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Ojibwemowin 1
Ojibwemowin 2
100
How did boarding schools enforce English Only policies?
severe punishment for students who spoke their native language
100
In the 1930s how many of American Indians lived on reservations or tribal land?
almost all
100
What mineral was Columbus looking for?
gold
100
Say earring
Naabizhebizon
100
Say "He/she picks berries"
mawanizo
200
Who was the Cherokee Scholar who created a set of 86 symbols representing the syllables spoken in Cherokee?
Sequoyah
200
By 1980 what percentage of American Indians lived in urban communities outside of the reservation?
over 50%
200
If natives did not find gold for Colombus what was done to them?
Their hands were cut off
200
What is the word for the four sacred herbs?
Nookwezigan
200
Say "painted turtle"
miskwaadesi
300
What language family does Dakota language belong to?
Siouan
300
When was AIM (American Indian Movement) founded?
1968
300
What President declared Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
300
Say "Day before yesterday"
awaswaabang
300
Say "He/she beads on a loom"
mazinaabidoo'ige
400
Why were many native languages not being spoken in the late 1800s?
Federal government policies to assimilate American Indian people
400
To be considered a federally recognized American Indian you have to be what?
1/4 or more tribal blood quantum
400
Name three native harvest celebrations.
Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony, Cherokee Great Busk and Anishinaabe Wild Rice Harvest (Miigwech Manoomin)
400
Say "he/she is not happy"
gaawiin minwendaanzii
400
Say "Carry it"
bimiwidoon
500
How many states have names derived from American Indian languages?
24
500
In what year did Congress authorized the BIA to carry out the Relocation Program?
1953
500
What are some reasons why native people do not believe the Bering Strait Theory?
Human remains have been found in North American that pre-dates 12,000 years ago and native people have never been asked about their origins (they have their own creation and migration teachings)
500
say "it is hot liquid"
gizhaagamide
500
Say "watermelon"
eshkandaming