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- totem pole
- a pole carved of shapes people and animals
- barter
- Items that the Chinooks could not make themselves, they would ______ for.
- wigwam
- a round bark covered shelter built by the Algonquain tribes.
- potlatches
- celebrations with feasting and dancing, the host gave away gifts as a sign of their wealth.
- agriculture, fish
- The North West region has little _______ but much ________.
- clothing, blankets, moccasins, water bags
- What did the people of the plains make from buffalo skins?
- Iroquois League
- 5 tribes that came together to resolve problems instead of fighting
- sod
- earth cut blocksor matsheld togetherby grass and roots
- travoise
- two poles fastened together by the harness on a dog
- fasted, prayed, harpoons
- The Makahs _______ and _______ to prepared for whale hunts, they also made new wooden ______.
- palisade
- a wall surrounding a village, made of sharpened tree trunks.
- hunted whales
- The Makans and Kwakiutls tribes both ______ _________.
- oldest
- The leader of the Chinook clan was the _______ member.
- harpoons
- long spears with sharp shell points
- compromise
- When you give up some of what you want in order to reach an agreement.
- Chinooks
- The _________ were among the best known traders.
- wampum
- strings of beades made from shells used to keep records or send messages
- months, years
- Sometimes potlatches took ______ or ________ to prepare.
- barter
- to exchange goods.
- Dalles
- The _______ was one of the greatest trading centers on the Columbia River.
- Iniut
- The _____ tribe lived in the artic.
- council
- a group that makes the laws
- totem
- A _____ shows a families history and improtance.
- teepe
- a cone shaped tent nomads used
- longhouse
- a long wooden building in which several related Iroquois families lived together.
- dugout
- a boat made from a large hollowed out log.
- hunt, farm, trade
- In what ways did the Plains Indians get their food?
- Buffalo, Water
- The two most important resources fo the Plains Indians are ______ and _____.
- lodge
- circular houses built over a shallow pit
- slash-and-burn
- cutting down trees and planting crops among the chopped down trees, a method of clearing a field and growing crops
- confederation
- a loose group of governments working together, also called the "Iroquois League"
- resolve
- to settle a conflict
- clan
- a group of families that are related to one another.
- being a good hunter and a good leader
- How could a man become a chief of a Plains Indian tribe?
- pit house
- A house built so part of it was over a hole dug in the earth and some of its rooms were partially underground.