Native American Vocabulary

A group's way of life including their homes, food, dress, language, and religous beliefs.

• wigwam

• canoe

• ceremony

• culture

A dome-shaped home made from tree branches and bark.

• canoe

• wigwam

• longhouse

• buckskin

A special gathering that takes place within a culture to remember or acknowledge an important event.

• culture

• moccasins

• ceremony

• wigwam

A Native American home made from branches and bark that was shared by several different families.

• wigwam

• buckskin

• longhouse

• moccasins

Skin from a deer that was often used to make clothes for the Native Americans.

• moccasins

• canoe

• ceremony

• buckskin

a long, hollowed out boat often made from a tree trunk by the Native Americans for travel on waterways

• wigwam

• moccasins

• canoe

• buckskin

soft shoes made out of animal skin and fur that were often worn by Native Americans

• longhouse

• buckskin

• ceremony

• moccasins