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Note to Parents 5th/5th January Treasure Quest Whats the Fuss Math games

THE PLAINS INDIANS :  We will read through these Vocabulary words - clicking through the links as we go.

VOCABULARY

  • BANNOCK
    a type of bread that was cooked over the campfire.
Click here to see some and a recipe

 

  • BIRCHBARK BASKETS
    made of birchbark sewn together with spruce roots; sealed to make watertight containers; used to store wild rice, dried berries and other foods; decorated with paints and porcupine quills

  • BISON
    many people called the animal a "buffalo" but this is incorrect. Buffalo live in Asia and Africa. Check out this fun fact.

     

  • BOW DRILL
    a bow with a stick, used to start campfires     (picture)

  • BREECH CLOUT
    or breech cloth was a deerskin stretched between the legs and fastened by a leather belt in the back and the front; worn by the men and boys

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  • BULL BOAT
    small round shaped boat, frame was made of willow branches then covered with the bison hide. [MandanBullBoats.jpg]

  • CANOE
    a light boat made of birchbark; a canoe could carry heavy loads ; used by the First Nations, the fur traders and explorers

     

  • CRADLE BOARD
    a frame used to hold a baby; the mother could carry the baby on her back.     (picture)

  • MEDICINE BUNDLE
    a carrying case made of animal hide which held things that had a special meaning to the owner; made after a vision quest.     (picture)

  • PARFLECHE
    a folded bag used to carry things, made from the hide of an animal     (picture)

  • PEMMICAN
    dried meat which was pounded to powder, combined with melted fat and berries. The meat was usually stored in skin bags. Pemmican

     

  • QUILLWORK
    a form of embroidery using porcupine quills; the quills were used to decorate clothing, pouches and birchbark boxes and baskets

 

 

  • SHIELD
    round and made of bison hide, decorated with feathers and symbols for protection during wars

  • TIPI (teepee)
    a cone-shaped shelter made of poles covered with buffalo hides

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  • TRAVOIS
    an A-shaped frame made of two long poles with a platform of wood strips, webbing or hide for carrying things; it was pulled by a horse or dog     (picture)

  • WINTER COUNT
    important events that happened each year were drawn or painted on a large tanned animal hide     (picture)

 Play the Talking Hands game & learn some Spanish words - When you get to the site - click on the thumb.