Dig Into the Past
These scientists study objects and other clues to learn about people who lived long ago.
Archaeologists
Idaho has this many federally recognized tribes.Idaho has this many federally recognized tribes.
5
What is the name of the skeleton whose remains were found in Buhl, Idaho and who scientists determined lived about 10,000 years ago?
Buhla
What is the name of a written plan for a government with laws and rights.
A constitution
This word means customs or practices passed from one generation to the next.
Traditions
This is the name scientists use for the earliest peoples of the Americas.
Paleo-Indians
Which name does NOT belong on the chapter's list of Idaho tribes: Kootenai, Nez Perce, Shawnee, or Shoshone-Paiute?
Shawnee
This Kootenai leader led a peaceful effort in the 1970s to gain land and help for her people.
Amy Trice
A place for growing fish eggs is called a...
Hatchery
Someone who cares for records and historical materials is called an ...
Archivist
These peoples lived after the Paleo-Indians.
Archaic Indians
This word means that a tribal nation has the power and right to rule their people and govern themselves.
Sovereign
This tribe is among the largest tribes of Idaho today, with over 3,000 members.
Shoshone-Bannock Tribe
This place near the Boise foothills was the center of a land disagreement in 1990.
Castle Rock
Special traditions that make up someone's past is called ...
Heritage
A pictograph is painted on rock. How is a petroglyph different?
A petroglyph is carved into the rock.
The Nez Perce's original homeland covered about 17 million acres across these four present-day states.
Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Montana
This tribe calls themselves the Newe-Numa.
Shoshone-Paiute Tribe
Courts decided that the state and a tribal government share responsibility for caring for this lake area.
Lake Coeur d'Alene
What is a treaty?
A treaty is an agreement between governments.
A hollowed stick with a notch at the top that helped hunters throw spears long distances is called an...
Atlatl
Name all five federally recognized tribes in Idaho.
Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai, Nez Perce, Shoshone-Bannock, and Shoshone-Paiute.
This tribe oversees one of the nation's largest tribal fishery programs.
Nez Perce Tribe
True or False? Tribal members can also be U.S. citizens.
TRUE! (In fact, many Native Americans enlist in the US military.)
A ritual that marks a special occasion is called a ...
Ceremony