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35 Cards in this Set
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Shaman |
ritual specialist |
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Alter Ego |
the "other self" of the shaman, believed to be able to transcend earthly/physical constraints and limitations |
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Spirit flight |
the experience of the spirit leaving the body, typically performed by shaman to achieve an encounter with supernatural forces in ritual context. |
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Clan |
a group with a common ancestor. |
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Totem |
A natural object, animal or supernatural being that is believed to be the ancient, primordial ancestor of a group of individuals, usually a clan; the symbol or emblem of the clan or family. |
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Totemic |
the belief in clan kinship through common ancestral affiliation with a totem. |
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contour |
the visible border of a mass in space; a continuous line that suggests mass or volume. |
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archaeological cultures: |
Mogollon, anasazi; Historical to modern cultures: Zuni, Hopi |
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Pueblo |
a community dwelling, up to 5 stories high, built of adobe and or stone by tribes of a southwest; also a member of a tribe inhabiting such dwellings. |
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"stepped fret" |
motif |
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figure-ground |
the visual unity, yet separability, of a form and it's background. |
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Figurative |
Art which represents human and animal figures. |
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adobe |
sun-dried, unburned brick usually made of clay and straw; also the name of a building made of such brick. |
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Kiva |
ceremonial hole, subterranean. |
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Si-pa-pu |
"speaking hole" tube hole in Kivas, that link to the mountain to allow kachinas and to travel between their sacred mountain homes. |
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Ka-china or "katsina" |
Spirit, found on in rain clouds, bugs, maze, grain |
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Sand paintings |
Dry paintings |
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Karl bodmer ( 1809 - 1893 ) |
his watercolors were used as the source for engraving. |
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Edward sherif Curtis (1868-1952 ) |
Was employed by George Bird Grinell, an expert on Indians, to be official photographer on his expeditions in the 1980s and undertook a photographic and written record of the peoples west of the mississippi and missouri Rivers |
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Tipi |
Portable architectural form characteristic of Plains Indians, usually made of hide stretched over wood pole frames. |
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coups |
Refers to the winning of prestige against an enemy by the Plains Indians of North America. Warriors won prestige by acts of bravery in the face of the enemy, and these acts could be recorded in various ways and retold as stories. |
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Tlingit |
Are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their name for themselves is Lingít, meaning "People of the Tides". name Koloshib for the labret worn by women |
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Tsimshian |
Are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.
Tsimshian translates to Inside the Skeena River |
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Haida |
Are an indigenous people. Their main territory is the archipelago of Queen Charlotte Islands. |
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Bella Coola |
Nux alk, "cute ass!"
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Bella Bella. |
Heiltuck. |
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Kwakuitl |
Kwakwaka'wakw (Comprise Some 13 Sub-Groups, Each With Specific Names). |
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Nootka |
Nuu-Cha-Nulth. |
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Coast Salish |
Coast Salish peoples are a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples
living in British Columbia, Canada to Oregon in the United States, |
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Makah |
People that had potlatches. |
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Clan-crest |
symbol of family group. |
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Totem / totemic |
Is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe. |
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Horror vaccui |
Means "fear of empty space". Is used to describe the tendency to fill surfaces with pattern in much of northwest coast artistic design.
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potlatch |
A potlatch is a gift-giving feast practiced by indigenous people. Among whom it is traditionally the primary economic system. |
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Spirit helper |
Animal or creature that accompanies shaman in dangerous vital missions, and a frequent subject in shamanic art. |
