| A | B |
| hogan | one room home of the Navajo |
| vaquero | Spanish cowboy |
| viceroy | a governor |
| missionary | person sent by a religious organization to spread its beliefs |
| tallow | fat of cattle used for soap and candles |
| homestead | land given to a settler |
| aqueduct | trench or pipe used to bring water from a distance |
| Dine' | "the people", what the Navajo called themselves |
| Fort Canby | army post in Arizona where the Navajo were ordered to move |
| "The Long Walk" | 300 mile journey to Bosque Redondo along which many Navajo died |
| Navajo Tribal Council | made the first written system of Navajo laws |
| Henry Chee Dodge | first chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council |
| Navajo Nation | largest Native American group in AmericaKit Carson |
| Kit Carson | soldier who was ordered by the US government to settle disputes between Native Americans & settlers |
| Bosque Redondo | area in NM where Navajo were forced to walk |
| Window Rock | Navajo capital |
| Primary source | an eye witness account or observation |
| Secondary source | second-hand account of history |
| Francisco Vasquez de Coronado | Spanish explorer who searched the SW for gold |
| Father Eusebio Kino | founded 3 missions in present day Arizona |