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| Pueblos | Apartmen-style homes used by the American Indians of the Southwest |
| Old Oraibi | One of the oldest setttlements in the US. About 800 yrs old. |
| Mesas | A mountain or hill with a flat top and steep sides |
| Adobe | A type of clay used for building by Native Americans and Spanish Colonists in the Southwest |
| Kivas | Underground rooms used for religious ceremonies |
| Kachina | The living spirit of an ancestor in the Pueblo religion |
| Hogans | Dome shaped dwellings made with log or stick frames that are covered with mud or sod the Navajo lived in |
| Canyon de Chelly | The Navajos moved to this area in the Northeast Arizona after having conflicts with the Spanish and other tribes seeking better land |
| Wigwams | Homes built with bend sapling frames, then covered with cattail mats or elm bark |
| Longhouse | Long buildings made of polescovered with sheets of bark |
| Wampum | Belt or necklace of small polished beads made from shells and strung or woven together |
| Hodenosaunee Trail | A route that connected the main villages of all five people |
| Clans | A group of families who share the same ancestor |
| Deganawida | Hodesaunee leader |
| Hiawatha | Hodesaunee leader |
| Iroquois Confederacy | A union of people who come together for a common purpose. Formed to maintain peace among the Iroquois |
| Compromise | A settling of a dispute by each side agreeing to give up something |
| Cause | Something that makes something else happen |
| Effect | The event that happens as a result of a cause |
| Prairies | Flat or rolling land covered mostly with grass |
| Lodges | Homes made of logs covered with grasses, sticks, and soil |
| Travois | A sled-like device that was used for carrying people and belongings |
| Black Hills | A place where the Lakota lived in. Also means "The heart of everything that is" |
| Coup Stick | A special weapon used by the Lakota Sioux soldier to show bravery by touchin, not killing, his enemy |
| Teepee | Cone-shaped tents made by leaning long poles together, trying them at the top, and then covering them with animal skins |
| Jerky | Dry meat |
| Sitka | The homeland of the Tlingit |
| Technology | The design and use of tools, ideas , and methods to solve problems |
| Potlatch | Special feasts at which the guests receive gifts |
| Totem Poles | A tall carved pole used by Native Americans of the Northwest Coast to honor an important person or to mark a special event |
