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| toboggan |
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A long narrow sled. |
| totem pole |
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A tall wooden pole with animal faces carved on it. |
| wampum |
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Small white beads made from shells. It was used as money. |
| tribe |
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A large group of families that are related. |
| chickee |
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A house with a roof and no walls. It is built on stilts. |
| wigwam |
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A house made of bent poles and covered with tree bark. |
| igloo |
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A house shaped like a dome and it is made with hard snow or ice blocks. |
| travois |
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A sled pulled by dogs or a horse. It was used to carry people and their things. |
| clan |
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A group of the same family. |
| moccasins |
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Shoes or boots made from animal skins. |
| pictograph |
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A symbol (sign) that was drawn to mean a person, object or event. |
| canoe |
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A narrow boat made of wood and sometimes covered with animal skin. |
| cradle board |
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A wooden board made to carry a baby. |
| farmers |
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People who grow their own food. |
| gatherers |
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People who go out and pick and find their food. |
| hut |
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A house made of dried grass or straw. |
| kachina |
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A spirit that the Hopi believed in. |
| cedar plank house (lodge) |
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A large wooden house where many families lived. |
| long house |
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A long house made of bent poles and tree bark. It had no windows. Many families live there. |
| pueblo |
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A Hopi village where all the houses are made of clay and rock. |
| tepee |
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A tent shaped like a cone. It is made of tall poles and covered with animal skin. |
| kayak |
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A long narrow boat for one or two people. It can roll over in the water and pop back up. |
| caribou |
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A big deer with fuzzy antlers. |
| adobe |
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Dried clay and rocks. |