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Casazza Flashcards

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Longhouse

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A long dwelling especially of the Iroqouis for several families

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Confederacy

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A league of persons, parties,or states

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Palisade

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A long strong pointed stake set close with others as a defense

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Decoy-

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Something intended to lure into a trap; especially: an artificial bird used to attract live birds within shooting range

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Tribe

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A social group made up of many families,clans,or generations that share the same language,customs and beliefs.

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Artifact

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A usually simple object (as a tool or ornament) showing human work and representing a culture or a stage in the development of a culture

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Dialect

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A regional variety of a language differing from the standard language.

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Reservation

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Something reserved for special use especially an area of public lands so reserved for use by amircan Indians

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Archery

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The art,practice,or skill of shooting a bow and arrow

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Wigwam

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A hut used by the American Indians of the Great Lakes region and Eastward usually having an arched frame of poles covered with bark,Rush mats,or hides

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Wampum

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‘White string’ beads of polished shells formerly used by north American Indians as money and ornaments

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League

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An assoiation or alliance of nations

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Hiawatha

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Legendary Iroquois Indian chief

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Haudenosaunee

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Six nations gathered together for the Iroquois confederacy known among the Aboriginal people as the Haudensauee

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Three sisterss

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The three sisters are corn,beans,and squash

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Storyteller

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Teller of stories

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Sachem

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A North American Indian chief

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Clan

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A group made up by of hose holds whose heads clan to have a common ancestor .

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Pelt

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Skin and attached fur of an animal

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Hide

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The skin of an animal whether raw or dressed

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Ancestors

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One from whom an individual,group,or species is distended.

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Bait

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Something used (food) to attract animals

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