Famous Natives
Blackfoot from the Blood tribe Canadian actor and stuntsman famously known for Wonder woman. The keynote speaker for the Native American Heritage Month Kickoff Luncheon 2018.
Who is Eugene Braverock?
UCSD is located on this tribe's native territory.
What is Kumeyaay?
Traditional gathering of people featuring dancing, singing, food, and vendors.
What is Powwow?
Starring Kevin Costner and Graham Green made in early 90's about a white man who lives among the Sioux tribe.
What is Dances with Wolves?
Lakota man
Who is Sitting Bull?
Shoshone native who became famous singing and rapping in a music band that sang the song "Where is the Love". He is also known for his activism against DAPL and won a MTV Music Video Award for his song "Stand Up/Stand N Rock" in support of Standing Rock and the Sioux tribe.
Who is Taboo?
Traditional name for Navajo
What is Dine.
A famous writer and well known for his book "Custer Died for Your Sins".
Who is Vine Deloria Jr.?
"Hey Victor, I'm sorry 'bout your dad."
What is Smoke Signals?
Lakota man who led a combined group of nearly 1,500 Lakota and Cheyenne in a surprise attack against General George Crook's force of 1,000 English men and 300 Crow and Shoshone warriors.
Who is Crazy Horse?
Activist for Standing Rock against DAPL.
Who is Ladonna Bravebull?
This tribe shares its name with a well known city in Florida.
What is Miami?
Author of "There There" and is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
Who is Tommy Orange?
Movie made in 1992 starring Graham Green and Val Kilmer about a young FBI agent assigned to a murder case on the Sioux reservation.
What is Thunderheart?
First woman elected as the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Who is Wilma Man Killer?
Osage Nation woman who is well-known for dancing with the New York City ballet and founded the Chicago City Ballet.
Who is Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief?
There are ____ reservations in San Diego county.
What is 18?
It is called the “Battle of the Hundred Slain” by the Indians, occurred in Wyoming in 1866. It was the Army’s worst defeat on the Great Plains until the disaster on the Little Big Horn nearly ten years later.
What is The Fetterman Massacre?
A movie about the 1880s after Battle of Little Bighorn when the US government continued to push the Sioux west.
What is Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee?
Immortalized for being one of the six flag raisers in the iconic Iwo Jima picture from WWII.
Ira Hayes
One of the four members of the comedy group "1491". Also is the Keystone XL campaign organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network.
Who is Dallas Goldtooth?
With over 170,000 native speakers, this is one of the largest first nations tribes in Canada.
Who are the Cree?
Allows Canadian born natives to freely cross the Canadian and American border. Also allows Canadian born native students to attend American universities without international status.
What is Jay's Treaty?
A movie made by and about the Inuit peoples of the Canadian arctic, telling a story of a crime that ruptures the trust within a closely knit group, and how justice is achieved and healing begins.
What is The Fast Runner?
"My weapon was my language . . . We saved a lot of lives." iterated by one of the Navajo code talkers that was drafted for WWII.