Native American Culture, History, and Related Topics

As part of the Columbian Exchange, which was NOT introduced TO Europe from the New World after 1492?

15,000 Native Americans fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War because...

A leader of the Lakota Sioux who with Sitting Bull defeated Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Has a monument.

These are payments for damages after a war or conflict. The U.S. government has made some payments to Native Americans.

This company that has pledged to pay schools that are changing their Native American mascots to new team names.

A _________________ is a slanted view or prejudice. They affect our interests and preferences.

Image on this state flag is based on the MA Bay Colony seal in which a Native Am. man says: "Come over and help us."

He was a specific leader of the Sauk Tribe and thus some say the Chicago pro hockey team is paying homage to him.

A Shoshone woman who was 16 when her language skills and knowledge of geography helped Lewis and Clark.

He was a leader of the vikings who settled in Greenland in 1000 AD. He was in the New World before Columbus.

A statue of this president in front of the Museum of Natural History in NYC was taken down in the summer of 2020.

This company changed its logo, which was a Native American woman.

Andrew Jackson might be removed from this and replaced with Harriet Tubman. He supported the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

Native Americans harvested corn, pumpkins, maple syrup honey from bees, and tobacco. They also invented the sport of

South Dakota monument built on Lakota Sioux lands.

There's a debate about whether statues of this Confederate Civil War General should remain in parks or be put in museums

This idiom means you should move on from a conflict and "turn the page" so you don't dwell on it or hold a grudge.

____________ are ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way a person lives.

Who ordered the Taino Indians to bring him gold?

The Indian Citizenship Act of ___ granted citizenship and voting rights to all Native Americans born in the U.S.

Part of the Powhatan tribe that met the Jamestown, VA colonists. She married John Rolfe and is featured in a Disney film

Squanto was a leader of their tribe. There are efforts to keep their language alive. You can go to Plimouth-Pawtuxet.

________________________ is a policy of extending a country's power and influence through military force or diplomacy.

Hunters from Asia crossed the ____________________ice bridge 20,000 years ago.

The Cheyenne Sioux and Standing Rock Sioux claim that this threatens their "way of life, water, people, and land."

Florida State has permission from the this tribe to use their name as its mascot if they have classes on their heritage.

Which of the following states has not replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day?

A statue of this president was removed from Arcata Plaza in northern CA in part of because of his expansionist policies.

Washington, D.C. has renamed Columbus Day Indigenous Peoples' Day (even though D.C. is District of Columbia). So has __

This ancient civilization (1200-1521AD) was located in what is present-day Mexico City. They were conquered by Cortes.

Monument in Battery Park in NYC. Shows a Native American man receiving $24 worth of beads from a _________ settler.

This term appears in newspapers in the 1800s. Bounties were offered for people who brought the scalps of Indians.