Native American History Trivia Questions
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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
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