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21 Cards in this Set
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Makah |
Coast tribe located on the most northwesterly tip of Washington. |
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Coast Indians |
Natives that lived in the coastal and western lowlands. |
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Animism |
The belief that everything has a spirit. |
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Spirit Quests |
An event done by boys of 12-13 years of age who went alone into the wilderness in search of (what they call) their spirit animal. |
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Sluiskin |
A native that was well acquainted with Mt. Rainier and was Hazard stevens guide to the mountain but once they got to a certain distance from the top he refused to go any further. |
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Hazard Stevens |
A civil war general and the son of Washington's first territorial governor, organized a team to climb Mt. Rainier in 1870, his team was the first to make it to the top. The team had Van Trump on it. |
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Shaman |
The medicine men (and women) of the tribes. |
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Winter Dance |
A gathering of Indian villages for spirit worship, feasting and story telling. |
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Thunderbird |
One of the main parts of the creation story of the Chinook People. They think that they were made from the shells of this majestic birds eggs. |
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Weirs |
Fence-like wooden barricades that channel fish into a trap. |
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Longhouse |
Large dwellings which provided living quarters for several native families. |
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Potlatch |
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Cedar |
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Sasquatch |
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Sweat lodge |
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Plateau Indians |
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Nez Perce |
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Cammas root |
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Pemmican |
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Petroglyphs |
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Chinook Jargon |
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