Native American Regions Vocabulary

An object made by a person

• tradition

• wigwam

• lodge

• artifact

A thought, action, or behavior that has been handed down from the past.

• wigwam

• tradition

• ceremony

• teepee

A single family dwelling made from arched wooden poles and covered with bark, grass, or animal hides

• pueblo

• wigwam

• wampum

• teepee

A multi-family shelter built by digging pits into the ground and creating a dome shaped covering with brush, sod, hide, or bark

• lodge

• wigwam

• pueblo

• hogan

A type of traditional North American footwear made of deerskin or other soft leather.

• wampum

• pueblo

• hogan

• moccasin

A celebration that honors a cultural event

• ceremony

• artifact

• tradition

• moccasin

Small beads cut from polished shells used to create symbolic designs

• wopam

• hogan

• wigwam

• moccasin

A cone shaped tent made by stretching buffalo skin over wooden poles

• pueblo

• hogan

• teepee

• wigwam

To adjust behaviors or ways of life to make it easier to live in a particular place.

• climate

• adapt

• ceremony

• tradition

The average weather an area has over a long period of time.

• climate

• adapt

• ceremony

• tradition