Dakota
These two states contain Dakota in their name
North Dakota and South Dakota
The Maya created this to keep track of how time passed over the course of a year
Calendar
The only star in our solar system
The sun
Carried a baby with her during an incredibly dangerous expedition where her knowledge kept people alive
Sacagawea
Wampanoag still celebrate harvests and call it ______________ ___________.
Cranberry Day
Maple trees provided natural sugar to be used for one of the oldest forms of ______________.
Candy
The Maya introduced this digit to modern day mathematics
Zero
"People of the Light," "People of the East," "People of the First Light"
Wampanoag
Voted one of the greatest athletes of the century
Jim Thorpe
Because Native people rotated land depending on the time of year, non-Natives thought this
Land was being wasted
The Dakota people knew it was time to move when this happened
The seasons changed
Name two present day countries where the Maya civilization lived
Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador
Native to the land, original people
Indigenous
Chickasaw man, first Indigenous person in space
John Herrington
Tisquantum is sometimes referred to as this name
Squanto
The Dakota referred to the Milky Way as a...
River
The Maya long count calendar ended in this year
2012
STEM stands for
Science
Technology
Engineering
Mathematics
Stabbed by a bayonet when she was 14, but went on to be the captain of the water polo team in the Olympics
Waneek Horn-Miller
How did Tisquantum help the English become self-sufficient? (Name 2)
Taught them how to plant crops, fish, and hunt
This type of tree was incredibly important to the beliefs of the Dakota people
Cottonwood Tree
Maya farmers today use their knowledge of _______ to plan the agricultural cycle of corn, and to plan for the best times to conduct offerings and ceremonies.
the sky
Land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans
Reservation
When she was forced to relocate, carried 4 sweat lodge rocks with her hundreds of miles so her people could continue practicing their culture
Te-Wau-Zee
What is the difference between Separatists and Adventurers?
Separatists believed they were holy, while adventurers were businessmen and looking for riches