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American Indian History
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1. 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
Mission System
Pre Columbian Period
Sir Frances Drake
Tonkawas
2. (apache means stranger/enemy but they called themselves 'Dene' for 'the people') Geronimo and his followers become known as this after leaving Florida & being sent to Ft. Sill - OK/ Geronimo dies in early 1900s and after that part of his band stays i
Athabascan
Diggers
The Fort Sill Apache
General Carlton
3. 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
Pre Columbian Period
Kit Carson
General Carlton
pima or papago
4. Indian people living in 'the golden triangle' area of Texas which was very swampy and not desired by the Spanish so they were left alone. Anglos described them as dirty and greasy. They consumed fish - turtles - seafood - did not farm. Faded away
General Edward Camby
Atapakans
Kit Carson
Robert Neighbors
5. Hill Country Indians of Central Texas . Small tribes with confusing language roots. Hunter - gatherers - teepee dwellers. Served as Army scouts against the other tribes which caused resentment from them. They were never a very large group and they we
Tonkawas
Cochise
Mother-in-law Taboo
Sir Frances Drake
6. 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
Mangas Colorado
Sororate
Franciscans
The Long Walk
7. 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
General Nelson Miles
Mogollon
Artifact
Juan Jose
8. A man never speaks to his mother-in-law and avoids contacts as much as can. communicates thru his wife
Tonkawas
Sororate
Mother-in-law Taboo
Bosque Redondo
9. 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
Pueblos
General Nelson Miles
The Long Walk
Diggers
10. Major language group (of caddos - pawnees - wichitas). A central plain language
Caddoan
Wichitas
Modocs
Apache
11. Culture of the desert tradition. 300 AD to 1300 AD. Largest and most elaborate culture. In the 4 corners region (UT - CO -NM - AZ). Log houses. Used corn similar to corn in the east. Baskets are stunning - tightly woven - beautifully decorated with c
Diggers
Anasazi
Caddoan
Repartimiento
12. No hero to the navajos bc they see him as someone who cut down their peach orchards and hurt their homes
Pre Columbian Period
Pawnee Noir
Kit Carson
The Hero Twins
13. 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
Klamath
Royal Whitman
Kiva
14. 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
Apache
Avunculate
Tom Jeffreys
15. Spectacular place for defense - used by the modocs for defense and works very well
Apache
Mesa Verde
Tonto Apache
Lava Beds
16. 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
Dodge Family
Curly Headed Doctors
Holy People
pima or papago
17. 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
Encomienda
Ranchitas
Mission System
Anasazi
18. 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.
Canyon de Chelley
Skeleton Canyon
Dodge Family
Pawnee Noir
19. Apaches who originally lived in northern NM but moved to NE Arizona to protect their herds. Occupy desert SW - farm and are sedentary
Hubbell's Trading Post
Navajos
Klamath
Coahuiltecans
20. ...Culture of the desert tradition. 300 bc to 1100 ad. Centered in the Phoenix/Tucson area. Influenced by Mogollon culture. Engineers create network of canals. More complex society. Heavily influenced by Mexico
Hohokam
Caddos
Atapakans
The Spanish Fort
21. 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
Canyon de Chelley
General Carlton
Encomienda
Artifact
22. 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
Klamath
Bosque Redondo
Acoma-Don Juan Onate
Mission System
23. A time before European influence in the Americas/20 -000 years or more/ american sw desert very dry and artifacts last indefinitely so there is an abundance
Pre Columbian Period
Royal Whitman
Sororate
Acoma-Don Juan Onate
24. In Anasazi culture sunken chambers in their plazas for religious activity - for males only
Cochise
The Spanish Fort
Kiva
Hohokam
25. Religious practice of the Caddo Indians. Highly organized. Used burial mounds. Villages were centered around temples
Anasazi
The Southern Cult
Acoma-Don Juan Onate
Sir Frances Drake
26. 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.
Athabascan
Mangas Colorado
Captain Jack
dendro chronology
27. Eastern Arizona headquarters of Navajo - live in Hogans - garden and hunt game - melons and peach orchards
Juan Jose
dendro chronology
Encomienda
Canyon de Chelley
28. 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
Presidios
The Southern Cult
Repartimiento
Mescal
29. Conducts campaigns against the Navajo - attacks homes in Canyon de Chelley and cuts down their orchards Forces Navajo to remove east - known by Navajo as 'The Long Walk'
Royal Whitman
General George Crook
Kit Carson
Carlton
30. The dating of wooden artifacts through tree ring growth
Captain Jack
Tom Jeffreys
Karankawas
dendro chronology
31. 8 -000 bc to ? In the Americas - name for hunter gatherer societies of that time - nomadic groups follow what can be found seasonally
Mangas Colorado
Kit Carson
Archaic Period
Caddos
32. Any object transformed in anyway by humans - stone - wood - bone - arrowheads - campfires
Pope'
Mogollon
Artifact
Franciscans
33. 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
pima or papago
Curly Headed Doctors
Repartimiento
Sororate
34. Used by Apache - is made from cactus root. similar to a grits type substance used as a base for stews and cooking
Tonto Apache
Canyon de Chelley
Apache
Mescal
35. 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
Juan Jose
Navajos
The Hero Twins
Sir Frances Drake
36. The sky city - poses fiercest resistance to 1598 Don Juan Onate expedition - brutal invasion by Spanish into Mexico-City sat on hard to reach mesa - they throw boulders down on Spanish - hold out for a long time- finally conquered - severe retributio
The Long Walk
Artifact
Acoma-Don Juan Onate
Cibola
37. Dark complected Wichita Indian - Coronado thinks is a Moor who can lead him to the 7 cities of Cibola - takes expedition all the way to Wichita KS - finds only grass houses & kills Pawnee Noir - exposes Pueblos to Spaniards - Pueblos start acquiring
Pawnee Noir
Franciscans
Archaic Period
Athabascan
38. ...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
Mogollon
Diggers
Mother-in-law Taboo
Bosque Redondo
39. Speak Penution - they live on a reservation in Southern Oregon - they get most of the govt's money that comes into the reservation. The klamaths are mean to the modocs - bullying them and so the modocs leave.
Sir Frances Drake
General Edward Camby
Carlton
Klamath
40. 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
pima or papago
Kiva
General Edward Camby
Pawnee Noir
41. Sport - played on ball courts. Very similar to basketball Played by hohokam culture.
Robert Neighbors
pima or papago
Royal Whitman
Kiva
42. 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
Franciscans
General Edward Camby
The Long Walk
Cibola
43. ...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
Klamath
Kiva
Skeleton Canyon
Tom Jeffreys
44. On the mothers side: a boy's relationship with his matrilineal uncle was equal to that with his father - reason- you are a memeber of your mother's family. Family ties are super important. Cousins are as close as your brothers and sisters.
Kit Carson
Mother-in-law Taboo
Bosque Redondo
Avunculate
45. Replaces General Crook/ very ambitious - wages full blown military campaign that included the Mexican govt - troops - Apache scouts - militia against Geronimo and his 24 men. 1886 Geronimo lays down his arms in Skeleton Canyon. Miles promises him a r
Lava Beds
Hohokam
General Nelson Miles
Pueblos
46. 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
General Carlton
Artifact
Klamath
Tom Jeffreys
47. Legendary 7 cities said to hold great treasure of 7 bishops who fled spain to North America (from the Moors) Fable inspired Coronado to go to the US southwest out of Mexico in search of these lost cities in 1540
Franciscans
Bosque Redondo
Cibola
Cochise
48. 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
Presidios
Robert Neighbors
Cochise
Caddos
49. 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
Athabascan
General George Crook
Repartimiento
50. 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
General Carlton
Mangas Colorado
Klamath
Wichitas