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Native Americans
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mesa | a hill with a flat top |
| dugout | another name for canoe |
| longhouse | a home where several families live |
| shaman | a medicine man |
| adobe | a mixture of straw and clay backed into bricks |
| potlatch | a celebration to raise and honor the totem poles |
| kachina dolls | items used to educate children in the southwest about there culture |
| kiva | a round underground structure used for ceremonies |
| agriculture | farming |
| democracy | a form of government where all citizens are included |
| drought | a period of little 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 |
| travois | a sled like device used to carry items it was often attached to dogs and horses to be pulled |