Great Plains Indians Vocab

having no fixed home

• nomadic

• sedentary

• shaman

• lodge

living in one area

• sedentary

• nomadic

• band

• travois

a carrier pulled by dogs and horses

• sedentary

• nomadic

• band

• travois

a portable house made of skins and poles

• lodge

• tepee

• mammoth

• sod

an extinct member of the elephant family

• mammoth

• clan

• council

• pemmican

a headdress made of feathers

• warbonnet

• clan

• travois

• pemmican

a group sharing a common ancestor

• warbonnet

• clan

• travois

• pemmican

a fixed home built from wood and sod

• lodge

• sod

• tepee

• pemmican

a story about how the world was formed

• creation myth

• pemmican

• shaman

• council

a large area of grassland

• prairie

• shaman

• sod

• band