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This state in the Midwest comes from a Native American name, was named after its principal river and said to mean "wild rushing channel;" also refers to "holes in the banks of a stream in which birds nest."
a. Michigan b. Wisconsin c. Indiana d. Illinois
What is Wisconsin?
Native American have domesticated this percentage of the food eaten in the world today
a. 25% b. 40% c. 60% d. 80%
What is 60%
The origin of the word “Indian” as we refer to Native Americans
a. Because the first explorers to come to the Americas were from India b. Because they first came from the land of India c. Because Christopher Columbus thought he landed in India and assumed the natives were Indian d. Because the name Indian sounded similar to the name that they used to refer to themselves
What is because Christopher Columbus thought he landed in India and assumed the natives were Indian?
The name Pocahontas translates to:
a. Playful One b. The One who yawns c. Devine rage d. Bird Woman
Who is the Playful One?
This state in the Midwest comes from a Native American tribal name denoting "muddy water” and named for the large river.
a. Missouri b. Iowa c. Illinois d. Indiana
What is Missouri?
The percentage of Native Americans today that live on reservations
a. 10% b. 20% c. 30% d. 40%
What is 30%?
This was something that Native Americans were famous for developing
a. Popcorn b. Baby Bottles c. Hockey d. All of the above
What are popcorn, baby bottles and hockey?
This Native American was the first American to win a gold metal for the US in the Olympics
a. Jim Thorpe b. Sue Bird c. Tommy Orange d. Jesse Owens
Longhouses are the main housing for this Native American tribe
a. Plains Indians b. Iroquois c. Taos d. Mesa Verde
Who are the Iroquois?
This tribe is the largest Native American tribe today
a. Navajo b. Cherokee c. Black Feet d. Apache
Who are the Cherokee?
This act protects Native American artifacts
a. Native Graves Protection and Repatriation Act b. Indian Citizenship Act c. Indian Census Act d. Indian Claims Commission Act
What is Native Graves Protection and Repatriation Act?
This well-known musician had Cherokee ancestry
a. Jimmy Hendrix b. Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers) c. Tori Amos d. A&C
Who are Jimmy Hendrix and Tori Amos?
The number of tribes in the US today
a. 200+ b. 300+ c. 600+ d. 1,100+
What is 600+?
This is the percentage of Native Americans that are living below the federal poverty line
a. 5% b. 28% c. 42% d. 57%
What is 28%?
Native Americans trace their ancestry to
a. Alaska b. Asia c. Siberia d. All the above
What is Alaska, Asia, Siberia?
This Native American helped the Pilgrims learn how to catch fish, grow local crops and survive through the winter.
a. Sitting Bull b. Crazy Horse c. Geronimo d. Squanto
Who is Squanto?
The US first started to celebrate National Native American Heritage during this year
a. 1902 b. 1979 c. 1986 d. 2001
What is 1986?
This is the number of people who described themselves as Native American on the last US census
a. 250,000 b. 1.4 million c. 2.9 million d. 12.2 million
What is 2.9 million?
These are the terms used to refer to the people who first lived in America before the Europeans arrived
a. American Indians b. Indigenous People c. Native Americans d. All of the Above
What is American Indians, Indigenous People and Native Americans?
This Native American woman had her face printed on American currency
a. Susan La Flesche Picotte b. Wilma Mankiller c. Sacajawea d. A&B e. B&C
Who are Wilma Mankiller and Sacajawea?