Heritage Month
November is in celebration of traditions, languages, and stories of these individuals (must name all listed)
Who are Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiians/those from Island communities?
Before colonists arrived in North America, Native Americans had already been cultivating these crops (name three) for thousands of years
What are beans, corn, potatoes, squash, tomatoes, avocados, papayas, chile peppers, wild rice, pumpkins, wild rice, tobacco, and cacao?
These three states have the largest number of Native Americans
What are the states of California, Oklahoma, and Arizona?
The first harvest feast known as Thanksgiving is thought to have taken place here
What is Plymouth, Massachusetts?
This tree was named after the Cherokee leader of the same name who was credited for developing the Cherokee syllabary
What is a sequoia (Sequoyah)?
Scholar Dr. Arthur C. Parker convinced this organization to celebrate an American Indian Day
What is Boy Scouts of America?
Forced relocations of Native Americans following the Indian Removal Act that resulted in the death of thousands of Native Americans en route to reservations became known as this
What is the Trail of Tears?
Reservation with the largest tribal land in the U.S. (and the largest enrolled population)
What is Navajo Nation?
Turkey was not served at the First Thanksgiving, but rather several other meats (name one)
What are deer, duck, seafood (mussels, lobster, bass), and goose?
First Native American U.S. Senator and Vice President
Who is Charles Curtis?
First state to declare an "American Indian Day"
What is New York?
The Indian Citizenship Act gave full citizenship to Native Americans in recognition of their service during this war
What is World War I?
State with the most federally recognized tribes
What is Alaska?
The First Thanksgiving was between colonists and this tribe
What is the Wampanoag Tribe?
Daughter of Chief Powhatan who was credited with helping English settlers in Jamestown, Virginia survive during the 1600s
Who is Pocahontas?
President that established November as "National American Indian Heritage Month"
Who is George H.W. Bush (Sr)?
Many of the hundreds of languages spoken by Native Americans vanished because of these kind of policies and practices
What is assimilation?
The number of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. (over...)
What is over 500 (exactly 574)?
How long the First Thanksgiving lasted
What is three days?
Shoshone woman who assisted with the Lewis and Clark expedition as an interpreter
Who is Sacagawea?
President Obama changed National American Indian Heritage Month to this name
What is National Native American Heritage Month?
Holiday on the second Monday of October that celebrates Native American history in place of Columbus Day
What is Indigenous Peoples' Day?
All Native American Tribes have tribal sovereignty (define it)
What is the right to govern themselves?
Some Native American tribes recognize the Thanksgiving holiday as the National Day of what?
What is the National Day of Mourning?
Three Native American tribe leaders present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (name one) in defiance of efforts to put their people on reservations
Who are Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Chief Gall?