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NATIVE AMERICANS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mesa | a hill with a flat top |
| dugout | another name for a canoe |
| longhouse | 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 dolls | items used to educate children in the Southwest about their culture |
| kiva | a round underground structure used for ceremonies |
| Agriculture | farming |
| Democracy | a form of government were all citizens are included |
| drought | a period of of little or no rain |
| irrigation system | a water way to get water to the crops |
| stockade | a high fence for protection |
| Maize | corn |
| three sister | corn,beans |