Three Native Nations Vocabulary

What is the definition of an alliance?

• agreement between two groups of people to support one another in war

• people with a common ancestor

• copying; doing the same thing as

• held in great respect

What does buckskin mean?

• held in great respect

• smaller streams that flow into rivers

• softened deer hide used to make clothing

• people with a common ancestor

What is a clan?

• group of related people

• method of bringing water to crops

• fibers from animal muscles; tendons

• different forms of the same language, such as different pronunciations of the same words

What does confederacy mean?

• held in great respect

• a group of nations or states that have joined together with an agreed set of rules

• people with a common ancestor

• smaller streams that flow into rivers

descendants

• people with a common ancestor

• held in great respect

• fibers from animal muscles; tendons

• copying; doing the same thing as

dialects

• group of related people

• people with a common ancestor

• different forms of the same language, such a different pronunciations of the words

• softened deer hide used to make clothing

irrigation

• fibers from animal muscles; tendons

• method of bringing water to crops

• copying; doing the same thing as

• smaller streams that flow into rivers

mimicking

• wide strips of cloth or hide worn between the legs and held in place with a belt

• group of related people

• copying; doing the same thing as

• different forms of the same language

nourished

• held in great respect

• fed in a healthy way; helped to maintain life

• smaller streams that flow into rivers

• fibers from animal muscles; tendons

revered

• people with a common ancestor

• held in great respect

• agreement between two groups of people to support one another in war

• copying; doing the same thing as