Tribes
what native American tribe lived in the northeastern United States and helped the pilgrims?
Who are the Wampanoag?
What type of home was commonly used by many Plains tribes?
What is a tipi?
What did European settlers and the U.S. government often take away from Native Americans?
What is their land?
Who was the Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark explore the western United States?
Who is Sacagawea?
What month is recognized as Native American Heritage Month in the United States?
What is November?
Which tribe is famous for living in longhouses in the Northeast?
Who are the Iroquois
What animal was especially important to many Plains tribes for food, clothing, and shelter?
What is the buffalo (American bison)?
What year did Christopher Columbus arrive in the Americas?
What is 1492?
Who was the Apache leader famous for resisting U.S. and Mexican expansion into Apache territory?
Who is Geronimo?
What is the term for a Native American nation's right to govern itself?
What is tribal sovereignty?
Which Native American tribe traditionally lived in the Southwestern United States and built cliff dwellings?
Who are the Ancestral Puebloans?
What is the name for traditional Native American storytelling that passes down history and beliefs?
What is oral tradition?
What forced journey caused thousands of Native Americans to die while being relocated west?
What is the Trail of Tears?
Who was the Lakota leader who helped defeat General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Who is Sitting Bull?
What is the name of the federal agency responsible for many government programs involving Native American tribes?
What is the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
What tribe was known for living in tipis and hunting buffalo on the great plains?
Who are the Lakota?
What are some traditional designs and patterns created using materials like wool?
What is weaving?
What 1830 law authorized the removal of Native Americans from their ancestral lands?
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Who was the Nez Perce leader famous for his speech about his people's forced removal?
Who is Chief Joseph?
What professional sport did Jim Thorpe become famous for playing, along with track and field?
What is football?
Which federally recognized Native American nation has the largest land reservation and population in the United States?
Who are the Navajo Nation
What term describes the belief that nature, animals, and land have spiritual importance?
What is animism?
What is a reservation?
What is land set aside by the government for Native American tribes?
Who was the Shawnee leader who worked to unite Native American tribes against American expansion?
Who is Tecumseh?
What is the name for the process of protecting and keeping Native American languages, traditions, and customs alive?
What is cultural preservation?