NASX 105 Second Exam Review Session

NASX 105 Second Exam Review Session
How many branches of government did the Haudenosaunnee have?

3 branches
Primary subsistence activity for the Northeast region (horticulture or hunting
and gathering?)
Horticulture (then gathering of wild foods after that)
Maushop and Squannit story
NOT ON THE EXAM!!!
How did Atotarho misuse his medicine powers?
He used it to prevent the five nations from making piece with
each other. (Kept turning people against each other and kept
people from making peace)
Identify the 3 sisters of northeast horticulture
1. Corn
2. Squash
3. Beans
Role of the elder women in selecting council representatives
That was their responsibility exclusively, the elder
grandmothers in each clan and village. They selected their
representatives according to the number of representatives
given to each tribe in the confederacy.
Identify these important persons in the story of their union of nations:
Hiawatha was an Onandoga man; his daughter had been killed
in these wars,
and he was the one who went up North to pray until
peace came to the people and then he met
Deganawidah, a huron man up north, who came
down with his vision
Deganawidah a prophet, or see-er, also called that in spiritual
terminology; he
had received a dream vision of how the five
nations of the Iroquois confederacy would be
united and healed of their warfare and brought
together in peace.
They went and they brought medicine to transform
Atotarho back
to his good self. He was a good medicine man

before this happened.
Atotarho - See above Medicine powers
Identify:
Manito mystery or spirit (Algonquian)
Cautontowwit one of the two names for the Creator or Great
Spirit
(Wampanoag)
Moshop and Squannit giant spirit helpers of the story not
included.
How did a traditional Hopi young man formally express his wish to court a
young woman?
1) When the girls went out and sat in a row, the boys who
liked them would walk up behind them and serenade them.
2) Go to the gals house and talk in the window when the gal
was grinding corn. If the girl didnt like him or didnt want to
talk to him, she would ignore him and keep grinding corn. If
she was interested, she would stop grinding.
How was the first corn harvest of the season cooked?
In the wonderful underground oven. Build a fire in the
underground oven, but the corn leaves over that, cooks in its
own steam overnight. Mother corn at the top, father corn at
the bottom. Take it out in the morning at sunrise.
How was amnesty a part of the busk festival?
Another form of peace making. The parties involved in the
conflict would show up at the busk, ready to make peace. At
that point, you would bury an object in the ground that
symbolizes the conflict being put behind them (bury the
hatchet).
Significance of the Green Corn ceremony (Busk); what time of year was it
held?
Held in midsummer when the first corn becomes ripe (i.e. July).
Significance: One of the many first fruit ceremonies, even for

cultivated crops, to give thanks for your health, strength, and
ability to plant seeds and care for them. Busk is a time when
many public functions are carried out (i.e. marriages,
engagements, divorces, reconciliation from conflict) and a lot
of celebration, dancing, singing, etc.
Do the Hopis believe that we are now living in the Fourth World?
YES
How do they irrigate their gardens?
They dont use traditional irrigation. They find areas were
runoff is likely to go and plant the crops deep in the ground.
They have cooperative process with kachina and Earth.
What is a kachina?
Spirits who bring the rain. Some ancestral, some their before
humans, etc.
Which language group did 90% of the southeastern tribes belong to?
Muskogean
What are the four colors of Hopi corn?
1. Red
2. Yellow
3. Blue
4. White
What is a kiva?
A circular prayer room for certain ceremonies and praying.
What is a Hogan?
A Navajo word for house
Names and locations (by state) of the Southwestern tribes mentioned in
lecture (see maps in front part of the Coursepack)
- Hopis
- Navajos (dineh) N. Arizona, NW New Mexico, S. Utah
- Apaches - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
- Tohono OOdham and Akimel Oodham - Arizona
- Pueblos (19 tribes)
California population at time of first contact with Europeans
300,000-500,000 (more likely 500,000)
Number of tribe in California, pre-European contact or at time of first contact
105
Impacts
-
of the abundant resource base:

no horticulture needed (except in far southeast corner)
relatively peaceful intertribal relations
more leisure time
excellence and variety in basketry; etc.
What was the most popular nut in California (before Europeans arrived)?
Acorn
Why did people in the northeast, southeast, and California area have such
large gathering baskets?
They lived in a world of plenty. Plenty of resources, relatively
easy to fill the basket up in a short time.
Most common type of ceremony in California and why:

- First Fruit Ceremony
- When each food came into ripeness, you give thanks. So
much biodiversity, ceremony happened all the time.
***The two primary resources the primary food resource and the primary
non-food natural resources:
Food: Salmon
Non-food: Cedar
Which tribe originally lived right here in Missoula and in the Bitterroot Valley?
Salish (Bitterroot valley salish = flathead)
Any horticulture done in the Northwest, Northern Rockies, Columbia Plateau?
NOPE; not needed.
Name the whale hunting tribes of the northwest.
- Quileute
- Makah
- Sklallam
- Quinault
- Haida
- Nootka
Identify the three types of symbols carved on totem poles
1. Spirit guardian beings (helper beings)
2. Ancestors (important family members)
3. Historically significant people, both good and bad

Did native people in this region do any theater?
YES; the elaborate, most intense, form of storytelling.
Spiritual, social, and economic significance of the potlatch (a giveaway)
- preserving unity
- bringing honor to the family and to individuals
- taking care of each other and reciprocating each other
- prevent large gaps in inequality
What is the difference between a costume and a traditional Native American
dance outfit or regalia?
Costume: something you wear when youre pretending to be
something else
youre not; playing a role in a story or a play.
Dance outfit: represents who you really are as an individual;
thats your fancy
clothes that you wear to social gatherings
(Sunday best)
Two similarities in artifacts between the Kootenais and people of the Great
Lakes (in houses and travel)
1. Cover your house with reed mats
2. Both people who like to get around in canoes
Arleen Adams tribe:
Salish
Arleen coyote story:
- Describes Coyote and this big monster who was living up in
those hills near
Arlee and swallowed all the people and the species, and
coyote went into his stomach and made a way for them to
show them the way out. There were two doors, the mouth
and the sphincter. Thinks hes all done, but the Meadowlark
says, wait you have one more monster, the big ram in the
bitterroot valley. He tricks that one.
4 basic elements of coyote stories:
1. Coyote is on a quest or adventure related to his postcreation mop-up duties, making the world safe for the
peoples
2. Coyote demonstrates both weakness and power (ex:
encounter with Meadowlark, breaks foot, but heals it)
3. Coyote demonstrates both wisdom and craftiness (ex:

tricking and defeating the ram monster, tricks his ego)
4. Coyote ultimately accomplishes his mission and we all
learn important moral lessons
Essay Questions:
1) Possible contributions of traditional (old time way of life, before European
life) practices, including ones still around, that we could apply to our present
environmental crisis and the future environmental health and survival of the
planet. Think about past and present, and what might fit today. BE
SPECIFIC!!!
2) Pretty easy. Six different parts to the answer. 6 different tribes showing
similarities and differences between them.

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How many branches of government did the Haudenosaunnee have?

to his good self. He was a good medicine man

Significance: One of the many first fruit ceremonies, even for

of the abundant resource base:

Most common type of ceremony in California and why:

3. Historically significant people, both good and bad

3. Coyote demonstrates both wisdom and craftiness (ex:

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