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Sachem

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A North American Indian chief

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Hunter gatherer

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One who hunted animals and gathered fruit

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Peace maker

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Dekanawida brought peace for the 5 nations to get along with each other.

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Three sisters

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Are three main crops of various native Americans groups in North America

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League

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An association or alliance of nations

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Wampum

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Beads of polished shells formerly used by North American Indians as money and ordiments.

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Longhouse

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A long dwelling especially of the Iroquois for several families

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Haudenosaunee-

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People of the long house commonly referred to as Iroquois or six nations are members of the confederacy of aborical nations known as the Haudenosee confederacy

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Clan

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A group made up of household people with the same ancestors

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Wigwam

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A hut used by the American Indians of the Great Lakes region and eastern usually Having an arched frame covered with bark.

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The storyteller

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A teller of stories

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Glacier

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A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface

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Definition

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Hiawatha

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Legendary Iroquios Indian Cheif

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Hiawatha

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Legendary Iroquois Indian chief

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Council

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A meeting for consulatio

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Iroquois

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Historically powerful people and important north west Native American confederacy

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Five Nations

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The meaning for five nations is Iroquois group names such as Seneca, Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, and Onondaga

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Palisades

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A stout high fence of stakes especially for defense.

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Ancestor

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One from whom an individual,group,or species is descended

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Pelt

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A usually unfinished skin with its hair,hair,or fur

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Tribe

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A social group made up of family’s, clans or generations that share some language, costume

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Hide

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Skin of animal whether raw or dressed

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Confederacy

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The 5 tribes joined together and help each other.

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Artifact

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A usually simple object showing human work and representing a culture or a stage in the development of a culture

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