Native American Government and Culture Week 16 Study Guide

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Importance of wampum belts to the Onondaga clan

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They kept all government records.

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Example of oral history

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Natalia listens to her grandmother's stories.

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Reason for tribes having two leaders

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Different skills and abilities are needed for peacetime and war, benefiting the tribe with the best leader possible at any time.

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Role of the shaman

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Onas bandages a wounded leg.

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Bison robes were not common among the Haudenosaunee.

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Buffalo or Bison have never lived in New York State.

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A society that passes inheritance and leadership through mothers.

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Matrilineal

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band

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A group of people of the same tribe who were closely connected, often by family ties.

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clans

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Larger groups of distant relatives.

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confederacy

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An alliance between multiple groups.

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federally recognized

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Describing tribal nations that have an official relationship with the U.S. government.