Indigenous Peoples Flashcard

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Why is American Indian art considered a part of North Carolina’s cultural heritage?

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American Indians contributed to various art forms such as sculpture, basket weaving, and clothing.

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What do you know about the life of Indigenous groups?

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Indigenous people used their environment for food and resources to survive.

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Why did coastal tribes build villages near water?

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Fishing was a major food source and living near water made survival easier

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Native Americans in North Carolina . . .

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spoke different languages and had different customs

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Coastal natives developed _______ to live in, which were built out of long, flexible saplings bent into a “U” shape creating a barrel roof.

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Longhouses

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What is the handing down of information, beliefs, or customs from one generation to another?

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tradition

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What describes something or someone who is native or living naturally in a place?

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indigenous

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A group of people with similar culture and lifestyle

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Tribe

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Indigenous tribe that lived in the Mountain region: Lumbee, Sequoyah, Cherokee

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Cherokee

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largest tribe in NC that is still fighting for services from the US government

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Lumbee