History
Worldview
Food Habits
Meal Composition/Role of Food/ Therapeutic Uses
Contemporary
100
True or False: By the late 1800s, the majority of Native Americans lived on federal reservations.
True
100
What is one characteristic that can be found in all aspects of Native American religions?
Religion permeates all aspects of life.
100
What does the Three Sisters comprise of?
Corn, beans, and squash.
100
True or False: It was acceptable among the southern nations to eat newly harvested corn before the Green Corn Festival.
False. No one was allowed to eat any of the new corn until the ceremony was complete. 
100
What is a skill that can be used to interact efficiently with Native Americans?
Being open-minded, avoiding ethnocentrism, or using intercultural communication skills (such as: listen carefully and provide respectful silence).
200
How long ago is it hypothesized the Native Americans came to North America?
20,000 to 50,000 years ago across the Bering Strait.
200
True or False: In a Native American family, a male cousin would be considered more of a brother.
True. There is no differentiation between close and distant relatives among the social units of Native American families. 
200
Name 3 foods that were introduced from Europe.
Apples, apricots, carrots, lentils, peaches, turnips, livestock, and distilled spirits.
200
What was the women's role in food?
To gather, prepare, and store the food. 
200
Name one Western disease that severely affects Native American populations today. 
Type 2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, and Obesity.
300
True or False: The Bureau of Indian Affairs successfully assimilated Native American religion through boarding schools and and public reservation schools.
False. Religious beliefs were strengthened. Typically involvement in crafts, music, and dance was deepened to support their ethnic identity.
300
What is the overarching theme of Native American's approach to life?
Harmony. With an emphasis on balance of spiritual, social, and physical needs of individuals.
300
What influences the different food staples of Native American nations the most?
Region. Such as: Northeastern, Southern, 
Plains, Southwestern, and Pacific Northwest/Alaska Native.
300
How many meals a day was common among Southwestern Native Americans?
Two meals per day.
300
True or False: The Five-Day Navajo Nation Fair is among one of the traditional celebrations maintained by Native Americans.

True. There is also the Pawnee Veteran's Day Dance and Gathering, Miccosukee Arts Festival and the Seminole Fair, Iroquois Midwinter Festival, and the Upper Mattaponi Spring Festival.

400
Name the 3 centers of American Indian culture identified in the seventeenth century.
1. "Five Civilized Tribes" in the Southeast.


2. Iroquois in New York State.

3. Pueblo in the Southwest.

400

Treating symptoms is to bio-medicine as treating the __________ is to Native American holistic healing. 

Cause.

"Indian medicine is a guide to health, rather than a treatment." (pg. 111)

400
Pemmican is shredded jerky that is mixed with bison fat and berries and formed into cakes. This is part of a traditional _________ meal. (Hint: Region)
The Plains region.
400
Name 2 plants used for medicinal purposes.
Agave leaves, yucca, pumpkin, chile peppers, or strawberries. 
400
What are the 3 stages of Ojibwa adaptations?
Traditional, More Acculturated, and Pantraditional.
500
Definition of Native American.
Indigenous people of the Americas.

-American Indians

-Alaska Natives

500
Name one imbalance that could cause a Native American to become sick.
Supernatural causes, spiritual causes, or social implications. 
500
What type of fish was the staple of Northwest Coast/Alaska Natives?
Salmon. There was no need for agriculture due to the abundance of oceanic animals, although wild plants did make up more than half of the Northwest Coast Native American's diet. 
500
___________ food is an important aspect in Native American societies today. Selling food is inconceivable, which is why there are not many restaurants featuring Native American cuisines. 
Sharing. 
500
What coalition of organizations is responsible for bringing the past into the present?
Renewing America's Food Tradition's (RAFT)
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