FUN FACTS
PEOPLE
LOCATION
Native
HISTORY
100
What tribe was Former President Obama adopted into?
Crow
100
Name the Native American Olympian who won the gold medal in the 10,000 meters in the 1964 Olympics.
Billy Mills
100
Which state has the highest concentration of federal Indian reservation trust land?
Arizona
100
James Fenimore Cooper wrote the Leatherstocking Tales, which includes the novel The Last of the Mohicans. Name one of the Indian characters in the book?
Uncas or Chingachgook
100
According to Native scholars, the term Red $kin originated in the 1600’s and referred to __________________________________.
bounty hunting, scalps, body parts, or skins of Native Peoples
200
Star Wars Episode IV was dubbed into the Diné language in 2013. What second popular movie was also dubbed into the Diné language?
Finding Nemo
200
Name the Native American Olympian who won gold medals in the Pentathlon and Decathlon in the 1912 Olympics.
Jim Thorpe
200
Name the most populated federal Indian reservation in the United States.
Navajo
200
According to the 2010 U.S. census, which U.S. state has the largest Native American population?
California
200
The year of the Pueblo Revolt.
1680
300
Name the first ever Native American-operated online gallery store specializing in Native-made fashion, jewelry, and accessories.
Beyond Buckskin Boutique created by Dr. Jessica R. Metcalfe
300
What is the name of the Colonel who is credited with saying, “Kill the Indian, Save the Man”?
Richard Henry Pratt
300
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has twelve offices to serve Native Americans in the country. Name one location.
Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Aberdeen, Billings, Portland, Sacramento, Phoenix, Navajo (Window Rock), Albuquerque, Anadarko, Muskogee, Juneau
300
What major non-profit organization incorporated in 1971 specializes in preserving tribal existence, protecting tribal natural resources, promoting human rights, accountability of governments to Native peoples, and developing Indian law?
Native American Rights Fund
300
The month and year of the Navajo Nation Treaty with the United States.
June, 1868
400
Which Navajo filmmaker and film won the first ever PBS Online Film Festival People’s Choice Award?
Melissa Henry, Horse You See
400
The first interracial marriage in North America was in 1614. Name the couple.
John Rolfe and Pocahontas
400
Name one state-recognized Indian tribe in Connecticut.
Eastern Pequot (Connecticut) OR Schaghticoke Indian Tribe (Connecticut)
400
Name the first Native American newspaper.
The Cherokee Phoenix
400
The name of the first U.S. Supreme Court Justice to issue decisions in regards to Native people in the 1800’s.
John Marshall
500
What movie is this dialog from? And what character said it? “You gotta look mean or people won’t respect you. White people will run all over you if you don’t look mean. You gotta look like a warrior! You gotta look like you just came back from killing a buffalo!”
Victor Joseph in Smoke Signals
500
What Indigenous scholar was quoted as saying “the interest in American Indians comes about every 20 years?”
Vine Deloria, Jr.
500
In 1971, the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act created corporations for Alaskan Natives. Name one Regional Corporation.
Arctic Slope, Nana, Doyon, Ahtna, Sealaska, Chugach, Koniag, Cook Inlet, Bristol, Calista, Aleut, Bering Straits
500
Name the former Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, who currently works at UNM.
Kevin Washburn
500
The leader of the sovereign Kingdom of Hawaii from 1891-1893.
Queen Lili’uokalani
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