Famous Natives
Blackfoot from the Blood tribe Canadian actor and stuntsman famously known for Wonder woman. The keynote speaker for the Native American Heritage Month Kickoff Luncheon 2018.
Who is Eugene Braverock?
UCSD is located on this tribe's territory.
Who are the Kumeyaay?
Traditional Plains gathering of people featuring dancing, singing, food, and vendors that has been adopted across the country.
What is Powwow?
Starring Kevin Costner and Graham Green made in early 90's about a white man who lives among the Sioux tribe.
What is Dances with Wolves?
Famous Lakota leader who predicted the defeat of Custer at Little Big Horn and later worked as a performer with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Who is Sitting Bull?
Shoshone native who became famous singing and rapping in a music band that sang the song "Where is the Love". He is also known for his activism against DAPL and won a MTV Music Video Award for his song "Stand Up/Stand N Rock" in support of Standing Rock and the Sioux tribe.
Who is Taboo?
Traditional name for Navajo
What is Dine.
A famous Native educator, activist, and writer well known for books such as "Custer Died for Your Sins" and "God is Red."
Who is Vine Deloria Jr.?
"Hey Victor, I'm sorry 'bout your dad."
What is Smoke Signals?
This famous Native gold-medalist Olympian delivered a massive upset is his victory at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and is now a national spokesperson for the Running Strong for American Indian Youth organization.
Who is Billy Mills?
Activist for Standing Rock against DAPL.
Who is Ladonna Bravebull?
This tribe shares its name with a well known city in Florida.
What is Miami?
Author of "There There" and is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.
Who is Tommy Orange?
Movie made in 1992 starring Graham Green and Val Kilmer about a young FBI agent assigned to a murder case on the Sioux reservation.
What is Thunderheart?
First woman elected as the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Who is Wilma Man Killer?
Osage Nation woman who is well-known for dancing with the New York City ballet and founded the Chicago City Ballet.
Who is Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief?
There are ____ federally recognized tribes in San Diego county.
What is 18?
Native Americans are the only people in the US whose identity is "verified" by the federal government and is certified by this document.
What is a CDIB card?
A book later adapted into a movie about the 1880s after the Battle of Little Bighorn when the US government continued to push the Sioux west.
What is Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee?
Immortalized for being one of the six flag raisers in the iconic Iwo Jima picture from WWII.
Ira Hayes
One of the four members of the comedy group "1491". Also is the Keystone XL campaign organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network.
Who is Dallas Goldtooth?
With over 170,000 native speakers, this is one of the largest first nations tribes in Canada.
Who are the Cree?
Citing the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 a group of intertribal activists in the Bay area took over this abandoned federal property for Indian People which is now the site for an annual gathering during Thanksgiving.
What is Alcatraz?
A movie made by and about the Inuit peoples of the Canadian arctic, telling a story of a crime that ruptures the trust within a closely-knit group, and how justice is achieved and healing begins.
What is The Fast Runner?
One of two women elected as the first Native American female representatives in Congress in 2018.
Who are/is Deb Haaland and Sherice Davids.