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a village of indigenous peoples of the southwestern U.S.

a group of people, often of related families, who live together. sharing the same language, culture and history

earliest known inhabitants of an area and their descendants, expecially one that has been colonized by a now dominant group of settlers

humpbacked shaggy-haired wild ox native to North America and Europe

priotise the needs of an individual over the needs of a group as a whole

value groups or communities over individuals

belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence

method of conducting historical research through recorded interviews with people having personal knowledge of past events

someone who has no permanent residence, and travels place to place to find pasture for their livestock

corn

granted 160 acres of federal land to any American citizen, including freed slaves

sought to assimilate Native American tribes into mainstream American culture. split up tribal lands into individual plots for Native Americans, led to loss of millions of acres of Native land

any # of people who are indigenous to North American in what is now Canada

all of the Indigenous peoples of North America, or sometimes of the Americas collectively

an area of land set aside for Natives

small settlement often consisting of huts, place of a ranchero

the main agricultural crops of Natives: squash, maize, climbing beans

1st major legislative departure from the U.S. policy of officially respecting the legal and political rights of the Natives (exchanged land)

forced relo ation during 1830s of Natives from the southeastern U.S. to Indian territory (Oklahoma), 15,000 died during the journey

aimed to eliminate government support for tribes and ended protected trust status of Indian-owned lands

allowed federally recognized tribes to have greater autonomy and control over their welfare

forced Natives into labor. regulated the treatment, punishment, and governance of Natives within a state

native to Central California, speak Penutian

members of four linguistically related Native groups, indigenous to Northern California, spoke 1 of the Miwok languages in the Utian family

lived on both sides of Sierra Nevada, split into two regional tribal groups, roughly based on the Sierra crest