Anasazi
Definitions of Anasazi
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a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellingstypes:cliff dwellera member of the Anasazi people living in the southwestern United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on ledges in the sides of cavestype of:American Indian, Red Indiana dated term referring to the Indigenous people of North, Central, and South America
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Native American History - Middle School and High School
Practice this list to learn the vocabulary of Native American history. Review tribe names, as well as features of Native American life and culture, including pueblos, shamans, canoes, and wigwams.
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