Archaic:
- Belonging to an earlier time
Archaeologist:
- Person who studies remains of ancient people and places
Arikara:
- Also called “Sahnish”
- Entered North Dakota about 1825
- Settled near the Mandan and Hidatsa people
Atlatl:
- Weapon used for hunting by Archaic people
- Stick with a handle on one end and a hook for a dart on the other end
Bering Strait:
- Water that separates Russia in Asia from Alaska in North America
Bison:
- Buffalo
Descendants:
- Grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc.
Era:
- A time period that lasted thousands of years
- A change to another era happened when people changed the way they lived
Flint:
- A hard stone found along the Knife River in North Dakota
Hidatsa:
- Moved from forests of Minnesota to eastern North Dakota about 500 years ago
- Settled near Mandan people about 400 years ago
History:
- A written record of past events
Late Woodland culture:
- May have been ancestors to the Mandan Indians
- Appeared in North Dakota about 1,400 years ago
Mandan:
- First modern Indian tribe in North Dakota
- Settled along the Missouri River in North Dakota about 900 years ago
Nomadic:
- Wandering
Oral history:
- Spoken method of passing on information
Paleo-Indians:
- Ancient ancestors of American Indians
Plains Nomadic people:
- May have been ancestors of the Sioux Indians
- Probably came from forests in the east
- Lived in all parts of North Dakota
Plains Village people:
- Descendants of the Woodland people
- Appeared in North Dakota about 1,000 years ago
Prehistoric:
- Before written records were kept
Pre-history:
- Before people kept written records of happenings
Winter count:
- Calendar and record of history using pictures drawn on a hide
Woodland people:
- Came from forests in Minnesota and Wisconsin
- Appeared in North Dakota about 2,500 years ago