Tribes & Nations
This is the largest Native American tribe in the United States today.
Navajo Nation
She helped guide Lewis and Clark on their expedition.
Sacagawea
Many tribes use these circular gatherings with dancing and music to celebrate culture.
Powwow
Native American Heritage Month is celebrated in this month.
November
This Native actress stars as Elora in the show Reservation Dogs.
Devery Jacobs
This tribe is known for building totem poles and living along the Pacific Northwest coast.
Tlingit and/or Haida
This Apache leader resisted U.S. expansion into tribal lands.
Geronimo
Dreamcatchers are originally from this tribe.
Ojibwe (Chippewa)
This 1924 law granted U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans.
Indian Citizenship Act?
This singer from the Mohawk Nation mixes pop and traditional music.
Kaniehtiio Horn or A Tribe Called Red
The Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota are all part of this larger nation.
Sioux Nation
This athlete, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, won Olympic gold medals in 1912.
Jim Thorpe
This animal is often seen as sacred and symbolizes strength and unity among Plains tribes.
buffalo (bison)
The 1973 occupation at this South Dakota site protested government mistreatment.
Wounded Knee
This group of activists formed in 1968 to fight for Native rights.
American Indian Movement
The Cherokee were forced to move west on this tragic journey in the 1830s.
Trail of Tears
She was the first Native American woman to serve in the U.S. Cabinet.
Deb Haaland
The Iroquois Confederacy used this type of government, which inspired the U.S. Constitution.
council democracy
This term describes land set aside by the U.S. government for Native tribes.
reservation
This Indigenous author wrote There There, a novel about Native identity in modern America.
Tommy Orange
This tribe built cliff dwellings in what is now Colorado’s Mesa Verde.
Ancestral Puebloans (Anasazi)
This Lakota leader was killed at Wounded Knee in 1890.
Sitting Bull
The Hopi and Navajo use these spiritual figures in ceremonies and dolls.
Kachinas
This landmark 1832 Supreme Court case said tribal nations are “distinct, independent political communities.”
Worcester v. Georgia?
This Lakota teen activist gained attention for her work on climate and Native land issues
Tokata Iron Eyes