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Assimilate |
To adopt the basic attitudes, beliefs and way of life of the dominant national culture. |
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Bering land bridge |
The area of land joining Russia and Alaska across the Bering Strait. This land was exposed during an ice are, when the sea level fell. |
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Five Nations Confederacy |
The title for the group of Iroquois tribes in north-east of America who united to defend themselves against the Europeans. |
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Indigenous |
Describes a culture that has originated in an area, rather than one that come from another part of the world. |
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Kiva |
A large room built in pueblos for meetings. |
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Longhouse |
The home of eastern woodland and coastal Indians, usually made from a frame of elm trees and lined with bark. |
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Puritans |
A group of Christians who broke away from the Church of England because they wanted a purer and simpler religion. Some formed a colony in North America, |
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Reservation |
An area of land set apart for a special purpose, such as housing an Indian community. |
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Tepee |
The home of the plains Indians, a conical tent made from buffalo hide. |
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Viburnum |
A tree whose wood was used for making arrows and whose dried bark can be used as medicine. |
