Major Tribes
Name the three largest Native American tribes in Mississippi.
Natchez, Chickasaw , and Choctaw
This sport, like lacrosse, was very popular?
What is stickball?
This forced journey became known as the _________
___ ________
What is the Trail of Tears?
Who was responsible for farming and food gathering?
Women
The Mississippi tribes often settled near these natural features for food, travel and water?
What are rivers
Which tribe buried their dead beneath the cabin floor?
Who are the Chickasaw?
What peace pipe was smoked before council meetings?
What is the calumet?
To what new territory were Native Americans forced to move?
What is Oklahoma (Indian Territory)?
What animals did Native Mississippians hunt for food?
Deer, small game, and sometimes buffalo
The term described a society where clan membership is traced through the mother.
What is matrilineal?
This ceremonial leader ruled the Natchez
Who is the Great Sun
What crops did most Native Mississippians grow?
What is corn, beans, and corn?
This president signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
What type of houses did many tribes live in?
Wattle and daub housed
The Natchez lived mainly along this major river.
What is the Mississippi River?
Which tribe placed their dead on raised platforms for "bone pickers?
Who are the Choctaw?
Why did smaller tribes migrate and join larger ones?
For protection from raiding and survival
This treaty of 1832 forced the Chickasaw to give up their lands in North Mississippi.
Treaty of Pontotoc Creek
This was the most important crop grown by the Native Mississippians.
What is Maize?
Native Mississippians settled mostly in this fertile region of the state
What is the Mississippi Delta?
This tribe was known as fierce warriors and often allied with the British during conflicts.
Who are the Chickasaw?
This sport was called " The little brother of war.
What is stickball?
This federal and state law pushed the Indians from their homeland.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Villages were organized around these religious and political centers.
What are ceremonial mounds?
The Natchez built their villages along this for resources and trade
What is the Mississippi River?