2-3.13.17 Flashcards
Biculturation
Combining two cultures together
Acculturation
The process of cultural change and way of thinking psychologically
Assimilation
When a person acquires the social characteristics like lifestyles
Berdache “Two Spirited”
Revival of American Indian cultures
Man dancing as woman is ok
Reintroduction of the horse
The wild free roaming horse and burro act of 1971 where the living symbols of their culture riding free
Travois
Trailer used on horses
Counting coup
Prestigious honor. Touching an enemy warrior with hand coming out unharmed.
Sky or scaffold burials
Human corpse placed high above where the elements of the world decompose the body
Canoe burials
Place body in canoe raised on post in the sky. Fishing tribes usually practice this.
Encomienda
Indians had to work as a tax for the Spanish
Shoshone round dance and petroglyphs
Ceremony when food was plentiful.
The bad lands
Gold lands protected by the Sioux
BIA
Was created to solve problem of Indians
Revitalization
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Pipes, smoking, sacred bundles
Peace no one can lie very prestige honor
Peyote Religion and Vision quest and animism
Spiritual religion known as peyotism. Would smoke or use the cactus to connect with the spirit world. Rituals and Medicine techniques. Everything has a spirit.
Ghost Dance
Was a religious ceremony that was with the Paiute Indians. Shaman visioned the second coming of Christ and had warnings and dangers of the whistle man.
Sun dance
Ceremony with willow trees and piercings. Men where strapped to trees with wire and piercing the skin. No food for days. Just strength. Pray for healing.
Sodality
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Wounded Knee
Where Americans killed Dakota and Sioux native due to resistance.
Tribes vs Chiefdom
Tribes
Chiefdom
Crow Chief
Valiant man, lead a successful raid, captured thethered horses, be the first to count coup and take a gun or bow from the enemy.
Gun I’d?
Chilkat
Traditional weaving of the Tlingit cedar used for everything. Symbol for covering up human form
Shaman Mask
Prestigious scary looking mask to tribute to holiness
Animal spirits that are healing partners.