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| a group of people of the same tribe who are closely connected, often by family ties. |
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| larger groups of distant relatives |
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| a group of people connected by a common language, belief, land, and culture |
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| a group of tribes under one chief. |
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| How did Native Peoples living in North America communicate? |
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| They used the spoken word to communicate and to preserve their history and traditions |
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| What was the Iroquois' constitution called? |
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| a picture cared into rock |
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| How did American Indians decide who would become the next chief in a chiefdom |
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| Chiefs had to earn their right to lead the people |
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| crops grown in small mounds to prevent soil erosion |
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| What did American Indians use to cure common ailments such as fever, pain, burns and wounds. |
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| They used plants as medicine |
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| What did the American Indian clothing reflect? |
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| the climate where they lived |
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| Why did the American Indian tribes have a deep respect and connection to nature? |
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| They believed that if they took care of the Earth, the earth would take care of them. |
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| What name did tribes used to describe the earth? |
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| Many major city roads and highways follow the same paths American Indians took. |
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| For example I-95 between Chicago and Detroit and I-75 from Michigan to Florida, also called the Great Path |
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| The Iroquois Confederacy government was set up to have a balance of... |
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| Purpose of Government for the American Indians |
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| Provide safety and security, justice and order |
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| Government leaders strived to provide |
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| safety, justice and welfare of the governed |
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| Ceremonies & celebrations were held to honor |
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| ancestors and celebrate the natural elements around them. |
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| Leaders from many groups come together in a Grand Council in which type of government? |
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| In trading, what were rivers and waterways used as? |
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| highway for transportation of good |
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| What stone was so valuable 4,000 years ago that it was traded far from the quarry? |
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| Tribes had ceremonies for |
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| marriages, funerals and growing up. |
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| To meet their needs, where did tribes use resources from? |
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| What were American Indian tools made from? |
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