Federal/Holiday History
This museum in the Washington D.C. National Mall highlights the culture of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
What is the National Museum of the American Indian?
In this event, the U.S. government forced about 60,000 Native Americans living between Michigan, Louisiana, and Florida to migrate west.
What was the Trail of Tears?
This is the number of Native American reservations in Akransas.
What is zero?
He is a Native American and Native Hawaiian actor, who starred in Baywatch: Hawaii, Game of Thrones, Aquaman, and Dune.
Who is Jason Mamoa?
This president first declared November as "Native American Heritage Month".
Who was George H. W. Bush?
In this century, Native Americans and Europeans first interacted in Arkansas.
What is the 16th century?
These gatherings with dances are held by many Native American communities. _____ today are an opportunity for Indigenous people to socialize, dance, sing, and honor their cultures.
What are powwows?
At the 1912 Olympics in Sweden, he brought home two gold medals for the United States — one for the pentathlon and one for the decathlon.
Who was Jim Thorpe (a.k.a. Wa-Tho-Huk)?
This state was the first to declare an "American Indian Day" (a precursor to the idea of a month-long celebration).
What is New York State?
This is the English translation of "Arkansas", the name given to the Quapaw tribe by Algonkian-speaking Native Americans.
What is "south wind"?
This Native American language is the most widely spoke today, with over 200,000 speakers.
What is the Navajo language?
In 2022, this NFL player and member of the Potawatomi Nation was selected for the Pro Bowl and was part of the team that won Super Bowl LVII.
Who is Creed Humphrey?
This campaign, often highlighted during Native American Heritage Month, aims to raise awareness about issues related to missing and murdered indigenous women
What is the MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) movement?
These three tribes' ancestral home was the land that is present-day Arkansas.
What are the Caddo, Osage, and Quapaw tribes?
Protest to this construction in 2016 at the confluence of the Cannonball and Missouri rivers led to the largest gathering of indigenous nations in modern American history.
What is the Dakota Access Pipeline?
This Lakota war leader is depicted in a work-in-progress mountain monument in the Black Hills of Custer County, South Dakota.
Who was Crazy Horse?