Native Groups
Which animal was the most important source of food for the Plains people?
The buffalo
What is another name for a tribe's medicine man or woman?
A shaman
Which sport did American Indians invent, now called "America's oldest game"?
Lacrosse
Which Shoshone woman guided and translated for Lewis and Clark?
Sacagawea
What were the long wooden homes in Iroquois villages called?
Longhouses
What was the greatest ceremony of the Plains people?
The Sun Dance
Tribes in which cultural area made their living from salmon and cedar?
The Northwest Coast
Which daughter of Chief Powhatan is famous for saving John Smith?
Pocahontas
What does "nomadic" mean?
Moving around with no permanent home
What were the Northwest people famous for carving for their ceremonies?
Ceremonial masks
Who were the "Ancient Ones" that built cities in the cliffs of the Southwest?
The Anasazi
Who taught the Pilgrims at Plymouth how to hunt, farm and fish?
Squanto
Which people formed the League of Five Nations (later the League of Six Nations)?
The Iroquois
In the seven Ojibway clans, which clan acted as the police force?
The Bear clan
Which state is home to more tribes than any other, many forced there on the Trail of Tears?
Oklahoma
Which Northeast leader helped the Pilgrims and is believed to have been at the first Thanksgiving?
Massasoit
What was a buffalo jump?
A hunt where hunters chased buffalo over a cliff
In an Iroquois longhouse, who was in charge?
The oldest women
Which Southeast ceremony gave thanks for good crops?
The Green Corn Ceremony
Which Englishman did Pocahontas marry?
John Rolfe