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- glacier
- a huge, thick sheet of slow moving ice
- migration
- a movement from one region to another
- agriculture
- farming, or growing plants
- civilization
- a group of people living together who have systems of government, religion, and culture
- pueblo
- the Spanish word for town
- surplus
- extra
- potlach
- a large feast that could last for several days
- clan
- a group of related families
- irrigation
- a way of supplying water to crops with streams, ditches, or pipes
- staple
- a main crop that is used for food
- ceremony
- a formal event at which people gather to express important beliefs
- lodge
- a type of home that Plains Indians made using bark, earth, and grass
- nomad
- a person who moves around and does not live in one place
- travois
- equipment similar to a sled that was made from two long poles and usually pulled by a dog
- longhouse
- a large house made of wood poles and covered with bark
- confederation
- a type of government in which separate groups of people join together, but local leaders still make many decisions for their group
- wampum
- pieces of carefully shaped and cut seashell made into strings or belts
- barter
- to exchange goods without using money