Indigenous Leaders
She was the Shoshone guide and interpreter who helped Lewis and Clark.
Who is Sacagawea?
This structure is the traditional Plains Nations' portable home.
What is a tipi?
This 1830 law forcibly removed southeastern tribes from their homelands.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
The largest Native American nation by population in the U.S.
What is the Navajo Nation?
A traditional method of beadwork decoration famous among Plains tribes.
What is beadwork?
This Lakota leader is known for the victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Who is Sitting Bull?
These colorful woven items by Diné (Navajo) artists are internationally famous.
What are Navajo rugs/blankets?
The 1973 occupation of this South Dakota town was a major AIM event.
What is Wounded Knee?
This nation, made up of the Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Tribes, is considered the oldest continuous residents of Colorado.
Who are the Ute?
This Inuit art form uses stone cuttings to print images.
What is Inuit printmaking?
He was the Apache leader who resisted colonization in the Southwest.
Who is Geronimo?
The Inuit use this word for a dome-shaped snow house.
What is an igloo?
This system forced Native children into schools that banned their language and culture
What were Indian Boarding Schools?
This Plains tribe lived along the Front Range and Eastern Plains of Colorado and later moved to Oklahoma after forced relocation.
Who are the Cheyenne?
The traditional Hawaiian art of chanting.
What is mele?
The first Native American to serve as U.S. Secretary of the Interior (2021).
Who is Deb Haaland?
This ceremony practiced by many Indigenous nations involves rhythmic singing and dancing.
What is a powwow?
The 1969–1971 occupation of this island brought national attention to Native rights.
What is Alcatraz Island?
Often partnered with the Cheyenne, this tribe also lived on Colorado’s eastern plains, including the area around Denver.
Who are the Arapaho?
These traditional Navajo creations depict the cosmos using colored sand.
What are sandpaintings?
The Cherokee scholar who created the Cherokee syllabary.
Who is Sequoyah?
These carved poles from Pacific Northwest tribes tell stories and lineages.
What are totem poles?
This 2020 Supreme Court case affirmed that much of eastern Oklahoma remains Native land.
What is McGirt v. Oklahoma?
The Lakota, Nakota, and Dakota peoples together make up this larger nation.
What is the Sioux Nation?
These Haudenosaunee belts are made of beads and record treaties and stories.
What are wampum belts?