Geography & Culture
Ancestral Pueblos of the American southwest lived on top of mesas for more than 600 years before beginning to construct this type of homes.
What are cave dwellings?
Natives of this U.S. state traditionally subsisted, in large part, on whale, seals, and fish.
What is Alaska?
The Trail of Tears was the forced relocations of approximately 60,000 Native Americans from the Southeastern United States from 1830 to 1850. It was carried out pursuant to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which was signed, and the relocations were proposed, masterminded, and carried out, by this President.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This sport is derived from a tribal game played by indigenous peoples in Eastern U.S. and Canada.
What is lacrosse?
Pilgrim settlers in Massachusetts in 1620 narrowly avoided starvation thanks to help in agriculture and trade from this English-speaking member of the Patuxet tribe.
Who is Squanto?
This type of ritual carvings can be used for: decorating a house (inside or out); commemorating or remembering a person’s death; welcoming guests to a community; or even shaming or embarrassing individuals or groups for unpaid debts or other transgressions.
What are Totem Poles?
What is the buffalo?
The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought in 1876 between federal troops led by General George Custer and the combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arpaho tribes, which were led by this person.
Who is Sitting Bull?
This Native American athlete won two Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon; was named to the NFL’s 50th anniversary all-time team; was a two-time consensus All-American; played in a World Series; and even played professional basketball.
Who is Jim Thorpe?
Native Americans in the Ohio River valley and elsewhere played a critical, but largely unacknowledged, role in this secretive 19th century network.
What is the Underground Railroad?
Many native tribes, including in Illinois, practiced this ritual, which included isolation, fasting, prayer, and often face paint.
What is dream seeking (or vision quest)?
Native tribes of the Northeast were the first to derive this brunch staple from nearby trees.
What is maple syrup?
In 1905, the State of Sequoyah, located in this present-day state, was proposed by five Native American tribes to retain control of their lands. They held a Sequoyah Constitutional Convention, drafted and approved a constitution, and elected delegates to travel to Washington to petition for statehood.
What is Oklahoma?
Tom “Bulldog of Brittania” Longboat, in 1907, and Ellison “Tarzan” Brown, in 1936 and 1939, are two Native Americans to have won this prestigious running event.
What is the Boston Marathon?
Navajos recruited to serve in the U.S. Army in World War II because of a unique ability were known as this.
What is a code talker?
This pre-Columbian Native American city with a peak population of 15,000 people is, today, distinguished by 80 mounds and located in Southern Illinois.
What is Cahokia?
Tribes in Mexico first developed processes to develop this material, which was used in tools, sandals, and even a ball that Christopher Columbus brought back to Europe.
What is rubber?
In 1891, Congress passed a law enabling federal offices to forcibly take Native American children from their homes for this purpose.
What is enrolling them in Ameri-/Euro-centric boarding schools?
In 2018, Sharice Davids became one of the first two Native American women were elected to Congress. Before pursuing politics, Davids pursued this other pugilistic career.
What is MMA fighting?
In the early 1600s, a group of five formerly warring tribes formed this council, which the United States Congress subsequently acknowledged was an influence on the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
South American tribes used animal bladders and hollow bird bones to develop this medical instrument centuries before Europeans.
What is a syringe?
Among Eastern tribes, these essential foods were known as the “three sisters” and frequently planted together.
What are corn, squash, and beans?
While spending the last two decades of her life under house arrest, Queen Liliʻuokalani of Hawaii unsuccessfully sued the U.S. Government for the return of these.
What are the Crown Lands?
Ben Campbell served with distinction in Korea, represented the United States as a member of the judo teams in the 1964 Olympics, and then served as a representative and Senator from the state of Colorado for nearly 20 years. He was known by this additional name, given to him on the Northern Cheyenne reservation.
What is Nighthorse?
Sacagawea accompanied the Lewis and Clark Expedition because she spoke the language of this group of tribes.
What is Shoshone?