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Earth cut into blocks or mats, held together by grass and its roots.
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sod
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To settle
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resolve
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A group who makes laws.
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council
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A period of 100 years.
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century
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The use of scientific knowledge and tools to make or do something.
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technology
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A method of clearing land for farming that includes cutting and burning of trees.
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slash and burn
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An early family member.
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ancestor
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A wall made of sharpened tree trunks to protect a village from enemies or wild animals.
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palisade
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A device made of two poles fastened to a dog's harness used to carry possessions.
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travois
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A cone-shaped tent made from wooden poles and buffalo skin.
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tepee
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A person's child, grandchild and so on.
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descendant
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Farming
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agriculture
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A period of ten years.
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decade
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No longer in existence.
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extinct
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A group of people who share the same language, land, and leaders.
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tribe
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An agreement in which each side in a conflict gives up som of what it wants in order to get some of what it wants.
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compromise
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A loosely united group of governments working together.
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confederation
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Something, such as milk or bread, that is always needed and used.
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staple
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A Spanish word for "village".
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pueblo
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A statement based on facts, used to summarize groups of facts and to show relationships between them.
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generalization
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A long wooden building in which several related Iroquois families lived together.
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longhouse
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Beads made from cut and polished seashells, used to keep records, send messages to other tribes, barter for goods or to give as gifts.
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wampum
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An amount that is more than what is needed.
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surplus
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A group of people who are alike in some way. Classes are treated with different amounts of respect in a society.
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class
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The practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders.
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slavery
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A boat made from a large, hollowed-out log.
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dugout
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A possible explanation.
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theory
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A cone-shaped Navajo shelter built by covering a log frame with bark and mud.
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hogan
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An object made by people.
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artifact
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A culture that usually has cities with well-developed forms of governement, religion and learning.
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civilization
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A period of 1,000 years.
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millennium
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A wanderer who has no settled home.
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nomad
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To adjust ways of living to land and resources.
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adapt
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To exchange goods usually without using money.
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barter
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A group of families that are related to one another.
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clan
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A circular house of the Plains Indians.
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lodge
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The movement of people.
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migration
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A scientist who studies the culture of people who lived in the past.
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archaeologist
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A round, bark-covered Native American shelter.
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wigwam
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A diagram that shows events that took place during a certain period of time.
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time line
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A series of actions performed during a special event.
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ceremony
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A huge, slow-moving mass of ice covering land.
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glacier
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A story or set of stories by Native American people that tells about their beginnings and how the world came to be.
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origin story
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A speical Native American gathering or celebration with feasting and dancing.
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potlatch
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A house that was partially built over a hole in the earth so some rooms could be under ground.
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pit house
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A tall wooden post carved with shapes of animals and people and representing a family's history and importance.
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totem pole
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A long spear with a sharp shell point.
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harpoon
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