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American Indians: A Brief History Video/Discussion Terms

After viewing this video group the terms in like groups and entitle them. This assignment need not be typed.

Mashpee Wamanoag
Cheyenne
Tsistsistas
Adena
Cahokia
Acoma
Anasazi
Canyon de Chelly
Pueblo
Inuit (Eskimo)
Keokuk
Sac & Fox
Nez Perce
Iroquois (Irokwa)
Inuit

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From discussion
Sioux: short form of Chippewa word nadouessioux meaning "adders in the grass"; self-reference is Dakota/Lakota/Nakota
Santee Sioux (Dakota) include the Mdewakanton, Sisseton, Wahpekute and Wahpeton
Yankton Sioux (Nakota) include the Hunkpatina, Yanktonai and the people who split off and become the Assiniboine
Teton Sioux (Lakota) include the Brule, Hunkpapa, Sasns Arc, Miniconjou, Oglala, Oohenopa and Sihasapa
Papago("bean eaters") Tohno O'Odham
Chippewa(y)/Ojibwa(y)/Anishinabe

 Updated Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 10:49:38 AM by Gerri Parker - parkergerri@fhda.edu
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