Native American
Myths & Storytelling
Myths & Storytelling
How are legends and myths traditionally preserved?
Storytelling, song, and dance
This creature is rooted in tradition as a sacred forest protector or hairy giant
Bigfoot
In 2023, Lily Gladstone became the first Native American nominated for Best Actress in what award ceremony?
Oscars
What is the name of the tribe whose ancestral land Utica resides on?
The Oneida Nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy
Tommy Orange’s novel There There centers around what themes?
Native American identity, history, and spirituality
A widespread modern misconception among many Americans is some family lore of having a princess ancestor from what tribe, despite the tribe never having a monarchic system?
Cherokee
Described as a malevolent cannibalistic creature, this figure is associated with winter, extreme cold, famine, hunger, and insatiable greed.
Wendigo
Maria Tallchief of the Osage Nation was the first American to hold what rank in ballet, and is widely considered to have revolutionized American Ballet?
Prima Ballerina
Hiawatha was the figure who helped the Iroquois Confederacy under the Great Law of Peace. How many nations were in the original confederacy?
Five
Stephen Graham Jones is known for writing in what genre?
Horror, Speculative Fiction, Historical Fiction
Many folklore stories feature which archetype of figure (described as wise and foolish, noble and selfish) which has been portrayed as a coyote, raven, rabbit, or other creatures across different tribes.
Trickster
What legendary creature is a representation of storms, protection, and the balance of nature across various tribes?
Thunderbird
Matoaka, daughter of a Powhatan chief, was captured by English colonists as leverage then forced into marriage to help end the first Anglo-Powhatan War. She is more commonly known by what name?
Pocahontas
The Oneida are organized into three clans, Wolf, Turtle, and Bear, and affiliation is determined by what kinship?
Matriarchal (from the mother)
What is the goal of book Project 562?
Sharing photos to document Native American life across the US and break stereotypes
The creation stories from northeastern woodlands nations share that the earth was formed on the back of a great what (animal)?
Turtle
Shapeshifting witches or practitioners who can transform into or disguise themselves as animals
Skinwalkers
Sequoyah single-handedly created the Cherokee what without being able to read or write English?
Writing system and alphabet
During the Revolutionary War of America, the Oneida sided with which side?
The American Colonists, becoming known as “America’s First Allies”
Which book on the display is frequently a banned and challenged book?
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Lakota Sioux tribe has a sacred figure who introduced the Seven Sacred Rites and the peace pipe. She is represented as a manifestation of a white what (animal)?
Buffalo
Often associated with deep waters and underground power, this being possesses magical scales, horns, and a crystal on the forehead.
Horned Serpent, or Uktena
Jim Thorpe of the Sac and Fox Nation, was the first Native American to win a gold medal for the USA at the Olympics. He won two, in which sport?
Track and Field (pentathlon and decathlon)
What percentage of NY state residents identify as “American Indian” (per the census)
1%
Which books could you read to learn about the history of the US from a reframed perspective focusing on Native Americans?
The Rediscovery of America or This Land is Their Land