Bodies of Water
The Menominee
The Ho-Chunk
The Oneida
Grab Bag
100
This river flows through Oshkosh and north into Green Bay.
What is the Fox River?
100
This game, played by the Menominee, is still played in the United States today.
What is lacrosse?
100
The nickname given to the Ho-Chunk which means "smelly water"
What is Winnebago?
100
This is what the homes of the Oneida were called.
What are longhouses?
100
Native Americans in Wisconsin live on special parcels of land by this name.
What are reservations?
200
This river flows from the north into the Fox River system.
What is the Wolf River?
200
The term describing the Menominee people, who began in this area and their relatives have continued to live here.
What are continuous residents?
200
Banana-shaped roots that grow under water and are part of the water lily plant.
What are chadups?
200
The Oneida originally lived in this state.
What is New York?
200
These are fish that fisherman usually don't catch to eat.
What are rough fish?
300
A chain of fresh-water lakes in the United States and Canada that connect to the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Atlantic Ocean.
What are the Great Lakes?
300
This man lead the Menominee people and signed the Treaty of the Cedars.
Who is Chief Oshkosh?
300
Princess of the Ho-Chunk who lived on Doty Island.
Who is Glory of the Morning?
300
The Oneida moved their villages every 10-15 years because the land needed to do this.
What is rest?
300
This word means "a surrounding area."
What is vicinity?
400
The largest freshwater lake in the United States (with the exception of the Great Lakes)
What is Lake Winnebago?
400
This is where the Menominee people live today.
What is Menominee County?
400
This name could be translated "Big Voiced People," "People of the Parent Speech," or "Big Fish People"
What is Ho-Chunk?
400
This was a large part of Oneida live, and allowed them to live closely together to make sure that everyone had what they needed.
What is sharing?
400
This lake is located to the west of Oshkosh.
What is Lake Buttes des Morts?
500
The whole area that drains into a lake or a river
What is a watershed?
500
This is what the Menominee homes were called.
What is a wiikiop?
500
This is what the Ho-Chunk homes were called.
What is chee-poh-do-kay?
500
This chief led a group of Oneida to the Green Bay area in the 1820s.
Who is Chief Shenandoah?
500
This lake is where the Fox River and Wolf River meet.
What is Lake Poygan?
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