Famous Natives
The Shosone-Hidasta woman who helped Lewis and Clark on their exploration in the newly bought Louisiana Territory as a translator
Who is Sacagawea?
The Native American Nation spanning across Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico
What is the Navajo/Dine Nation?
Native to upstate New York and Canada, America's oldest sport in which players use a long-handled stick that has a triangular head with a mesh pouch to catch, carry, and throw the ball
What is Lacrosse?
This type of bread made out of flour, warm water, salt or sugar, and baking powder or yeast (Depending on recipe)
What is Frybread?
The forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of about 60,000 Native Americans of the "Five Civilized Tribes" to Oklahoma.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This all-Native American 70's rock band made the Billboard's Top 100 with their single "Come and Get your Love" in spring of 1974
Who is Redbone?
Native American Nation located on the US-Canadian border near the Bering Sea in Alaska
What is the Inuit or Iñupaiq Nation?
From Indigenous Alaskans, an early form of these kinds of glasses came to protect their eyes from the harsh glare from the sun bouncing off the snow
What are sunglasses?
This kind of soup made of squash, beans, and corn is a staple in past and modern Native American cuisine
The deportation and ethnic cleansing of the Navajo people by the United States federal government and the United States army.
What is the Long Walk of the Navajo
The Lakota track athlete won gold in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the 10,000 meter race being the first American to do it
Who is Billy Mills?
Native nation located outside of Billings, Montana
What is the Crow Nation?
An early form of this kind of medicine made from combination of sunflower oil, wallflower, fish oils, and animal fat; Native Americans used this to protect themselves from sunburns and skin cancer
What is Sunscreen?
The animal commonly eaten in the North American plains tribes before it was hunted until endangerment by European settlers
What is the Buffalo?
Act signed by Andrew Jackson to give land to Native Americans in Oklahoma in exchanged for their southern homelands.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Native American actress known for her roles in Reservation Dogs, Prey, and the new live-action adaptation of Avatar the Last Air Bender as Princess Yue
Who is Amber Midthunder?
Native American reservation in South Dakota known for being home to the Oglala Souix Nation
What is the Pine Ridge Reservation?
From the Iroqouians, this early form of this invention was made out of dried bear stomachs to feed infants
What is a baby bottle?
Meal made out of blue corn meal, juniper ash, and water; commonly topped with honey, chia seeds, and fruit
What is Blue Corn Mush?
The law was enacted to return basic civil liberties to Native Americans and to allow them to practice, protect and preserve their inherent right of freedom to believe, express, and exercise their traditional religious rites, spiritual and cultural practices.
What is the American Indian Religious Freedom Act?
NFL's First Navajo player who is a offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys
Who is Shiyazh Pete?
Three native nations located in Oklahoma after they were forced out of their southern homelands
(If you name at least one of three, you will earn the points)
What is the Cherokee Nation?
What is the Choctaw Nation?
What is the Chickasaw Nation?
Native Americans created the early version of this invention out of small hollowed out bird bones and animal bladders to flush out wounds and inject medicines into sick or injured patients
What is a Syringe?
Traditional Mesoamerican soup made out of hominy and meat (chicken or pork), topped with various garnishes like chili peppers, radishes, and lettuce.
What is Posole?
Massacre of Native Americans on the Pine Ridge Reservation by the United States Army.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacare?