Native American History Trivia Questions
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What type of animal hides did the Plains Indians use to make their winter robes?
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bison
In 1934, a peace treaty was signed by the descendants of which group of Florida Indians who fought three wars against the U.S.?
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seminole
Which Native American tribe includes the Hunkpapa division and was the tribe Sitting Bull was born into?
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sioux
What Sioux Medicine Man has his grave site marked on maps of both North Dakota and South Dakota?
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sitting bull
What dance did Short Bull teach at the Rosebud Reservation before joining Cody's Wild West show?
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ghost dance
Which chief, whose name Longfellow borrowed, is traditionally credited alongside Dekanawidah with founding the Iroquois League?
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hiawatha
According to William Brandon, which Chiricahua leader's name was spelled and pronounced with an 'H'?
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geronimo
What is the name of the religious ritual that a Paiute prophet named Wovoka popularized?
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ghost dance
Who was the Apache leader whose son, Nachez, supported Geronimo?
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cochise
Who is the famous Chiricahua Apache that Jason Betzinez, at age 99, wrote about fighting with in his 1959 book?
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geronimo
Red Cloud and Crazy Horse were members of the Oglalla branch of which tribe?
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sioux
Which Indian tribe's branches, the Lakota and Nakota, once dominated much of the Dakotas?
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sioux
John Ross helped write a constitution for which Native American tribe after it traveled the 'Trail of Tears'?
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cherokee
What was the name of the spiritual movement that spread across the Plains and led to the death of Sitting Bull?
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ghost dance
What Spanish name, meaning 'Jerome', was given to the Native American born Goyathlay, known as 'one who yawns'?
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geronimo
Which tribe's reservation, the nation's largest, spans parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado?
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navajo
What is the grouping of Native Americans that includes the Crow and Wichita, named for the area from the Rockies to the Mississippi?
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plains indians
What name, meaning 'town', did the Spanish give to tribes they found living in apartment-like structures?
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pueblo
Which peaceable mesa dwellers became the westernmost of the Pueblo peoples?
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hopi
Which Native American tribe is featured in the 'Trail of Tears' drama performed daily during the summer near Tahlequah, Oklahoma?
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cherokee
Which Southwest tribe's history includes the 'Long Walk'?
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navajo
Which Native American tribe began publishing a weekly newspaper using their newly developed alphabet in 1828?
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cherokee
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