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Chapter 2
Chapter 2- "Idaho's Native People"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| About how many people live in Idaho? | more than 1 million people |
| Who were Idaho's first people? | the Paleo indians |
| What does Paleo mean? | ancient, or very old |
| Paleo were big-game hunters. What is big-game? | large animals |
| Give 2 examples of big-game animals | mammoths, giant sloths, bison, musk oxen |
| Between what 2 continents was the land bridge over which Paleos may have crossed into Idaho? | Asia and North America |
| Which tribe lived in Idaho directly after the Paleo Tribe? | the archaic indians |
| What does archaic mean? | of or from an earlier time |
| What skills were developed by the Archaics that the Paleos didn't possess? | catching fish, gathering seeds, nuts, and berries, making sharp arrowhead and sharp knives and atlatls |
| What is an atlatl? | a tool used to help a spear travel faster and farther |
| What is an archaeologist? | a scientist who studies artifacts to learn about people from the past |
| What is an artifact? | objects made or used by people long ago |
| What did Nellis Burkhart discover in 1989 while building a road near the town of Buhl? | ancient human bones |
| What were the 10,000 year old bones found near Buhl in 1989 named? | Buhla |
| Why was the discovery of Buhla so important? | with her, scientists found a needle made of bone, and arrowhead, and proof of what people in her time ate |
| For what is Don E. Crabtree remembered? | making tools from natural glass, studying fossils, visiting Reservations to learn about Idaho's past |
| What do we call glass stone made of lava? | obsidian |
| What is a petroglyph? | designs CARVED into rock |
| What is a pictograph? | designs PAINTED onto rock |
| Name a place in Idaho where you can see petroglyphs and pictographs | Celebration Park in Canyon County |
| How old was Buhla? (how long ago did she live?) | 10,000 years ago |
| Who discovered Buhla? | Nellis Burkhart |
| Which famous Idahoan made arrowhead and had an operation in which the doctor used one of his arrowheads and it didn't leave a scar? | Don E. Crabtree |
| How tall was Buhla? | 5 feet, 2 inches tall |
| How old was Buhla when she died? | 21 years old |
| What year was Buhla discovered? | 1989 |
| Which Idahoan had an interest in ancient people and tool making? | Don E. Crabtree |
| What is the definition of a tribe? | groups of Native Americans who share the same ancestors, lifestyles, and language |
| What is an ancestor? | Family members who lived long ago |
| What is the definition of culture? | a way a group of people live |
| What is a descendant? | someone's child, grandchild, great-grandchild etc. |
| How did getting horses change the way Native Americans hunted for food? | Horses let them hunt farther away from home and get larger game animals |
| How many Native American tribes were living in Idaho when the first white trappers and explorers came to Idaho? | 7 |
| Which native American tribes became masters at raising and riding horses? | The Shoshone and Nez Perce |
| Which of the original 7 Native American tribes lived in Northern Idaho? | Kootenai, Kalispel, Coeur d'Alene, Nez Perce |
| Which of the original 7 Native American tribes lived in Southern Idaho? | Shoshone, Bannock, Northern Paiute |
| Name the 5 federally recognized tribes in Idaho today | Kootenai, Coeur d'Alene, Nez Perce, Shoshone-Paiute, Shoshone-Bannock |
| What does native mean? | born in a place |
| What is a treaty? | a legal agreement with the US government |
| What do we call a group of Native Americans living together that don't have enough people to be a tribe? | a band |
| By what other name was the Tukudika band called because of what they ate? | the Sheep Eaters, from the central mountains of Idaho |
| By what other name was the Agaidika band called because of what they ate? | the Salmon Eaters, from near the Salmon river |
| What is the purpose of a treaty with the Native Americans? | to settle boundaries |
| What is a reservation? | land set aside by the US government for Native American tribes |
| Name 2 or the largest tribes in Idaho | The Shoshone and the Nez Perce |
| What is an arrow quiver? | a case to hold arrows |
| Which tribe called themselves San'Ka, and what does San'ka mean? | The Kootenai- it means "People of the Waters" |
| Why did Christopher Columbus call the people in the Americas "Indians?" | he thought he was near India |
| What did Chief Joseph's name mean? | Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain |
| Which plant did Native Americans use as food that was a bulb that looked like a tiny onion? | camas |
| Which Native American tribe in Idaho does not have an official reservation? | Kootenai |
| Which reservation was set up for the Western Shoshone Indians? | Duck Valley Reservation |
| As a result of the Fort Bridger Treaty, Shoshone-Bannock Indians were moved to where? | Fort Hall Reservation |
| Where did Chief Joseph and his people move to for a reservation? | Washington |
| What do the Kootenai people call themselves and what does it mean? | San'ka, "People of the Waters" |
| Who was the leader of the Kootenai tribe when they declared war on the United States? | Amy Trice |
| What does Sacajawea mean? | "Bird Woman" |
| Which president did Chief Joseph talk to in order to get fair treatment for his people? | Rutherford B. Hayes |
| Who was the chief of the Nez Perce tribe? | Chief Joseph |
| What does Coeur d'Alene mean? | hearts as sharp as the point of an awl |
| Whose name was Hin-mah-too-ya-lat-kit? | Chief Joseph |
| What do the Coeur d'Alene people call themselves and what does it mean? | Schitsu'umsh, "the Discovered People" |
| What do the Nez Perce people call themselves and what does it mean? | Nimi'ipuu, "the Real People" or "We the People" |
| What was the name of Sacajawea's son? | Jean Baptiste called "Pomp" |
| Native Americans believed medicine men could communicate with the spirit world. What is another name for medicine man? | shaman |
| Which Kootenai leader spoke to reporters and government leaders and got a place for her tribe to have a headquarters? | Amy Trice |