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CRADLEBOARDS AND THE KIOWA AND COMANCHE — VOCABULARY<br />

Auday<br />

Bison<br />

Cradleboards<br />

Cradle makers<br />

Lattice cradles<br />

Reservation<br />

Tipi<br />

VOCABULARY<br />

A specially favored child, usually <strong>the</strong> eldest child or <strong>the</strong> first grandchild.<br />

The primary traditional food source <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kiowa, Comanche and o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

Plains Native Peoples. Many Americans refer to bison as buffalo.<br />

Used by many Native people who lived on <strong>the</strong> Great Plains to carry<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir babies.<br />

Kiowa and Comanche women who embroidered cradleboards with<br />

beads.<br />

A type of cradleboard used by <strong>the</strong> Kiowa and Comanche between in<br />

<strong>the</strong> 19th and early 20th centuries.<br />

The Haffenreffer<br />

Museum of Anthropology<br />

BROWN<br />

A tract of land that <strong>the</strong> United States Government set aside <strong>for</strong> Native<br />

Americans. The United States Government assigned Native peoples like<br />

<strong>the</strong> Kiowa and Comanche to reservations in Oklahoma.<br />

A portable dwelling used by many Native peoples of <strong>the</strong> Great Plains.<br />

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