| A | B |
|---|
| hogan | a cone shaped Navajo shelter |
| ceremony | a series of acts preformed during a special event |
| surplus | an amount more than what is needed |
| staple | main food |
| adapt | to fit their way of living to the land and its resources |
| dugout | a boat made from a large, hollowed-out log |
| barter | to exchange goods |
| potlatches | a Native American celebration with feasting and dancing |
| clan | a group of families that are related to one another |
| pithouse | a house built over a hole dug in the Earth |
| harpoons | long spears with sharp shell points |
| totem pole | a tall wooden post that is carved with shapes of animals and people that represents a family's history and importants |
| lodge | circular houses made out of sod |
| sod | the Earth cut into blocks or mats and held together by grass and its roots |
| tepee | a kind of cone shaped tent |
| travois | two poles fastened to hardness on a dog (for carrying goods) |
| palisade | a wall made by sharpened tree trunks |
| slash and burn | the method of clearing fields and growing crops (clearing land) |
| wigwams | a round bark that covered shelters |
| wampum | beads made from cut or polished sea shells |
| longhouse | long wooded building in which several related Iroquois families lived together |
| confederation | a loose group of governments working together |
| council | a group that makes laws |
