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Stallard Indians
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Question | Answer |
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These are types of people who do not settle in one place | Nomadic |
The discovery of these changed the way Plains Indians lived | horses |
Plains Indians were considered what for many years, prior to having horses | Nomadic |
These indians called horses magic dogs or mystery dogs because they looked odd | The Plains Indians |
Explain how horses changed the Plains Indians lives | Buffalo hunting became much easier; they could travel faster and farther in search of buffalo; kill buffalo with less effort; Horses could carry more meat than dogs; they were able to bring more meat back to their village |
Horses became the prized possessions of these Indians | The Plains Indians (the more they had the wealthier they were considered) |
When did the Plains Indians begin using horses? | between 1650 & 1750 |
Another name for American bison | Buffalo |
Where did the Plains Indians live? | Across the Great Plains and the Interior Plains |
What part of the buffalo did the Plains Indians use? | Everything, Meat and fat for food ;Clothing, blankets, moccasinjs,shelters from the skins;Water bags from the stomach; Hair twisted into cord; Needles and tools from bones and horns, "Charcoal" from buffalo droppings (chips |
Who were some of the Plains Indian tribes? | Mandan, Pawnee,Crow,Cheyenne,Comanche |
Shelter for the Plains Indians? | Lodge covered with sod and grass and Tepee used by nomadic Indians |
Food source for the Plains Indians | meat, Corn, beans, squash, SUNFLOWERS |
A Shelter made from logs lined in a circular fashion tied together at the top | Tepee |
Plains Indians used a kind of carrier-sled made from tepee poles dragged by dogs (before Indians had horses)what was it called | Travois |
Eastern Woodlands land area | forested land east of the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean |
Food source Indians of the Eastern Woodlands? | Animals, corn, beans, squash, NUTS AND BERRIES |
A Palisade was | VILLAGE which had a WALL MADE OF TREE TRUNKS- LIKE A FORT |
Shelter for the Eastern Woodland Tribes | Palisade |
NORTHEAST Indian language | + Algonquian AND Iroquois |
A Round shelter covered with Tree bark - built on or near rivers | Wigwam |
A long wooden building where several families lived | Longhouse |
A GROUP of tribes working together for PROTECTION AND GOVERNMENT | Confederation |
Special meetings were tribes made for itself | Council |
These indians lived in what is now southeastern Mexico | The Olmec civilization |
large groups (developing cities, government, religion) | Civilization |
What tribe was not considered Nomads | Olmec |
What tribe shared ideas with other cultures like the Maya tribe | Olmecs |
These tribes were divided into separate social classes | The Olmecs and Maya |
The bottom of the Mayan Society (social class) | slaves |
people forced to work against their will | slaves |
Native American tribe in southEASTERN US | Mound Builders |
early civilization tribe in southWESTERN US | Anasazi |
Native American tribe that came after the Olmecs in Mexico | Maya |
Large group of ancient indians in Mexico | Olmecs |
Most important Ancient Indian crops | Corn and maize |
people who shared ideas and beliefs, grouped together forming villages | Tribe |
being treated according to what you do to earn a living | Social Classes |
Ancient Indians had 5 levels of social class | Priest; Important wealthy families; Traders and craftspeople; farmers; slaves and criminals |
they built earthen mounds as places of burial or worship | Mound Builders |
the 4 early Ancient Civilizations (5,000 yrs ago) | Olmecs; Maya; Mound Builders; Anasazi |
Spanish word for "village." | pueblos |
Native Americans of the desert SouthWEST | Pueblo Peoples |
Pueblo tribes | Hopi; Zuni; Navajo |
Pueblo staple food | corn, squash, beans |
Puebloes stored food because of drought(no rain) in the desert | Food surplus |
kachinas | spirits that the Pueblo people believed afffected their lives in every way |
special way of performing | ceremony |
a special kind of home of the Navajo | Hogan |
Navajo homes were covered with | sod and mud |
navajo called spiritual leaders and healers | medicine Men |