Misconceptions
All Native Americans own and live in
A teepee
The Wigwam (green corn) festival has been celebrated since 1800 to give thanks to the Creator for the earth's many gifts. It is still celebrated today at a local high school where the festival brings the community together with crafts and food items to help raise money for the local church by what tribe?
The Mohegan tribe
A Disney movie that falsely portrayed an actual character about a Native American woman being married to a White man that came to invade their land is called
Pocahontas
All Native Americans wear this
Head-dresses
What year was Pocahontas born?
1595
Native Americans can find out their indigenes identity from
DNA
The Algonquin people endured centuries of conflict and survival on one of North America's oldest Indian reservations located in southeastern Connecticut. In 1637, this tribe had become the first native people to survive a genocidal massacre at the hands of European immigrants. Their history is an unprecedented story of redemption and restoration.
The Pequot Tribe
A film featuring Johnny deep and Armie Hammer tells about when a boy discovers an ancient Native American in a sideshow carnival tent and befriends him where they go on to work together to bring justice to Old West outlaws
The Lone Ranger
Often depicted as a _____ with war paint and a tomahawk is?
A savage
In 1622 the Powhatan Confederacy nearly wipes out what colony?
The Jamestown
All Native Americans are from the same what
Tribe
Known as "fresh water people" that occupied the interior portion of Massachusetts and know well known for their farming skills is the
Nipmuc tribe
All Native Americans live on a
Reservation
What year did General George Armstrong Custer leads an early morning attack on Cheyenne living with Chief Black Kettle, destroying the village and killing more than 100 people, including many woman and children and Black Kettle himself
1868
All Native Americans own and get riches from
Casinos
Known for merging with many of Connecticut tribes such as the mogican and mohegan after losing almost 90% of their tribe due to the small pox. This tribe cannot prove a continuous cultural tradition to the federal government due to heavy population losses and to many different bands merging
The Quiripi
Released in 1998 about a man who recuses a boy from a fire when a child. The boy then looks to the man as a hero while at the same time the man's son resents him for alcoholism, violence, and abandonment of his family
Smoke signals
By consuming this beverage Native Americans are all going to be an
Alcoholic
In 1887 what president signed the Dawes act giving the authority to divide up land allotted to Native Americans
President Grover Cleveland
What are 3 special privilege handouts Native Americans get?
Don't pay taxes, Get a check from the government, Get a free ride through college
From Colorado and known as the word meaning "The People." This tribe is descended from an ancient, Algonquian language speaking tribe regerred to as Chaa. They are also referred to as the Marsh people of the Great Lakes region.
Cheyenne
Released in 2016 and based on a true story about Mary Thompson Fisher who traverses cultural barriers to achieve fame as an actress and a Native American story teller is
Te Ata
Native Americans love and are proud of all American Blank
What major bill was pasted by congress in 1924?
The Indian Citizenship Act grants citizenship to all Native Americans born in the territorial limits of the country.