name used to describe the descendants of the 300 plus indigenous tribes of the lower forty-eight states, Alaska, and Hawaii.
What is Native Americans
100
The 850 mile trek the Cherokee were forced on by the US government.
What is The Trail of Tears
100
The location of the original Nez Perce homeland.
What is Eastern Oregon/Washington and Western Idaho.
100
The sacred area that the Sioux and Cheyenne were trying to protect.
What is the Black Hills
100
Led the 7th Cavalry when it was defeated by the Sioux and Cheyenne.
What is General Custer
200
A separate nation with its own government, language, religion, etc...
What is tribe
200
When the Cherokee were ordered to move they chose to do this instead of going.
What is fight in court
200
The amount of land lost by the Nez Perce when the United States government reduced the size of their reservation.
What is 6 million acres.
200
The name of the Battle in which the Sioux and Cheyenne wiped out the 7th Calvary.
What is The Battle of the Little Big Horn.
200
Leader of the Sioux who went to Canada after the battle with the 7th Cavalry
What is Sitting Bull.
300
Adopting portions of another culture without changing your own culture.
What is acculturation
300
This many Cherokee died on the journey to Indian Territory, present day Oklahoma.
What is 4000 or 25%
300
Instead of going to the reservation the Nez Perce attempted to do this.
What is flee to Canada.
300
The reason the year the battle between the Sioux and Cheyenne and the 7th Cavalry was so special to Americans.
What is it was the 100 anniversary of the founding of the United States.
300
The battle between the Sioux and Cheyenne and the Seventh Cavalry. This was one of the few Native American victories in their battle to protect their lands.
What is The Battle of the Little Big Horn.
400
Occurring naturally in a place.
What is indigenous
400
The state where the original Cherokee homeland was located.
What is Gerorgia
400
The Nez Perce were this far from Canada when they were forced to surrender.
What is one day's march.
400
One of the results of The Battle of the Little Big Horn.
What is the Black Hills are removed from the reservation system.
400
The Cheyenne leader who continued to fight with the US Army after the defeat of the 7th Cavalry. He died when he was knifed in the back by a US soldier who was trying to force him into a jail cell.
What is Crazy Horse.
500
Abandoning your own culture in favor of another culture.
What is assimilation
500
This was found on Cherokee land and led to their removal to Oklahoma.
What is gold.
500
The reason the United States government did not simply let the Nez Perce go to Canada.
What is it would make them appear weak.
500
The two leaders of the Sioux and Cheyenne in their victory over the 7th Cavalry.
What is Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.
500
The leader of the Nez Perce in their struggle against the US government.