NC TRIBES TODAY
NC TRIBES YESTERDAY
LIFE IN THE PAST
ALGONGUIAN WORDS
HOW DO WE KNOW?
100

Name an Indian Tribe that currently lives in Harnett County. 

What is Coharie?

100

This was the most war-like tribe that was defeated in NC in 1713. 

Who were the Tuscarora?

100

The Indian men in NC built ______.

What were houses, forts, or canoes.

100
The Indian tribes that were here when Europeans arrived belonged to one of three language groups.  Name one. 

What was Algonquian?

100

Who wrote an account of the early NC Indians and said they were muscular?

Who was Thomas Hariot?

200

This Indian Tribe lives on the Qualla Boundary in the NC mountains. 

Who are the Cherokee?

200

This Indian tribe was forced on the Trail of Tears in 1838. 

Who were the Cherokee?

200

The coastal tribes who lived in NC hundreds of years ago did a special kind of fishing?  What kind was it?

What is spearfishing?

200

The Algonquian pagatowr means what? 

What is corn?

200

What did Hariot say about the Indians' belief in the afterlife?  

What is they believed in a place of burning fire?  

300

This Indian Tribe is currently seeking Federal recognition.  

Who are the Lumbee?

300

The Algonquian tribes were first seen by the English in 1584 and lived on what Island?  

What is Roanoke?

300
This was a special ceremony that the natives did to celebrate the harvest. 

What was the Green Corn Ceremony?

300

The Algonquian word uppowok means what?

tobacco

300

What did John Lawson write about the Indians in NC?

What is they are are nicer to the English than we are to them?
400

This is the largest Indian Tribe in NC today.

Who are the Lumbee?

400

He was the chief of the Roanoke Indians who was beheaded by the English.

Who was Wingina?

400

Women were responsible for ________. 

What was farming, taking care of children, making clothes, cooking

400

What does the word scuppernong mean in Algonquian? 

What are grapes?

400

Many of these have been found all over NC? 

What are artifacts or arrowheads?

500

This tribe performs and outdoor drama each year called Unto These Hills.

Who are the Cherokee?

500

This tribe lived in the NC Piedmont and were great pottery makers. 

Who were the Catawba?
500

Each tribe had a ____ who consulted with a council to make decisions. 

What was a chief?

500

Name an Algonquian tribe.

What are the following:  
Croatoan
Hatterask
Roanoac
Chowanoac
Secotan

500

This is a structure at an historic site that was a religious site for the Indians hundreds of years ago.  It is in Montgomery County.

What is the Town Creek Indian Mound?