Glossary
Vocabulary (Sources found below)
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
Attic (noun): a room or a space immediately below the roof of
a building
Bedstead (noun): the framework of a bed
Fiction (noun): something invented by the imagination or
feigned; specifically : an invented story
Lakota (noun) 1. Group of Native Americans, which includes
the tribes of Itazipco, Oohenunpa, Sihasapa, Oglala, Sicangu,
Hunkpapa, Hohwoju, Minneconjou and Titonwan. 2. Form of dialect
spoken by the Lakota.
Nonfiction (noun): literature that is not fictional
Reservation (noun): a tract of land set apart by the federal
government for a special purpose, especially one for the use of a
Native American people
Surveyor: (noun): one that determines and delineates the
form, extent, and position of (as a tract of land) by taking linear
and angular measurements and by applying the principles of geometry
and trigonometry
Talisman (noun): an object held to act as a charm to avert
evil and bring good fortune
Translate (verb) to turn into one's own or another language
Tepee (noun): a conical tent usually consisting of skins and
used especially by American Indians of the Plains
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