Native American Homes
A temporary house made of blocks of snow or ice in the form of a dome.
What is an igloo?
What was the name of the confederation of five (later six) nations across upper New York state that played a strategic role in the struggle between the French and British for control of North America?
What is the Iroquois confederation? Characterized as one of the world’s oldest participatory democracies, the Iroquois Confederacy (also called Haudenosaunee) was composed of five (later six) Iroquois nations across upper New York state that during the 17th and 18th centuries played a strategic role in the struggle between the French and British for control of North America.
What was the largest city in what is now the present-day United States before European colonization?
What is Cahokia? Cahokia, in modern-day Illinois, dates to c. 600 to c. 1350 CE and was once the largest urban center in North America. The city was a major religious site and trade hub, flourishing through routes running in every direction.
A cone-shaped tent, usually covered with animal skins, used as a home, especially by American Indians of the Great Plains.
What is a tipi?
Which people, guided by leaders such as Chochise and Geronimo, resisted white colonization of their homeland in the Southwest by both Spaniards and North American settlers for generations?
What is the Apache tribe? For generations the Apache, guided by leaders such as Chochise and Geronimo, resisted white colonization of their homeland in the Southwest by both Spaniards and North American settlers.
What is the largest federally recognized tribe by enrollment?
What is the Navajo Nation? The Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United States by enrollment, with over 399,000 enrolled members. The Navajo Nation also has the largest reservation in the country.
This kind of home was built by the Hopi Indians. It was made of stone and mud and stood several stories high.
What is a pueblo?
Who was the Shawnee chief, orator, military leader, and advocate of intertribal Indian alliance who directed resistance to white rule in the Ohio River valley?
Who is Tecumseh? He was the Shawnee chief, orator, military leader, and advocate of intertribal Indian alliance who directed Indian resistance to white rule in the Ohio River valley. In the War of 1812 he joined British forces for the capture of Detroit and the invasion of Ohio.
Approximately how many federally recognized tribes are in the USA? 350-400? 250-300? 550-600? 500-550?
550-600 As of January 8, 2024 there were 574 federally recognized tribes.
Many Kwakiutls lived in these wooden structures made from tree wood.
What are longhouses/plankhouses?
Which people’s origin traditions tell that their ancestors climbed upward through underground chambers called kivas and lived in many places before reaching their present settlements in the Fourth World?
What is the Hopi tribe? The Hopi’s origin traditions tell that their ancestors climbed upward through underground chambers called kivas and lived in many places before reaching their present settlements in the Fourth World.
Name at least 3 of the 7 tribes in Missouri before the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Osage, Missouria, Illini, Quapaw, Chickasaw, Otoe, Ioway
This kind of home was built by the Seminole Indians. It was made of palmetto bushes and cypress tree logs.
What is a chickee?
Which people inhabited the east bank of the lower Mississippi River and had a caste system, hereditary aristocracy, and lineage of rulership?
What is the Natchez tribe? The Natchez inhabited the east bank of the lower Mississippi River and had a caste system, hereditary aristocracy, and lineage of rulership. Their king and high priest, believed to be a descendant of the sun, was called the Great Sun.
Which state has the highest percentage of its population that identify as American Indian or Alaskan Native?
What is Alaska? According to the most recent census data, Alaska has the highest percentage of Native American population in the United States, with around 22% of its population identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native.