Native American Homes
Used by the Inuit (often mis-referred to as Eskimos), what is the name of a temporary house made of blocks of snow or ice in the form of a dome.
Igloo
Although technically distinct from Native Americans, what are the indigenous peoples of Hawaii called (in English?
Hawaiians (Their name in the Hawaiian language is Kānaka Maoli)
When Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americans and encountered Native Americans for the first time, who did he falsely assume they were?
Indians (from India)
Which is the poorest racial group in the US?
A) African Americans
B) White Americans
C) Hispanic Americans
D) Native Americans
D) Native Americans
What did Indigenous People's Day used to be called?
Columbus Day
A cone-shaped tent, usually covered with animal skins, especially by American Indians of the Great Plains.
Tipi
From which tribe did the state of Massachusetts get its name?
Massachusett
Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown (think Disney movie).
Pocahontas
Which state has the highest percentage of Indigenous people today?
Alaska (around 20%)
If hung over your bed at night, this device is said to stop you from having bad dreams
Dreamcatcher
Most common among Native tribes of the southwest, this kind of home was built using stone and mud. It was a permanent dwelling and could be several stories high.
Pueblo
Which tribe used their language as a secret code to help win World War II?
a) Cherokee
b) Navajo
c) Lakota
d) Inuit
Navajo
What was the most common way Europeans killed Native Americans
Disease
Which federally recognized Native American tribe has the most members?
The Navajo Nation
Washington State's NFL team, now known as the Commanders, where formerly known as what?
The Washington Redskins
A dome-shaped home made from a wooden frame covered with bark and woven mats, most common among Native American peoples in the northeast
Wigwam
Name any 4 Native American peoples/tribes (100 points each)
There's a lot of them!
Apache, Blackfeet, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Comanche, Dakota (Sioux), Hopi (Pueblo), the Iroquois Federation/Haudenosaunee (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca), Lakota (Sioux) Lenni Lenape (Delaware), Lumbee, Massachusett, Muscogee (Creek), Navajo, Nez Perce, Ojibwe/Chippewa, Pawnee, Powhatan, Seminole, Shoshone, Wampanoag
Which Battle is famously known as "Custer's Last Stand?"
The Battle of the Little Bighorn
Not Christopher Columbus! The first European to arrive in the Americas was a viking around the year 1000. What was this viking's name?
Leif Erikson (in Newfoundland, Canada)
This kind of home was built by the Seminole Indians. It was made of palmetto bushes and cypress tree logs.
Chickee
Who were the 5 "Civilized Tribes" of the Southeast? (100 points for each)
The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole
In what year did the last armed conflict between Native Americans and the US government occur?
1918 in Bear Valley, Arizona (A 3-day "Posey War" occured in Utah in 1923, but this was mostly with private individuals, not the military)
Just around the riverbend...
you found 500 free points!
The only Vice President in American history who was Native American
Charles Curtis (Hubert Hoover's Vice President from 1929-1933)