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Glossary

Anasazi:  meaning the ancient ones.

Athapaskan:  group of related American Indian languages.

Domesticated:  to train to live and be of use to humans.

Immigrants:  a person who leaves one country to live in another.

Minority:  a small group of people that is different from the larger group.

Nomadic:  wander from place to place.

Paleoindians:  paleo meaning "long ago".

Polygamy:  having more than one wife at the same time.

Precipitation:  rainfall

TRAX :  street railroad for Salt Lake City.

Wickiups:  Piaute house.