Native American Vocabulary

Culture a learned system or way of survival with shared beliefs, traits, and values. CULTURE IS… Music Dance Architecture Art Cinema Cuisine Festivals Literature Street Life Intellectuals

Custom a practice common to many or to a particular place or class

Tradition an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior.

Tribe a social group comprising numerous families, clans, or generations together.

Nomad communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location.

Race a class or kind of people unified by community of interests, habits, appearance, or characteristics with common ancestors.

Ethnicity individuals that share racial, linguistic, and culture connections from heritage.

Nationality deriving from the same nation.