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| AIFI | American Indian Film Institute |
| koshare | Hopi clowns |
| IAIA | Institute of American Indian Arts |
| digital divide | gap between individuals, households and businesses with regard to their opportunities to access information technologies and the Internet |
| NMAI | National Museum of the American Indian |
| Andean civilizations | term used to refer to civilizations of the Andes Mountains of Peru and Bolivia, including the Inca, Chavin, Moche, Chimu, and Nazca and many others |
| Cahokia | mound building at this location began with the Mississippian cultural period about the 9th century |
| Chaco Canyon | An important Anasazi cultural center from about 900 through 1130 AD |
| Mound builder | prehistoric inhabitants of North America who constructed various styles of earthen mounds for religious and ceremonial, burial, and elite residential purposes |
| relocation policy | federal government program designed to entice reservation dwellers to seven major urban cities where the jobs supposedly were plentiful |
| WOR | WithOut Reservation |
| termination policy | policy dedicated to end of reservations system and dispersal of Indians to urban areas |
| effigy | representation of a person or animal, especially in the form of sculpture or some other three-dimensional form |
| Religious Freedom Act | restored right to practice native religion and cermonies |
| Durkheim | Founding father of sociology who discussed aspects of religion |
| Elders | respected older members who serve as teachers and storytellers |
| Indian Crania Study | surgeon generals controversial study of collected Native American skulls |
| Repatriation | returning Native American remains, sacred objects and artifacts to tribal control |
| NAGPRA | Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 |
| Smithsonian | The world's largest museum and research complex, with 19 museums, 9 |
| sacred | objects and practices superior in power and set apart from ordinary as defined by the group |
| profane | ordinary, practical, everyday |
| Revitalization movement | Native American cultural rebirth, a cultural renaissance |
| First Amendment rights | ability to practice religion without interference from government or law |
