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Native American Week Third grade November 1st thru 5th

Nomad

Nomads are people who travel from place to

place without having a home in one fixed

place. Imagine if you did not have an address,

but lived in a tent and you might sleep in a

different places. This happened because

people had to go looking for food. This life was

true for all a very long time ago before people

figured out that they could use seeds to plant ,

and grow their own food.

Nomads

Tribe

A tribe is a group of people. When we talk

about the Native Americans we can

understand a tribe to be the group of people

who hunt, gather and live together. Native

American tribes named themselves, think of it

like a moving city. Everyone in the tribe is

going to work together for the good of

everyone. Tribes still exist today in many

countries.

Tribes

Chief A Chief is a king or leader in a tribe. Massasoit was one of the Wampanoag

leaders. A chief will usually be wearing something different during a

ceremony.

Warrior

A warrior is a solider, someone who fights for their tribe. There were

very few warriors because the Native Americans are and always have

been very peaceful people. A warrior was skilled with a bow and

arrow, some were able to tame (domesticate) horses basically they

were amazing hunters.

Teepee

A teepee is a tent in the shape of a cone.

There is a hole in the top of the tent so that

cooking can happen inside the tent and the

smoke from the fire can get out. The teepee

can easily be taken apart and put back

together when the tribe decides to move.

Teepees provide shelter from the harsh

weather. Native American teepees were made

of either animal skin (leather) or of birch trees

(tree bark).

Teepee

Ceremony

Any important thing that happens in our life we usually have a ceremony

for. When a family has a baby and the want to Baptize it, the baptism is a

ceremony. When people get married the wedding is a ceremony. When

people die, we have a funeral- the funeral is the ceremony. The things I just

mentioned are catholic ceremonies but other cultures and religions have

their own ceremonies. There are even ceremonies in government, like the

Changing of the Guards in London, England. Usually a ceremony has

certain certain key parts that are done in an order. For example, part of a

birthday ceremony includes a cake at the end, you don’t start the party with

cake, the order is important.

Common ceremonyChanging of the Guards

Moscow, Russia


London, England


Washington D.C.,

United States

The Wampanoag Ceremony – our

Thanksgiving

The Wampanoag understood that you cannot keep

taking from the earth without giving something back.

It has long been customary for horticultural Indian

people to have ceremonies in which they express

their thanks for a bountiful harvest. The

Wampanoag celebrated their harvest with a

ceremony, the Nikkomosachmiawene, that

combined feasting, dancing and ceremonial games

with a “give away” in which people gave some of

their possessions to the poor.

CanoeA Canoe is a very narrow boat. Usually a canoe is open on the top

and big enough for two to four people to fit it. A canoe moves by a

person rowing or pushing with a paddle.

Moccasins

A moccasin is a shoe made from deer skin or some other kind of soft

leather. Usually the shoe was decorated with some kind of beading.

Tomahawk

A tomahawk is an axe, a very

useful tool for a hunter-

gatherer tribe. A tomahawk is

usually decorated as you see

here.

Pottery

Pottery is made from clay. It is made by shaping the clay and then heating

the shape in an oven called a kiln. Pottery is one of the oldest art forms. In

museums through the world you will find ancient pottery.

Finished pottery

Prairie

Prairie is another name for

grasslands. Much of North

America has prairies. In a

prairie there is mostly grass

and wild flowers and not very

many trees.

Prairie

Brave

Someone who is brave has a lot of courage. When you are brave you do

something even if it scares you because it is the right thing to do.

Here are some examples:

1. I see a little kid in the hallway and a big kid is making fun of him. Even

though I am scared of the big kid I tell him to leave the little one alone

and to pick on someone his own size. I was brave to stick up for the

little kid.

2. I know that an adult is asking me to doing something wrong, I may get

yelled at but I stick up for myself anyway. I bravely defended myself.

3. Firemen run into a burning building to rescue a family stuck in a house.

The firemen bravely rescue the family.

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