Medicines!
Natives in Media
Our Relatives
MNI SOTA MAKOCE
100
This medicinal plant is used for "smudging", or purifying the area by burning the plant once dried
What is sage
100
Despite not being of European royalty, Disney made this Powhatan woman into a princess
Who is Pocahontas
100
My name means eagle in Anishinaabe (Ojibwe)
Migizi
100
Our State Bird
What is the Loon
200
Also known as asemaa (Anishinaabe) or Čhaŋšáša (Dakota), this traditional medicine can be used to make prayers
What is tobacco
200
An 1993 iteration of this famous characters wears costume "regalia" and delivers a speech on the truth of Thanksgiving
Who is Wednesday Addams
200
Mato Tipila is the name of my lodge in Lakota, who am I?
Bear
200
My name means "six" in Dakota; I also have an outdoor amusement park ft. the Wild Thing
What is Shakopee
300
Named for its pleasant-smelling aroma, sweetgrass is commonly braided. Many people have a total of this many strands in their sweetgrass braid
What is 21 strands
300
Molly of Denali is a children's show of a Native family based in this state
What is Alaska
300
In some nations, Sabe is the teacher of this Seven Grandfather Teaching
What is Honesty
300
You can find me in Minneapolis; my name means "curling water" or "waterfall"
Minnehaha Falls
400
This type of tree is considered one of the four sacred medicines
What is a cedar tree
400
This video game has a character who is named Charles Smith, who is half Native and half African-American
What is Red Dead Redemption 2
400
This relative swam to the bottom of the flood to retrieve dirt during the creation of Turtle Island
Muskrat
400
My names means "great river" in Algonquin languages, and my headwaters are in Itasca State Park
What is mississippi (misi-ziibi)