Native American Culture

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Across
  1. 3. Sled
  2. 4. Stories passed down from generation to generation verbally.
  3. 7. An animal spirit that has special meaning to a person.
  4. 10. A spear-thrower
  5. 12. Groups of people who move from place to place while hunting.
  6. 13. A type of ceremonial art form using colored sands.
  7. 16. A festival that begins when the corn starts to ripen.
  8. 18. People that are native to the land they live on.
  9. 19. A group of people who share a common ancestry, language, name and way of living.
Down
  1. 1. Healer or holy person.
  2. 2. Resembles an axe, the head was made by stone or bone.
  3. 3. A gift or token of appreciation.
  4. 5. A ceremony to reconnect with the earth.
  5. 6. A shoe made of deer skin or soft leather.
  6. 8. To prepare the land for planting.
  7. 9. A North American Indian ceremony involving feasting, singing, and dancing.
  8. 11. Corn, the most important crop for native people.
  9. 14. Houses carved into rocks.
  10. 15. A portable tent made of skins, cloths, or canvas on a frame of poles.
  11. 17. The belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe.