Place Names
Oral Tradition
Dakota Words
Miscellaneous
Review
100

Which Minnesota city means "firstborn daughter" in the Dakota language?

Winona

100

Which oral history taught Dakota children about generosity?

The Badger and the Bear

100

What does ohanwaste mean in English?

Generosity

100

What is another name for the Dakota people?

Sioux

100

Name used for an ancient rock carving

petroglyph

200

Which Minnesota city means "place where two rivers meet" in the Dakota language?

Mendota (Bdote)

200

This oral history taught Dakota children never to raise their voice in the tipi

The Ghost-Wife

200

What does tiyospaye mean in English?

extended family

200

How the Dakota people view time (hint: it's a shape)

A circle
200

Is the Declaration of Independence a PRIMARY or SECONDARY source?

PRIMARY!

300

Which Minnesota city means "Blue Earth" in the Dakota language?

Mankato

300

What powerful being saved the badger family in "The Badger and the Bear"?

The Avenger

300

DAILY DOUBLE: What is the Dakota word that means "Seven Council Fires"?

Oceti Sakowin

300

Name for the type of home Dakota people lived in

tipi (also spelled teepee)

300

A book written last year about the Civil War would be a PRIMARY or SECONDARY source? 

SECONDARY

400

Which Minnesota city means "firstborn son" in the Dakota language?

Chaska

400

Who told oral histories in Dakota culture?

Elders

400

What is the Dakota word for "kinship"?

Wotakuye

400

How many bands, or groups, are in the Oceti Sakowin?

Seven

400

What are the three steps of the historical inquiry process?

See, Think, Wonder

500

Which Minnesota city means "Bear Lake" in the Dakota language?

Mahtomedi

500

What happened to the Ghost-Wife after her husband raised his voice in the tipi?

She vanished

500

The Dakota word for respect

woohoda

500

DAILY DOUBLE: What is the Dakota name for Minnesota, AND what does it mean in English?

Mni Sota Makoce: Land of sky blue waters

500

Word meaning "the study of past human life by examining physical evidence that people left behind"

SPELLING COUNTS!

archaeology

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