chapter two vocabulary
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CHAPTER TWO VOCABULARY. Native Americans of North America. tribe. A group of families bound together under a single leadership. league. An organization that people form which unites them for a particular purpose. Cultural region. An area in which people with similar cultures live. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CHAPTER TWO VOCABULARY
Native Americans of North America
tribe
• A group of families bound together under a single leadership.
league
• An organization that people form which unites them for a particular purpose.
Cultural region
• An area in which people with similar cultures live.
longhouse
• An Iroquois building used for shelter.
wampum
• Polished seashells that were hung on strings or woven into belts.
reservations
• Land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans
lodge
• Large, round huts built over a deep hole. Walls of a lodge were made of earth, packed over a wood frame.
tepee
• To make a tepee, women set up poles in a circle with their tops coming together at a point and covered the frame with buffalo hides.
travois
• Poles lashed together to transport buffalo meat and other goods.
powwow
• A powwow is a gathering of American Indians.
pueblo
• Spanish word for village
potlatch
• A potlatch is a party. Potlatch comes from a Chinook word meaning “to give away”.
Totem pole
• A carved post with animals or other images representing a person’s ancestors.
Shaman
• A shaman was a person people came to when they were not feeling well.