grade 3 Native Americans
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- Hogan
- A 1 room house made with mud, tree bark, and wooden poles made by the Navajo. the door way opened to the east to welcome the sun.
- Livestock
- Farm animals; cows or sheep. raised to be used or sold
- Adaptation
- Changing your surroundings to adapt to your environment. ie; dressing in warm clothing in cold climates or use of air conditioning in warm climates
- Chant
- A song sung as a prayer
- Natural resource
- Anything found in nature that helps people live
- Tipi
- Cheyenne used them. Come shaped tents that can be put up and taken down easily
- Myth
- A story which explains something in nature (creation legend)
- Horse
- 1st introduced to Cheyenne by their Spanish and Indian neioghbors to the South
- Cedar
- type of evergreen tree used by kwakiutl as a natural resource for homes, canoes, clothing, blankets, etc.
- Totem Pole
- A wooden pole decorated with figgures whowing a family's history
- Ceremony
- An important event
- Salmon-who ate them as a main food
- A type of food eaten as the main food of the kwakiutl
- Long House-who used them
- A long wooden house built by the Kwakiiutl
- Land Bridge
- the 1st Native Americans crossed the frozen Bering Strait at least 15,000 yrs ago
- Archaeologists
- People who study clues from the past such as artifacts, poctorgraphs, and petroglyphs
- What is the symbolism of the Rainbow to the Navajo. What crops did it help?
- Was a sign that life-giving rain brought water to crops ie; beans, squash, corn, tobacco
- What are chants to the Navajo & who used them
- cants are prayers that medicine mand would use to heal the sick
- Who gave the gift of weaving to the Navajo and describe
- Came from a spirit-the Spider Woman taught them how to weave. Spider rock is in AZ. Cotten and wool-wool is better-stronger and easier to dye
- Describe Navajo Hogans
- Mud, clay, sticks
- Describe Kwakiutl long Houses
- 6 % 4, from cedar wood, with removable boards, 1-rm house
- Describe Cheyenne Tipi's
- Cone shaped tents with easy assembly and tear down. Very portable
- Which spirit gave the Navajo's hogans
- Changing Woman Spirit. She also taught them how to grow corn
- Why was corn inmprtant to the Navajo
- Corn was believed to bring them good luck and a long and helathy life
- How did the Navajo grow corn in the hot, dry deserts of the Southwest
- Through adaptation-they learned to farm near streams
- Who makes up the largest group of Native Americans
- Navajo
- Totem Poles
- Made from cedar, decorated with figgures showing a family's history and important life events. A sign of wealth
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Kwakiutl's resources
region,
food,
skills,
clothing -
cedar, slamon, foprest, ocean, rivers
Pacific Northwest/woodlands/forrest/coast-cold & wet
salmon, shellfish, berries, roots, deer, nuts, sm. game,
woodwork, totem poles, masks -
Describe the Navajo housing,
Natural resources,
Clothing,
Nat'l Enviro
Food,
Skills -
Hogan
Livestock, water, corn, clay, sheep
moccasins, woolen tunics, leggings, blankets
hot/dry climate-4 corners, So West Desert, Red rock Cyn
corn, sheep, squash, insects, pinenuts
weaving, pottery, silver, sand painting, wool -
Describe Cheyenne housing,
nat'l resources,
Nat'l Enviroment,
food,
skills,
clothing -
Tipi
buffalo, grasses, porcupine, trees, soil, water
great Plains, Midwest Prairie: Summers-hot/dryf. Winters-freezing
Buffalo, pemmican, small game, roots, fish
quill work, use of all parts of the buffalo
leggings, tunics, buffalo robes, tall moccasins - What is the meaning of the medicine dance to the Cheyenne
- celebrated great powers in the cycle of nature
- Why was the buffalo called the Great Provider to the Cheyenne
- Using the entire buffalo provided for food, clothing, shelter, sleds, waalls of tipis, bone needles for sewing and tools
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Who introduced horses to the Cheyenne
and how did horces change their lives -
Introduced by Spanish and Indian neighbors to the South.
They traveled faster, could carry heavier loads, hunt easier. - How did the Cheyenne view what was around them
- They vieweed everything as a part of the cycle of nature.Celebrating the medicine dance they were trying to make sure the the cycle ofnature would continue
- Describe the medicine dance tent
- Looked like a mouintain room. A tree in the middle, a nest on top of the tree (like a thunderbird nest). Tent was made of poles tied together with buffalo robes covering the sides and part of the roof.
- Descripe the Kwakiutl Speechmaker
- talking stick-whales tale is a sign of strrength, neck ring-made from red cedar bark, wears a shield called a copper, wears a blanket on his shoulders made from cedar bark and hair of mountain goat
- How was wood important to the Kwakiutl and how did they use wood in their ceremonies
- The men were woodcarvers.They carved canoes out of cedar trees. Masks, totem poles talking sticks, rattles, and puppets to celebrate impportant events. the way people act during these events is called a ceremony. Kwakuitl ceremonies were full of dancing, storytelling and feasting
- What did the Navajo use sheep for
- Sheep was used for its wool to make clothes, blankets, rugs
- What crops did the Navajo plant
- Corn, beans, squash, melons.
- How were the navajjo different from the Cheyenne in the way they adapted tpo the land
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Navajo: raised their own animals/livestock to be used for food or trading. They weaved animal hair to make clothes and they moved to live near streams so that they could grow their own crops.
They cheyenne left their homes to hunt for buffalo. they used all of the Buffalo for food, clothing, tools, shelter. -
Bear totem
Beaver Totem
Frog Totem
Raven Totem
Salmon totem -
Bear-strength
Beaver-wealth and medicine power
Frog-good fortune
Raven-guardian spirit
Salmon-fertility,wealth, immortality -
Snake Totem
Thunderbird Totem
Whale Totem
Wolf Totem -
Snake-power of magic
thunderbird-chief of guardian spirits, causes thunder and lightning
Whale-bad spirit who brings destruction
Wolf-helpful spirit; brings skill in weaving and woodcraft - Steps to carv a Totem Pole
- Straight tree, cut down, remove branches, strip bark, draw the design, use charcoal to draw, begin carving figgures into the design, paint the pole. Final step is the totem pole raising ceremony unveiling hte pole.
- Navajo women made
- Pottery and basketry
- Kwakiutl made clothing from
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cedar bark shreds were used for dresses for women and skirts for men. deerskin and goats wool for warmer clothing.
Mountain goats for clothing and blankets - What did the Kwaliutl use masks for
- spiritual ceremonies w/spiritual masks and story tellers. Masks carvewd from wood and were painted.
- What did the Kwakiutl make canoes from
- Whale bones and seal skin and bones, also cedar logs
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Inventions
Toboggan
Lacrosse
Canoe
Moccasins -
long flat sled used for coasting downhill
game using long handled sticks w/nets to catch,throw & carry ball
narrow, light boat w/ point on ea end & needs paddles
slipper-like shoes made of animal skin - What idd the native Am boy say to another
- Canoe you come out and play?
- Grassland
- grass covered plain
- Buffalo
- largest mammals that live on the grasslands
- Cheyenne
- native Americcans who hunted buffalo on teh grasslands