vocabulary native american art. buffalo versus bison the correct term for the iconic hooved animal...
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Vocabulary Native American
Art
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Buffalo versus Bison
The correct term for the iconic hooved animal that once roamed the American Prairie and Plains in huge herds is “American Bison” not “buffalo”.
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Culture Area• These are broad geographic regions
occupied by peoples generally similar in cultural features.
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Formline
• The primary design element, with ancient origins, upon which Northwest Coast art depends. Formlines are continuous, flowing, curvilinear lines.
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Manitou
• A concept residing in the idea of a spiritual but impersonal force that pervades the universe.
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Parfleche
• A container of folded or sewn rawhide elaborated with drawn and painted designs over the exposed surfaces.
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Pictograph
• A pictorial symbol representing a word, event or idea.
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Potlatch
• An important ceremonial event central to the life of the Northwest Coast native culture.
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Pueblo
• A settlement of American Indian Southwest cultures Southwest cultures distinguished by a complex of adobe dwellings.
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Quillwork
• A decorative technique most common to the Woodlands/Great Lakes region using porcupine quills.
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Shaman
• A person (male or female) who acts as an intermediary and facilitates communication between the natural and supernatural worlds.
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Thunderbird
• A mythological creature invested with great strength and power, whose beating wings are capable of creating storms-thunder in particular-and whose eyes flash with lighting.
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Winter Count
• Sequential histories created within a number of Plains tribes. The passage of time was marked by important yearly events recorded in pictographs.