Vocabulary
True or False
Myaamiak is the indigenous name for the Delaware Tribal Nation
False: Miami
Which of the following tribal nations does IU not recognize as a past, present, and future caretaker of the land IU is on?
A. Miami B. Lenape C. Cherokee D. Potawatomi
C. Cherokee
Now residing in Oklahoma after the Trail of Tears, their ancestral homeland was south of the Ohio River into now-a-day Kentucky and Tennessee
True or False:
We are currently on the homelands of the Kickapoo, Shawnee, Miami, Potawatomi, Lenape, and Kaskaskia
True
Lënape is the indigenous name for what Indiana tribe?
A.Shawnee B.Delaware C.Miami D.Potawatomi
What month is nationally recognized as Native American Heritage Month?
November
The trail the Potawatomi followed after being forced out of the land known as Indiana was the trail of:
A. Tears B. Sorrow C. Fear D. Death
D. Death
On the morning of Sept. 4, 1838, a band of 859 Potawatomi, with their leaders shackled and restrained in the back of a wagon, set out on a forced march from their homeland in northern Indiana for a small reserve in present-day Kansas. The journey was a 660-mile trek for which the Potawatomi were not prepared and through terrain to which they were not accustomed. In the end, more than 40 people died during what the Potawatomi came to call the Trail of Death.
saawanwa is the indigenous name for what tribe?
A. Miami B. Delaware C.Potawatomi D.Shawnee
D. Shawnee
True or False:
IU offers a minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies
True
How many tribes have ancestral ties to the land that is currently known as Indiana?
A. 7 B. 25 C. 52 D. 38 E. None of the above
C. 52
Bodwéwadmik is the indigenous name of what tribe?
A. Miami B. Delaware C. Potawatomi D. Shawnee
C. Potawatomi
True or False:
IU offers full-ride scholarships to at least five indigenous students a year.
False
Only 1
Which treaty most affected the tribal nations in the territory today known as Indiana?
A. Treaty of St. Mary's (1818)
B. Treaty of Paris
C. Treaty of Hopewell
D. Treaty of Versailles
A. Treaty of St. Mary's 1818
Which of the following animals does NOT come from a Native word?
A. Raccoon B. Moose C. Chipmunk D.Husky E. All of the above are Native
E. All of the above are Native
When is IU's Indigenous People's Day?
A. first Friday of September
B. second Monday of October
C. third Saturday of November
D. last Sunday of January
B. second Monday of October
When did the last Native American Boarding school close?
A. 1925 B. 1967 C: 1978 D: 2007 E: Current Day
E: Current Day
From 1879 to the present day, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of Native Americans attended Indian boarding schools as children.
As of 2023, four federally run off-reservation boarding schools still exist.