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American Indian History
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1. British Sailor - first to get to California - shows up in SF Bay- shocks Spaniards they think English have found NW passage and so think they had better claim it first and send questionable people to colonize NM
Sir Frances Drake
Captain Jack
Mesa Verde
Caddoan
2. Name means Red Sleeves. A huge man - led mimbreno apache. had been ambushed and flogged in a miner camp in 1851 - scarred for life - this ends a temporary truce between Mimbrenos and miners & leads to Apache attacking throughout the SW. He was also c
General Edward Camby
Cochise
Hubbell's Trading Post
Mangas Colorado
3. No hero to the navajos bc they see him as someone who cut down their peach orchards and hurt their homes
The Long Walk
Kit Carson
Bosque Redondo
General Nelson Miles
4. Role models for Navajo children. Mother was Changing Woman: Hero Twins are Monster Slayer and Child of the Waters. have adventures that shaped the Navajo land and slayed many monsters but they missed old age - poverty - dirt
Acoma-Don Juan Onate
Klamath
The Hero Twins
Kiva
5. 16th Century Spanish system attempted to settle Indians & uses their Indian villages as their center. Uses Catholic priest in role similar to Indian Chief. makes community church cnetered and a self sufficient economy
Modocs
Tom Jeffreys
Captain Jack
Mission System
6. Eastern Arizona headquarters of Navajo - live in Hogans - garden and hunt game - melons and peach orchards
Tom Jeffreys
Canyon de Chelley
Navajos
Tonkawas
7. A man marrying more than one woman almost always sisters - strengthens matrilocality. More for economic reasons than romance as women headed clans until after WWII
Royal Whitman
Presidios
Sororate
Hohokam
8. After Texas became a state - Wichitas were moved west near the Brazos and Neighbors was an Indian Agent who tried to help them. The Comanche continued their attacks and this was blamed on the Wichitas. Neighbors was shot dead in the street - shot in
General Carlton
pima or papago
Robert Neighbors
Mogollon
9. Part of Spanish/Indian policy - a system of labor put upon Indians already living on land made into encomiendas. Work a day or two a week for the landowner & he was obligated to protect you - developed a feudal system
Captain Jack
Repartimiento
Skeleton Canyon
Artifact
10. New apache reservation in Northern Arizona. Indian Agent John Clum sets up Apache police force/most apache move here but not Geronimo and his band. He goes to Mexico & is joined by Victorio and his sister Lozen (healer - warrior - seer of enemies - h
pima or papago
San Carlos - Geronimo
Avunculate
Canyon de Chelley
11. Between 1850 & 1851 govt agents signed 18 treaties established a big hunk of land to be set aside in the state of CA for Indians.. they were sent to the US for ratification. The senate refuses to ratify them saying that it's way too much land. Finall
Ranchitas
dendro chronology
Sororate
Cochise
12. Campaign against the Navajos destroying sheep herds and homes. Many Navajos surrendered and thousands relocated to Bosque reservation in NM at Fort Sumner to protect NM ppl from raids. Confined to barren land encountered malnutrition - disease - bad
Bosque Redondo
Mission System
Lava Beds
Navajos
13. Located in the Cross Timbers area (S. Kansas - thru OKC - DFW area). Caddo speaking. Closely related to the Pawnee. Sometimes called Pawnee Noir(dark skinned) or Pawnee Picts (tatoos).4 bands - names of many area landmarks come from them including Ta
Wichitas
The Hero Twins
Bosque Redondo
The Spanish Fort
14. Not as flexible as Jesuits - dominant religious order in NM very dedicated - active in spreading gospel but try to make Indians work missions and stamp out Native Americanism as paganism
Franciscans
The Hero Twins
Curly Headed Doctors
Mesa Verde
15. Indian Agent appointed to SE Arizona Apache res called Apache Pass was a friend of the Apache. Res lasts 5 years but is too close to the Mexico border and the Apache raid across border stealing livestock and returning to sell in US so Govt moves the
Bosque Redondo
Ranchitas
Tom Jeffreys
Mescal
16. Head of half the band of the Modocs - He shot and killed the men at the negotiation - including Camby - There was a public execution of him afterwards.
Captain Jack
Encomienda
Artifact
The Southern Cult
17. Joined by Kit Carson - campaigns against Apaches and Navajos - Civil War era- he pushes the confederates out of Arizona? and doesn't have anything else to do
General Carlton
The Hero Twins
Mother-in-law Taboo
Diggers
18. ...Culture of the desert tradition. 300 bc to 1350 ad. Centered in western NM and eastern Arizona. Lived in semi-subterranean houses scattered on ridges. Zunis come out of this culture
The Hero Twins
Apache
Mogollon
Canyon de Chelley
19. A man never speaks to his mother-in-law and avoids contacts as much as can. communicates thru his wife
Mother-in-law Taboo
Kit Carson
General Edward Camby
General Nelson Miles
20. Chief spokesman of the Chiricahua Apache - had been at peace until 1860 accused of raiding a ranch in SE Arizona - really raided by mimbrenos - military pursues Cochise and tries to arrest him but fails - hostilities spread
Skeleton Canyon
Artifact
Cochise
Tonto Apache
21. Pueblo religious leader from Taos. Travels pueblo to pueblo planning a revolt/ 1600 revolt breaks out early - Spaniards abandon NM-- Pueblos try to go back to old ways. Pope' tries to centralize leadership but Pueblos don't cooperate. Spaniars return
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22. ...Geronimo and his 24 men come in and lay down their arms there. General Nelson Miles promises them a return to AZ but instead sends them to FL instead
Robert Neighbors
Skeleton Canyon
Athabascan
The Long Walk
23. Example of traders that arrive in navajo homeland last 2 decades of the 19th century. White men who trade - many marry into navajo families. market navajo materials and create interest in their goods. Most live on reservations in their communities.
Mescal
Canyon de Chelley
Sir Frances Drake
Dodge Family
24. Used by Apache - is made from cactus root. similar to a grits type substance used as a base for stews and cooking
Pre Columbian Period
Mescal
Hubbell's Trading Post
Hohokam
25. Speak Penution - live in northeastern CA and are supposed to be living with the Klamaths in Southern Oregon. They leave that reservation however and go to 'the lost river' splitting into two bands - Capt. Jack's and Curly Headed Doctor's - each band
Modocs
Atapakans
Ranchitas
Apache
26. Indians who speak this language and live in south texas brushy area from San Antonio to the Rio Grande. nomadic and hunter gatherers like the desert tradition. Least complex culture of texas. These are the mission indians of Southern Texas who seem t
Pre Columbian Period
Mescal
Caddoan
Coahuiltecans
27. Small bands occupy Texas Coast & off shore Islands from Galveston to Corpus Christi. Had ties to Northern Mexico. They spoke Coahuiltecan - a language from Mexico. They attacked LaSalle at Galveston. They killed the survivors of the boat 'The Lively'
Cochise
Karankawas
Pueblos
Modocs
28. The dating of wooden artifacts through tree ring growth
Coahuiltecans
Mother-in-law Taboo
pima or papago
dendro chronology
29. Part of Spanish/Indian policy - large land grants are made to leading military figures - divides territories on Northern borders into land grants to encourage frontier expansion & reward those faithful to the crown
Encomienda
Anasazi
Modocs
Tom Jeffreys
30. Spectacular place for defense - used by the modocs for defense and works very well
Lava Beds
The Spanish Fort
Tonto Apache
dendro chronology
31. Religious practice of the Caddo Indians. Highly organized. Used burial mounds. Villages were centered around temples
Ranchitas
The Southern Cult
Mission System
Athabascan
32. Not spanish at all but actually a Wichita town (or fort) with a moat & stockade. Built on a bend in the Red River. Spanish sent an expedition here that included their cannons but they were forced to retreat from it even leaving cannons behind.
Athabascan
Kit Carson
Tonkawas
The Spanish Fort
33. 8 -000 bc to ? In the Americas - name for hunter gatherer societies of that time - nomadic groups follow what can be found seasonally
Caddos
Canyon de Chelley
Archaic Period
Hubbell's Trading Post
34. See Tonto Apache- Was away in 1870 when citizens of Tucson attack the village and kill the apaches in The Camp Grant Massacre. Whitman marches back arriving too late - makes arrests of ring leaders - after 5 day trial - they were all exonerated. Whit
Pope'
Artifact
Acoma-Don Juan Onate
Royal Whitman
35. Apaches who originally lived in northern NM but moved to NE Arizona to protect their herds. Occupy desert SW - farm and are sedentary
Navajos
Athabascan
Anasazi
The Spanish Fort
36. Indians of East Texas/SE OK/SW AR/NW LA - closely related to eastern mound building culture. Anadarco is the Center of their tribal government. The name Texas came from them. Highly successful farmers. Had a class structured society. Very concerned w
Caddos
Carlton
Lava Beds
Sororate
37. Traders arrive in navajo homeland last 2 decades of the 19th century. they set up this trading post. Traders help navajo prosper in selling their goods. Traders marry into Navajo families
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38. Arctic oriented language - Apache spoke this language - not related to Pueblos - probably the last group to come across - called themselves 'Dene' (the people) but others called them Apache which means stranger/enemy - those who shouldn't be there
Athabascan
Pawnee Noir
San Carlos - Geronimo
Klamath
39. He was over indian affairs in that region - tried to get the modocs a new reservation near tule lake by the lost river. 3 miles long 1 mile wide - but he was opposed by the bureau of indian affairs. he told by the govt to supply troops to move them b
Tonkawas
The Long Walk
General Edward Camby
Klamath
40. Apache leader - led Apaches at Santa Rita del Cobre mine/had truce witht the miners - but are ambushed by miners pretending to host a feast for them to get Apache scalp bounty money. Juan Jose's followers turn to Mangas Colorado after this for his he
Bosque Redondo
Hubbell's Trading Post
Juan Jose
Caddos
41. Jan - May 1864: about 5 -000 removedNavajo Trail of Tears when Carleton forces Navajo to remove east from NE Arizona to East Central NM to a reservation called Bosque Redondo. Many die in route. were told they could farm but couldn't. Many die and sl
Repartimiento
Wichitas
Captain Jack
The Long Walk
42. Indian fighter with respect for Indians 'Humanitarian General'-travels to Mexico & asks Geronimo to come in to San Carlos res and he does. (1884). Then Spring 1885 Geronimo gets drunk & takes followers to Mexico- Crook follows & tries to get him to c
General George Crook
Curly Headed Doctors
Tom Jeffreys
Kiva
43. Large cliff dwelling adobe houses in Colorado -dwellings were easy to defend -offered protection-provided a safe place for Anasazi - reached by ladders
San Carlos - Geronimo
Mesa Verde
Mogollon
Mangas Colorado
44. Any object transformed in anyway by humans - stone - wood - bone - arrowheads - campfires
Archaic Period
Kit Carson
Artifact
General Carlton
45. Supernatural beings who shape the navajo universe - they can help you or hurt you - have to keep on their good side. Leading Holy person-Changing Woman: impregnated by the sun and bears twin boys: The Hero Twins
Mescal
Ranchitas
Avunculate
Holy People
46. Small forts associated with missions. Used by Spanish in the SW to protect these missions and were Spains defensive frontier
Hohokam
Athabascan
Presidios
The Fort Sill Apache
47. Sport - played on ball courts. Very similar to basketball Played by hohokam culture.
Dodge Family
Bosque Redondo
pima or papago
General Carlton
48. Major language group (of caddos - pawnees - wichitas). A central plain language
The Spanish Fort
Caddoan
Hohokam
Sororate
49. In Anasazi culture sunken chambers in their plazas for religious activity - for males only
Dodge Family
Mesa Verde
Kiva
General Carlton
50. When settlers moved west across Nevada - Southern Utah - Eastern Colorado - California they encounter the archaic and call them 'diggers' because their culture would dig roots - eat bugs & this did not appeal to the settlers
Diggers
The Fort Sill Apache
Juan Jose
Coahuiltecans