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bannock a flat bread made of oat or barley flour http://farm1.staticflickr.com/90/241256079_e16d89a9cc.jpg pemmican lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1086/761318624_36746a7c9e.jpg patriarchal relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2734/4152919570_3acdefc13e.jpg matriarchal relating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family http://farm1.staticflickr.com/39/74555177_955cd9f15d.jpg matrilocal refers to the pattern in which married couples live with or near the wives' parents http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1166/897059501_9990664a28.jpg patrilocal refers to the pattern in which married couples live with or near the husbands' parents http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2367/2057987800_c9c5ca5656.jpg matrilineal based on or tracing descent through the female line http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3010/3036291645_b40bef3fc8.jpg patrilineal based on or tracing descent through the male line http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2047/2363628388_8528cb47dd.jpg nuclear family Family unit consisting of parents and children http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3114/2602858816_eee83e8867.jpg extended family a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives; closely-related people of several generations such as brother sisters parents uncles aunts grandperent and great grandparents http://farm1.staticflickr.com/3/5701163_cf9982f97c.jpg bilateral kinship a system in which individuals trace their descent through both parents http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4068/4538735536_629b45b7cf.jpg insulating to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3541/3463629589_8e8dc1df8a.jpg soapstone a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel;, n. A soft metamorphic rock composed mostly of the mineral talc. Also called steatite. http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1400/613110293_d076a8c563.jpg kayak a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins http://farm1.staticflickr.com/146/376008245_9cb3652054.jpg umiak Used for moving family and possessions to seasonal hunting areas and for whaling expeditions; a larger boat covered with hides and propelled by broad paddles http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3259/2896221712_218955daec.jpg palisade a wall made of tall wooden poles to protect a village from enemies http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3398/3267949011_2a13a61865.jpg iglu an Eskimo hut, usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2107/2340812459_6a0fed5fb3.jpg tipi A conical skin-and-frame dwelling; an easily moved yet substantial structure used by the nomadic Plains Indians. http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1109/634464584_07146c59a4.jpg longhouse The basic house type of northern Iroquoian peoples such as the HURON and IROQUOIS. http://farm1.staticflickr.com/53/127148279_cccac5b79f.jpg dugout canoe a canoe made by hollowing out and shaping a large log http://farm1.staticflickr.com/40/90102498_d60ceec64d.jpg midden (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3204/3123813092_1969d01eeb.jpg fast abstain from certain foods, as for religious, political, or medical reasons EX. "Catholics sometimes do this during Lent" http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2674/3902982614_c4afc9b2e9.jpg potlatch a special Native American gathering or celebration with feasting and dancing; meant to show wealth and divide property amoung the people http://farm1.staticflickr.com/238/520305723_fd6ce0bba3.jpg inuit a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia) EX. the Algonquians called them Eskimo ('eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves this term, meaning 'the people' http://farm1.staticflickr.com/38/104147485_4f10e432e8.jpg inukshuk human figures serving as landmarks http://farm1.staticflickr.com/215/492620236_2e3e32ef27.jpg sinew Thin strips of muscle used by ancient peoples as string;a tendon- a piece of tough fiber tissue uniting muscles to bone http://farm1.staticflickr.com/167/438358465_6c8976e8e0.jpg blind a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters) http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3388/3549542969_2b0f7933f9.jpg pound hunting by trapping in a pen and killing http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4137/4762686067_05c1f9ab4f.jpg corral a pen used to trap the bison http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3012/2596411824_6911815e3d.jpg jump hunting by enticing (by shouting, waving arms) bison over a cliff http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3227/2762890788_8a2b8525e5.jpg pit house house dug into the ground and covered with wood and skins, http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4086/4848006573_2d8176fee1.jpg excavate find by digging in the ground http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1404/1286442157_cdd467abee.jpg totem pole a large red cedar log carved to depict a family's history. Uses crests and designs owned by an individual family; primarily a Northwest Coast tradition. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2385/2531106104_7c4183f632.jpg habitation housing that someone is living in http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3416/3617998521_f851a4a844.jpg concentration the measure of how many people there are relative to the space (habitation) they occupy http://farm1.staticflickr.com/48/133922975_4b4a276a8b.jpg Iroquois a group of native american peoples inhabiting the woodlands of the northeast of North American continent http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4107/4955367488_2bcb2cc90c.jpg Northwest Coast people A group of people that depended on the sea for almost all its resources. Also, a coastal forest provided them with raw materials. Had social classes http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4071/4387912728_0fe5ed3530.jpg Peoples of the Plateau located in the plateau area between north west coast and plains; cold winters, dry climate. They had dugout canoes & pit houses http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4056/4674058098_f5a5bacd05.jpg Peoples of the Plains live in the interior plains in tipis; household items came form bison. are nomadic. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3622/3580948356_dc371c674a.jpg bison any of several large shaggy-maned humped bovids having large heads and short horns; the most important animal to the Indians of the plains. Buffalo. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3057/2857685618_14630c5785.jpg Six Nations a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca ;after 1722, they were joined by the Tuscarora, forming this http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4013/4666911896_6e961c5ba4.jpg domesticate to adapt plants or animals for human use http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3383/3225953904_8c4e9904a3.jpg subsistence how people survive; how they obtain food http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1325/1063811558_c0c63106ed.jpg agriculture the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3506/3464835196_5e05941788.jpg hunting and gathering The killing of wild animals and fish as well as the gathering of fruits, roots, nuts, and other plants for subsistence. http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4076/4855733879_19b3490074.jpg shamanism Form of a tribal religion that involved community acceptance of a shaman, a religious leader, healer, and worker of magic who, through special powers, can intercede with and interpret the spirit world. http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2695/4197947347_7d740bdf1c.jpg