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Native American
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mesa | a hill with a flat top |
| Dugout | another name for a canoe |
| Long house | a home where several families live |
| Shaman | a medicine man |
| Adobe | a mixture of straw and clay baked into bricks |
| Potlatch | a celebration to raise and honor the totem poles |
| Kachina | items used to educate children in the south west about their culture |
| Kiva | a round under ground structure used for ceremonies |
| Agriculture | farming |
| Democracy | a form of government where all citizens are included |
| Drought | a period of little or no rain |
| Irrigation | System a water way to get water to crops |
| Stockade | a high fence for protection |
| Maize | corn |
| Three sisters | corn beans and squash |
| Travios | a sled like device used to carry items was often |
| attached | to dogs and horses to be pulled |