Tribes and Nations
This Native American tribe is known for living in tipis on the Great Plains.
What is the Sioux?
The forced relocation of the Cherokee people to present-day Oklahoma is known as this.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Traditional Native American dwellings on the Plains often included these cone-shaped structures.
What are tipis?
This Cherokee woman helped create a written language for the Cherokee.
Who is Sequoyah?
The Great Plains are home to tribes like the Sioux, Cheyenne, and this tribe.
Who are the Comanche?
The Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole are collectively known as this.
What is the Five Civilized Tribes?
This 1890 massacre marked the end of the Indian Wars in the U.S.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?
Many tribes use this type of object, often circular, made of woven fibers or beads, for ceremonies and as a symbol of unity.
What is a dreamcatcher?
This Native American leader resisted U.S. government forces during the 19th century and led the Lakota at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Who is Sitting Bull?
The Pacific Northwest is home to tribes such as the Tlingit, Haida, and this group known for totem poles.
Who are the Kwakwaka’wakw?
The Navajo people are primarily located in this U.S. region.
What is the Southwest?
In 1924, Native Americans were granted this right by the U.S. government.
What is U.S. citizenship?
This Native American practice involves storytelling, songs, and oral history to pass down traditions.
What is oral tradition?
This Native American activist co-founded the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968.
Who is Dennis Banks?
This river, running through the Dakotas, was a site of many 19th-century Native American battles.
What is the Missouri River?
This Native American nation is famous for building cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States.
What are the Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi)?
This act of 1887 aimed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing tribal lands.
What is the Dawes Act?
This annual celebration honors Native American culture and often includes dancing, drumming, and traditional clothing.
What is a powwow?
This Navajo code talker helped transmit secret messages for the U.S. military during World War II.
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers?
The Hopi tribe primarily resides in this state.
What is Arizona?
The Iroquois Confederacy originally consisted of these five nations.
What are the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca?
This 1973 event involved members of the American Indian Movement occupying a town in South Dakota to protest government policies.
What is the Wounded Knee Occupation?
Many Native American tribes have these objects, often decorated with feathers, beads, or symbols, used to honor leaders or warriors.
What are headdresses?
This Native American actress starred in “Windtalkers” and is a member of the Cherokee Nation.
Who is Irene Bedard
This island in Alaska was historically inhabited by the Aleut people.
What is Unalaska?