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a
Question: group of families with one leader
Answer: tribe
Question: a sled made from poles to which a load was transported on
Answer: travios
Question: land set aside by the governement
Answer: reservation
Question: a man or woman that healed others
Answer: shaman
Question: a carved post with animals or other symbols
Answer: totem pole
b
Question: a type of party where they give away gifts
Answer: potlatch
Question: polished seashells on strings woven into belts.
Answer: wampum
Question: a festival where American Indians get together to keep traditions alive.
Answer: powwow
Question: who made the decisions in the Iroquios League
Answer: the women elected the men to the great council
Question: why did the Iroquois hunters speak to and thank the deer they killed
Answer: felt a connection to nature.
c
Question: What is one practice of the Iroquois custom still practiced today?
Answer: Great Concil
Question: What animal was important to the Great Plain Indians for meat, clothing, blankets, and utensils?
Answer: buffalo
Question: How were horses important to the Cheyenne?
Answer: wealth was measured in horses not in dollars
Question: Horses made what easier for the Cheyenne people?
Answer: hunting buffalo and using the travois
Question: Why did the Hopi build their houses on top of Mesas?
Answer: protection
d
Question: What was the environment like for the Southwest Desert Indians?
Answer: mostly hot and dry
Question: What was the purpose of the Hopi dance ceramonies
Answer: to bring rain
Question: what was the cultural purpose of the totem pole?
Answer: to show wealth
Question: What was the shaman's main role in the Kwakiutl society?
Answer: to cure sick people
Question: Eastland woodland Indians got food by?
Answer: hunting and gathering
e
Question: The southwest Indians got their food by?
Answer: farming and sheep
Question: The Northwest Indians got their food by ?
Answer: hunting, fishing, and gathering
Question: What natural resource did the Northwest Indians have?
Answer: water
Question: Great plain Indians got food by?
Answer: hunting the buffalo
Question: What natural resource did the Eastern Woodland Indians have?
Answer: forest