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| Sitka | a busy American city in Alaska |
| Adobe | a type of clay traditionally used as a building material |
| kachina | in Pueblo religion, this is a living spirit of an ancestor who helps bring rain and makes crops grow |
| Black Hills | South Dakota: a sacred area of land to the Lakota people |
| Hodenasaunee | a trail which ran through the main villages of all five people of the Iroquois territory |
| Pueblo | a Spanish word meaning "village" used to refer to the apartment-style homes of the Native Americans of the Southwest |
| wampum | polished beads used in gift-giving and trading by the Iroquois and others |
| prairie | flat, gently roling land covered mosty with grasses and wildflowers |
| travois | a sled-like device constructed by Native Americans of the Plains |
| teepee | a cone chaped tent made of animal skins |
| longhouse | a home shared by several related Iroquois families |
| compromise | a settling of a dispute by each side agreeing to give up part of its demands |
| clan | a group of families who share the same ancestor |
| lodge | a type of home made of logs, grasses, sticks, and soil which Native Americans of the Plains used when living in their villages |
| Iroquois Confederacy | the usion of the 5 magor Iroquois peoples beginning in 1570 |
| jerky | thin strips of dried meat |
| coup stick | a special weapon used by the Lakota Sioux soldier to show his bravery by touching, but not killing his enemy |
| potlatch | a special feast given by Native Americans of the Northwest Coast, in which the guests receive gifts |
| totem poles | a tall carved log used by Native Americans of the Northwest Coast to honor an important person or to mark a special event |
| technology | the design and use of tools, ideas, and methods to solve problems |
