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Acorus calamus
species of plant
lacrosse
Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively modified by European colonists, reducing the violence, to create its current collegiate and professional form.
dreamcatcher
thumb|Dreamcatcher, Royal Ontario Museum thumb|An ornate, contemporary, nontraditional dreamcatcher
moccasin
thumb|Contemporary moccasins
Kermode bear
subspecies of the American Black Bear with white fur; found in British Columbia, Canada
Thunderbird
legendary creature in certain North American indigenous peoples' history and culture
potlatch
thumb|right|The Kwakwaka'wakw continue the practice of potlatch. Illustrated here is ''Wawadit'la'' in Thunderbird Park, Victoria, B.C., a big house built by Chief [[Mungo Martin in 1953. Wealthy, prominent hosts would have a Big House specifically for potlatching and for housing guests.]]
sun dance
ceremony practiced by some Indigenous people in North America
Wampum
thumb|300px|right|Quahog (left) and whelk (right) wampum thumb|right|A representation of the original Two Row Wampum Treaty|Two Row Wampum treaty belt thumb|Modern examples and interpretations of wampum thumb|right|Haudenosaunee wampum belt
ceremonial pipe
ceremonial smoking pipe, used by Native Americans
manitou
150px|right|thumb|The word manitō (in both Cree language|Cree and Ojibwe) written in [[Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics and Cree syllabics]]
Eulachon
The eulachon (; Thaleichthys pacificus), or the candlefish, is a small anadromous species of smelt that spawns in some of the major river systems along the Pacific coast of North America from northern California to Alaska.
war bonnet
native American Headdress
Great Spirit
supreme being in many Native American cultures
indigenous cuisine of the Americas
food and drink of peoples Indigenous to the Americas
Viburnum trilobum
species of plant in the Adoxaceae family
Tahltan Bear Dog
extinct dog type
burial tree
tree or simple structure used for supporting corpses
Hare Indian Dog
extinct dog type
tumpline
thumb|175px|Native American (Ojibwe/Anishinaabe) woman using a tumpline thumb|right|175px|Tumplines in use in Mexico by [[silleros]]
kazunoko
thumb|200px|Dish of kazunoko prepared ready to serve. , in Japanese cuisine, are the eggs or the ovaries (egg skeins) of the Pacific herring (Japanese: ) that have been salted or dried.
Thunderbird Park
park in British Columbia, Canada
buffalo robe
cured buffalo hide by the Aboriginal people of North America