Native American

a group of people that are grouped by cultural traits and/or family ties

• nomads

• tribe

• clan

• pilgrims

a raised surface with a flat top

• plateau

• hill

• mountian

• mesa

a village built into the sides of mountains

• teepee

• palisades

• pueblo

• pyramids

a raised mass of Earth

• mound

• mountian

• hills

• basin

Spanish word for corn

• elote

• tamale

• carnita

• maize

sundried clay brick topped with grass and straw

• igloo

• log cabin

• brick house

• adobe

the highest rank of class amongst people in Native American culture

• royalty

• elite

• nobles

• king

someone from whom one is descended from

• mother

• elderly

• ancestor

• descendant

what does emerge mean?

• that there is an emergency

• to end

• to develop

• to descend

a person who studies the origin of a culture

• hisotrian

• philanthropist

• scientist

• anthropologist