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100

How many federally recognized tribes are in Arizona?

22

100

What is "Rez ball" known as?

Basketball

100

Which movie does this quote: "It's a good day to be Indigenous!" come from?

Smoke Signals

100
Can you name the different tribes and greetings from Arizona? If you can name one you get 100 points! If you can name more, it is 100 points each!
  • Navajo (Diné Bizaad): Yá'át'ééh (sounds like yah-ah-t-ay), meaning "it is good" or "hello".
  • Tohono O'odham: Ske:g taṣ (sounds like skuk tarsh).
  • Hopi: Ha'u (sounds like hah-uh).
  • Apache: Dagotee (sounds like dah-goh-tay).
  • Havasupai/Hualapai/Yavapai: Kam yuu (sounds like gum yoo).
  • Yaqui: Lios em chania (sounds like lee-ose aim chah-nee-ah).
  • Zuni: Keshi (sounds like kay-shee)
100

Which Native American group lives in the Grand Canyon?

The Havasupai

200

What is the largest tribe in the United States, especially in Arizona?

The Navajo

200

What game uses a "usaga" stick to move a handmade mesquite "ola" puck?

Toka

200

Which Native rock group is known for the 1974 hit, "Come and Get Your Love"?

Redbone

200

Which language is the third most spoken language in Arizona?

Navajo

200

Which Native American group is known for its connection to the Sonoran Desert?

Tohono O'odham Nation

300

How many accredited tribal colleges are in Arizona? Bonus - 100 points each if you can name the colleges!

There are 3!

Names of Colleges: Diné College, Tohono O'odham Community College, and San Carlos Apache College

300

What game is played in the winter where a ball is hidden inside a moccasin?

Navajo Shoe Game - Extra 100 points if you also said Késhjéé'!

300

Who was the first Native American woman to win a Golden Globe for best actress?

Lily Gladstone

300

What are the top spoken Indigenous languages in Arizona?

Besides Navajo, the top spoken Indigenous languages in Arizona are Apache, Hopi, O'ooham, and Yaqui.

300

What are the Maricopa also known as?

The Piipaash

400

What does the word "Arizona" mean?

Little Spring

400

Which tribe plays Wok himawame; soccer-like game called that is played with a wooden ball and bare feet?

The Yaqui People

400

Which iconic Indigenous model and activist made headlines at the 2022 Met Gala by combining contemporary looks with intricate Native Jewelry and headpieces?

Quannah Chasinghorse

400

Which Declaration do these articles belong to?

Article 13-1: "Indigenous peoples have the right to revitalize, use, develop and transmit to future generations their histories, languages, oral traditions, philosophies, writing systems and literatures, and to designate and retain their own names for communities, places and persons."

Article 14-1: "Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational systems and institutions providing education in their own languages, in a manner appropriate to their cultural methods of teaching and learning."  

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

400

Which Native American group used wickiups, to allow a nomadic lifestyle?

The Apache

500

True or False: Arizona has one of the highest numbers of Native American language speakers in the United States.

True! 

500

An ancient game of soccer played on specialized courts with rubber balls is called what?

The Huhugam Ball Games

500

Which Indigenous Poet won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for their Postcolonial Love Poem?

Natalie Diaz

500

What language family is one of the largest Indigenous language groups that is spoken across the western United States and Mexico?

The Uto-Aztecan language family

500

Which tribe is considered the oldest living culture in Arizona?

The Hopi