beans, and squash?
This confederacy of tribes inspired the democratic principles of the U.S. Constitution.
democratic principles of the U.S. Constitution.What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
States like Ohio, Massachusetts, and Mississippi got their names from this source.
What are Native American languages?
The Hopi and Navajo built homes called pueblos in this dry region.
What is the Southwest?
The shared beliefs, customs, and way of life of a group of people.
What is culture?
Native peoples taught early colonists to use this method of planting corn with fish as fertilizer.
What is companion planting?
Native councils made group decisions through this kind of discussion, where everyone’s voice was heard.
What is consensus?
These carved poles told family histories and legends among the Northwest tribes.
What are totem poles?
These tribes from the Northeast, including the Mohawk and Seneca, formed a powerful confederacy that influenced the U.S. government.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
The passing down of customs or beliefs from one generation to the next.
What is tradition?
Foods like potatoes, tomatoes, and peanuts came from Native farmers on this continent.
What is North America?
This founding father studied Iroquois government before helping draft the Constitution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Plains tribes used every part of this animal out of respect for life.
What is the buffalo?
The Tlingit and Haida from this coastal region carved totem poles and built cedar plank houses.
What is the Pacific Northwest?
Land that the U.S. government set aside for Native American tribes to live on.
What is a reservation?
At the first Thanksgiving, settlers celebrated their harvest with the help of this Native nation, who had taught them how to grow corn and use fish as fertilizer.
Who are the Wampanoag?
In Iroquois society, family identity and property were passed down through the mother’s line, and women held great influence in clan decisions.
What is this type of social organization called?
What is a matrilineal culture?
One of the most valuable and sought-after delicacies across the globe comes from Native American culture. Its origins stretch back thousands of years to the early cultures of North, Central and South America, where the cacao tree is native.
What is chocolate?
The Cherokee and others were forced out of their homes and relocated in the west. What is this march called?
What is the Trail of Tears?
The right of Native Nations to govern themselves and make their own laws.
What is sovereignty?
These Native farming techniques inspired modern sustainable agriculture.
What are crop rotation and natural fertilization?
Many Native tribes made important decisions by meeting in this kind of group, where everyone could speak and be heard.
What is a council?
This word describes the traditions, ancestry, and cultural identity passed down from generation to generation, celebrated by Native peoples today.
What is heritage?
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