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18 Cards in this Set
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ancestor
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a person in your family, starting with your parents, who was born before you
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hunter-gatherer
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a person who found food by both hunting animals and gathering plants, fruits, and,nuts
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clan
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a groupof Native American families who share the same ancestor
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prehistory
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the time before written records
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council
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a group of people who meet to talk and make decisions
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archaeologist
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a sientist who studies artifacts to learn about the past
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palisade
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a tall wooden fence that surrounded a village
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caribou
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large deer
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longhouse
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a long wooden building in an Iroquois village that housed many families
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artifact
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an object made by people who lived in the past
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confederacy
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a group of people who join together to help each other
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land bridge
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wide strip of land between Asia and Alaska, during the Ice Age, that early man used to walk across
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Iroquois Confederacy
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a political union of 6 Native American groups(Cayuga, Mohawk,Oneida,Onondaga,Seneca,and Tuscarora)founded around 1570
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"Three Sisters"
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beans,squash, and corn
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sachem
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a council member of the Iroquois Confederacy
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clan mother
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the head of the clan
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wampum
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polished beads used in ceremonies by iroquois and other Native Americans to represent certain ideas; also used in gift-giving and trading
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heritage
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the history and traditions that a group of people share
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