CHEROKEE GAMES
What traditional Cherokee game is similar to modern-day lacrosse?
(hint: Stick___)
Stick Ball
What was the main goal for Native American boarding schools?
To change the Native American children culture
What does the phrase "Land Back" mean in Indigenous activism?
The movement to return stolen land to Indigenous people
In the game STICKball, what was used instead of a ball and a bat?
(hint: a leathered ball and two small ___)
a leathered ball and two small sticks
What U.S. government policy led to the creation of many Native American boarding schools?
What group of people is leading the Land Back movement?
Indigenous people
The Cherokee tribe would use two wooden sticks to knock over a target or object, often played by both children and adults. What is this game?
(hint: bow and ____
Bow and arrow
In which state was the Cherokee National Female Seminary, one of the first higher education institutions for Native women, located?
(hint: okla____)
Oklahoma
The Land Back movement responds to land taken through what 19th-century U.S. act?
The Cherokee played games for fun and to stay ___
Name one major way boarding schools negatively affected Cherokee children and families.
Language, culture, or family ties
What U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that the Muscogee (Creek) Nation still had legal claim to much of eastern OKLAHOMA?
(hint: McGirt v. ___)
What spiritual or ceremonial purposes did Cherokee stickball serve beyond recreation?
To prepare warriors for battle, honor ancestors, and invoke blessings or balance through ritual
How did the Cherokee Nation eventually reclaim and get their education back after the Boarding schools
By establishing tribally controlled schools, and reviving the Cherokee language
Beyond physical territory, what does the Land Back movement also aim to restore for Indigenous nations?
Sovereignty