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Native Americans
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Wigwam | Ojbwa bowl shaped home made of a frame of poles and mats |
| Eagle | is seen as a warrior or brother, only native Americans can have eagle feathers |
| Legends | a story told to entertain, educate or explain |
| LaCrosse | a city in WI named after the native American game |
| Pow-Wow | a gathering of native American people including ceremonial dress and dancing |
| Berries | a food native Americans collected |
| wild rice | a wild rice cereal that is harvested by the Menominee |
| Prehistoric Indianans | Paleo & Archaic - here before written records |
| Indian Removal Act | Indians were forced onto plots of land, reservations |
| trail of tears | when the Indians were forced onto plot of land, reservations, the Indian removal act |
| Jean Nicolet | first white man to meet the Indians in WI |
| Jean Nicolet | French Explorer |
| Menominee | Wild rice people they lived around green bay |
| Effigy Mounds | mounds built by people often in the shapes of animals, buried the dead |
| Wisconsin | Native American word meaning "gathering of water" |
| 3 sisters | Corn, Squash beans - Crops native Americans planted |
| Native Americans from WI | MOW - Menominee, Ojibwa or Chippewa, Winnebago or Ho-Chunk |
| Archaeologists | scientists who dig for ancient artifacts |
| Mounds were used for | buried the dead, religious ceremonies walls of protection from other people and animals |
| Tools | Made by Indians used to help get food - scraper, atatl, spears, fishing hooks, clubs, traps, nets |
| House | Wigwam - lived in most of the year |
| birch bark uses | baskets, canoe, mats |
| Paleo and Archaic food | seeds, berries and roots from wild plants |
| Native American games | Lacrosse, moccasin game, hand game, double ball, awl game, snow snake, web weaving, sling stick, little sticks, top spinning, marbles |
| wooly mammoth | an animal the Paleo people hunted for a food source |