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Typically, and this is a generalization, a Native American snowshoe is going to consist of a wooden frame resembling a boat shape and then some type of lacing that forms a basket over it. The frame could be a turned up tip in the front and the back forms a "V" shape. This is a reliable shape to traverse through deep snow or challenging terrain as it provides ample flotation. These classic designs are still in use today and are available for purchase at many retail locations. The Ojibwa are a woodland people of northeastern North America whose unique snowshoe design has been copied many times.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoThere is no one Native American word for snowshoes, since there are (or perhaps were) dozens of Native American languages spoken in areas where snowshoes might be used.
A few of the Native American words for snowshoes that can be found on the web, and the languages they come from, are:
tagluk - IñupiaQ
jáaji - Tlingit
tallluaq - Inuktitut
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∙ 11y agoIn general it was all the tribes that did not depend on horses for transportation and lived in northern woodland areas. The Plains tribes did not use snowshoes nearly as much as the woodland peoples, since they were not normally attempting to travel on foot in winter.
Snowshoes are recorded for tribes such as the Inuit, Alaskan and Koyukon Athabaskan, Attikamek, Algonquin, Montagnais, Cree, Naskapi, Mi'kmaq, Huron, Abenaki, Potawatomi, Ojibwe, Ottawa and the Iroquois league of tribes. This is not a complete list.
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Snow in Native American?
There are more than 700 different Native American languages spoken in North and South America.If you are not sure which language you are talking about, here is a partial list of the most common Native American languages in North America:Abnaki, EasternAchumawiAfro-Seminole CreoleAhtenaAlabamaAleutAlseaAngloromaniApache, JicarillaApache, KiowaApache, LipanApache, Mescalero-ChiricahuaApache, WesternArapahoArikaraAssiniboineAtakapaAtsugewiBarbare
Can someone be Native American and a Native American?
If they are born a Native American they can be, but if not,no.
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Shoes silly
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When you have snow stuck on your shoe, it all clumps together. When you stomp your shoes it shakes all the clumped snow off your shoes.
How do penguins walk in snow?
they go to the Warehouse and buy snow shoes.
Did the siksikas have snow shoes?
yes
Who is the snow shoes intended for?
Eskimos
