In the News
How many Indigenous candidates are on the state and national ballots this year?
90
Which president approved making November “National American Indian Heritage Month?”
George H. W. Bush
In 1969, 90 Native Americans landed on Alcatraz Island, in the San Francisco Bay, to reclaim the land for how many months?
19
True or False: The use of Native American mascots is a way of honoring and showing respect for Native Americans.
False
The first Columbus Day celebration in the US took place in NY on the ___ anniversary of Columbus’ arrival?
300th
Archaeologists discovered roughly 1,500 pounds of shells and ceramic pieces indicating Native American life in which State?
Maryland
How many Native Americans died on the Trail of Tears?
at least 3,000
True or False: Due to high dropout rates, American Indian Movement organizers and parents in Minneapolis started their own community schools?
True
American history did not begin with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 – how many years prior had people been in the Americas?
12,000
New York has the ___ largest Native American population.
10th
The Justice Dept. sued a South Dakota _____
that banned Native American customers.
Casino
What was the name of the battle in which the Native Americans defeated the US Army?
Battle of the Little Bighorn
The National Day of Mourning was sparked by what?
Speech censorship
After the Dutch “purchased” Manahatta Island from the Lenape what happened?
A wall was built to keep Native Americans out
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) hired its first full-time Native American curator when?
2020
What Arizona sport’s team has a uniform that celebrates Native American culture?
Phoenix Suns
The country’s first off-reservation boarding school for Native American students was located where?
Pennsylvania
Fighting for Native American justice, how many marchers ended up participating in the “longest walk” from California to Washington DC in 1978?
30,000
The US government federally recognizes how many tribes?
574
What park in NYC did delegations of Lenape (and many other Native nations) often meet at to negotiate with Dutch, then British, colonial officials.
Bowling Green Park
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about the constitutionality of which law?
The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
What year did congress pass the Indian Citizenship Act – granting citizenship to all Native Americans born in the territorial limits of the country?
1924
In 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux oppose the ______ in one of the greatest organizing efforts to protect land and human rights?
Indigenous Peoples and local communities customarily own over 50 percent of the world’s land, yet only have secure legal rights to ____ percent.
10%
Greenwich Village was once a Lenape village called “Sapokanik,” meaning what?
Tobacco field