Indian lore 34. North American Indians were not really red. The red color was from what? Paint 35. Indian men had the roles of what two things? Hunter and Warrior 36. Indian women built the homes, cared for the children, grew and cooked the food, and made the ________. clothes 37. Indian children were taught to be brave and to endure hard things. They were not allowed to quarrel or be fussy or ____. lazy 38. Indian babies spent most of their first year on a cradle _____. board 39. At what age did an Indian boy begin to learn to hunt and fight? 8 40. Indian boys had an initiation ceremony to become a man at what age? 13 41. Before he became a man, an Indian boy went away by himself for 3 or 4 days. During that time he ______. fasted 42. While fasting alone the Indian boy hoped to see a ______ that would help him the rest of his life. spirit 43. The leader of an Indian tribe was the _____. chief 44. A group of older members of the tribe who were respected for their wisdom and gave advice to the chief were called the ______ _______. tribal council 45. Indians got much of what they needed to live from things found in their ___________. environment 46. Indian corn was called ____. maize 47. Indian legends told about their tribe's _______. history 48. The Indian's religious beliefs were based on the _______. legends 49. Indians believed that both good spirits and evil spirits were everywhere. They called the Creator the _____ ______. Great Spirit 50. Indians did not believe that land could be bought. The believed the land was for ________. everyone 51. A large Southern Indian tribe was the ________. Cherokee 52. The Cherokee Indian family had two houses made of woven cane poles that were covered with clay. The roof was made of ____. bark 53. The Cherokee played a game with 75 to 100 players. The game prepared them for ___. war 54. The Indian tribe that lived North above the Great Lakes was the ________. Chippewa 55. The Chippewa made all their clothes from _______. animals 56. The Chippewa Indians lived in small huts called _______. wigwams 58. The plains Indians were the _____. Sioux 59. The Sioux depended on _______ for food, homes, and clothing. buffalo 60. The Sioux ate a food of dried meat, fat, and choke-cherries called ________. Pemmican 61. The Sioux Indians lived in homes that could be easily moved called _______. teepees 62. The Sioux Indians used ____ to carry their belongings. dogs 63. Besides using buffalo bones to make cups and spoons, tools and knives, they were also used to make ___ _____. dog sleds 64. Buffalo hair was woven into ____. rope 65. The Indians used a special language to communicate with other tribes called ____ ________. sign language 66. The peaceful Indians lived in the desert and are called ____. Hopi 67. The Hopi Indians built villages called _______ on top of flat-topped mesas. Pueblos 68. The Hopi men dug irrigation ditches to provide water for their main food of ____. corn 69. The Hopi women ground up the corn and made a bread they called ____. piki 70. The Hopi men grew what crop to provide for their clothing? cotton 71. The Hopi men grew the cotton, made it into thread, and wove it into blankets and ________. clothing 72. The Hopi women wove beautiful baskets and made _______. pottery 73. The Hopi believed in kachinas they thought helped them. Sometimes the Hopi wore a kachina ____ for a feeling of power. mask 74. An Indian tribe that lived by the ocean on the Northwestern coast was the _______. Tlingit 75. The ______ was the Tlingit's most important food. salmon 76. The Tlingit lived in large houses made of _____. cedar 77. The Tlingit men would catch the fish and the Tlingit women would clean and ___ them for winter. dry 78. The Tlingit had medicine made of, and lamps that burned, ____ ___. fish oil 79. The Tlingit depended on the water for fish, and the forests for cedar wood and ____. deer 80. The Tlingit had a huge family symbol in front of their homes called a _____ ____. totem pole 81. The Tlingit totem pole was usually a carving of an ______. animal 82. Today many Indians live in areas set aside for them by the government called ____________. reservations