| A | B |
|---|
| Genocide | elimination of a group, especially with violence |
| pictograph | rock art etched into desert varnish |
| petroglyph | rock art painted onto stone with dyes |
| zoomorph | animal figure |
| anthropomorph | human figure |
| intaglio | giant human or animal shape best viewed from far above |
| 3 sisters | planting technique for beans, corn and squash |
| horticulture | small scale farming using hand tools such as hoe or digging stick |
| agriculture | large scale farming using plows and irrigation techniques |
| hunting and gathering | nomadic lifestyle collecting available vegetation and killing game and fish |
| 4 corners | place where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet |
| Anasazi | Navajo term for ancestors or ancient ones |
| statistical genocide | elimination of a population by manipulating demographic information |
| teepee | traditional housing for plains tribal groups such as Lakota or Blackfoot |
| hogan | traditional housing for Navajo |
| Columbian Quincentennial | celebrated in 1992 |
| Doctrine of Discovery | ny place you find can be claimed due to "God-given rights" |
| Spanish California mission system | designed to convert Native Americans to Catholocism and use tribes to further economic aims |
| sovereignty | holding power over a group or place |
| Junipero Serra | priest who administered abusive mission system |
| Wounded Knee | possibly seen as the "last battle of the Indian Wars" |
| December 29, 1890 | Battle of or Massacre at Wounded Knee |
| Great Law of Peace | gave basic rights to the Iroquois people and solved disputes by giving all an equal hearing |
| longhouse | traditional habitat structure of Iroquois with symbolic placement of 'door guards' from specific tribal groups |
| Haudenosaunee | also known as Iroquois |
| blood quantum | determining who is and who is not part of a group based on their heritage and whether they are full blooded or of mixed heritage |
| Deganawida | Huron prophet called the Peacemaker who is credited as forming the Iroquois Confederacy |
| Iroquois Confederacy | Mohhawks, Onondagas, Oneidas, Cayugas, Senecas and Tuscaroras |
