A fence or dam put in a stream to catch fish.

A group of people with a common ancestry.

An important event, such as a wedding, the naming of a child, or a coming-of-age ceremony, was marked with a big feast called a ___________________.

An outbreak of disease that spreads quickly.

Babies spent the first year of life in a _______________, which a mother could strap to her back or lean against a tree while she worked.

A condition when all members of a group or species die out.

When very young, some boys and girls were chosen to become medicine people, or ______________.

Both governments set up _____________ (called reserves in Canada).

A rite of passage in which young people discover their life’s purpose.

Resistance to disease or illness.

The basic material from which a product is made.

The women were great at weaving baskets and ____________, or cloth.

The figures represented the ________ (animals or mythological creatures) from which a family traced its origins.