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28 Cards in this Set
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families who share the same ancestor
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clan
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a home shared by several related Iroquois families
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longhouse
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the settling of a dispute by each side agreeing to give up part of its demands
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compromise
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native american home built with bent saplings frames, then covered with cattail mats or elm bark
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wigwam
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polished beads used in gift-giving and trading by Native Americans
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wampum
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the union of the five major Iroquois nations
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Iroquois Confederacy
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the living spirit of an ancestor according to the Pueblo religion
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kachina
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a mountain or hill with a flat top and steep sides
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mesas
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the design and use of tools, ideas, and methods to solve problems
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technology
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a special weapon used by a Lakota Sioux soldier to show bravery by touching, not killing his enemy
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coup stick
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dome-shaped Navajo dwellings made with log or stick frames and covered with mud or sod
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hogan
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a pueblo (village)in Arizona inhabited by the Hopi for about 800 years, one of the oldest continuously populated settlements
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Old Oraibi
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underground rooms used by the Anasazi for religious ceremonies
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kiva
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a tall carved log used by Native Americans of the Northwest Coast to honor an important person or to mark a special event
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totem pole
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a cone-shaped tent made of animal skins used by Native Americans of the plains
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teepee
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thin strips of sun-dried meat
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jerky
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a fertile canyon in Arizona that became home to the Navajo during the 1700's
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Canyon de Chelly
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a type of clay used for building by Native Americans and Spanish colonists in the Southwest
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adobe
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a sled-like device contructed by Native Americans of the plains
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travois
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a 250 mile path connecting the homelands of five Iroquois peoples in the 1500's
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Hodenosaunee Trail
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a founder (leader) of the Iroquois Confederacy
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Hiawatha
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a city on Baranof Island, Alaska , in the Alexander chain of islands
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Sitka
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a type of home made of logs, grasses, sticks, and soil which the Native Americans of the Plains used
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lodge
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a Spanish word meaning "village" used to refer to the apartment-style homes of the Southwest
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pueblos
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flat or gentle rolling land covered mostly with grasses and wildflowers
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prairie
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a founder of the Iroquois Confederacy
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Deganawida
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a mountain range in Southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
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Black Hills
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a special feast given by Native Americans of the Northwest Coast
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potlatch
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