Native Americans Flashcards
Harpoon - Type Spear
In the Northwest Coast, people hunted their food from nearby waters. Salmon, seal, and whales were some of their favorites to catch while using this
Shaman
Like all North American tribes, the Northwest Coast people have many traditional beliefs and customs. They had a medicine man called a shaman. He was known to control spiritual forces. He could use magic to cure the sick.
Horses
Early Native Americans traveled by horses
Great Plains
A mostly flat and grassy region of western North America
Pueblos
A Spanish word for town or village
Mesas
hills with flat tops
Dat-So-La-Lee
Incredible basket weaver
Nomadic
wandering, moving about from place to place
Longhouse
a long wooden building in which several families could live
Clay and straw
In the Southwest, they built their homes out of clay and straw
Tipis
Portable homes
totem poles
A tall wooden post carved with shapes of animals and people and representing a family’s history and importance.
Three parts: the past, the present, and the future
Dugout
Canoes made of cedarwood
travois
sled made of poles tied together; used by Native Americans to transport goods and food across the plains
Ketcha Dolls
Used to help teach the tribal religion and help with the harvest to the clan’s children
