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General OCIE Trivia Flashcards

1
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What is another name for the gourd stitch?

A

Peyote stitch

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2
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Before needles, what did tribal women sew with?

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Bone

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3
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What is a mortarboard and pestle used for?

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Grinding

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4
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What was the main source of food for the Plains tribes?

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Buffalo

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5
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What does the rising sun represent?

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Youth

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6
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What is the name of a pipe used by various tribes in ceremonies of religious and diplomatic importance?

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Peace pipe

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7
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What is the beverage used in southeastern tribal ceremonies for cleansing and purification?

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Black drink

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8
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What item might be used to wager on Indian football games?

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A scarf or cloth

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9
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What issue with athletic teams causes much conflict for Indian people?

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Indian Mascots

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10
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What is the term that Seminole use for their houses?

A

Chickee

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11
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What Air Force Base in Oklahoma City is named after an Osage man?

A

Tinker Air Force Base

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12
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How many tribal colleges are located in Oklahoma?

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2

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13
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How many tribes in Oklahoma are not recognized by federal government?

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1 - Euchee / Yuchi

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14
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What was Oklahoma called before it became a state?

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Indian Territory

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15
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What term describes the division of tribal land for individual ownership?

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Allotment

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16
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What term was used to describe the five eastern tribes removed from their homelands?

A

The Trail of Tears

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17
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What term describes 38/39 Oklahoma tribes?

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Federally recognized

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18
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What is the name of the Choctaw tribal newspaper?

A

Biznik

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19
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What Oklahoma tribe has a band named Skidi?

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Pawnee

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20
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What event is held each year at the Sam Noble Museum in Norman?

A

University of Oklahoma Native Language Fair

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21
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What month did the president designate annually as Native American Heritage Month?

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November

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22
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What museum near the Capitol has a large section about Oklahoma tribes?

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Oklahoma History Center

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23
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What college in Muskogee became important to Native American students?

A

Bacone College

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24
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What crops were known as the Three Sisters?

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Corn, beans, and squash

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25
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What is the name of the 12 earthen mounds located in Cherokee country?

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Spiro Mounds

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26
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What group of tribes is represented on the star of the state seal?

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Seminole, Muscogee (Creek), Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Cherokee - aka “The Five Civilized Tribes”

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27
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What material was used by early Natives to make pipes?

A

Pipestone

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28
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What branch of Cherokee government does the Tribal Council serve in?

A

Legislative Branch

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29
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What is the ball in a stickball game made out of?

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Deer hide

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30
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What term describes two lodge poles dragged by a horse and used for hauling?

A

Travois

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31
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The religious leader or “Medicine Man” in a sweat lodge is also known as…

A

Shaman

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32
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What is the name of a covered frame with heated rocks for steam?

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Sweat lodge

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33
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What skill was the Comanche best known for?

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Horsemanship

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34
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What is the name of the feathered headdress worn by Plains chiefs?

A

War bonnet

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35
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What tribe has 14 bands, two of which belong to Freedmen?

A

Seminole

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36
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What Cherokee food is made of ground hickory nuts and hominy?

A

Kanutchka (Phonetic)

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37
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What animal provided for all the needs of the Plains Tribes?

A

Buffalo

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38
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What is the second largest tribe in the United States?

A

Cherokee Nation

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39
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What Oklahoma Cherokee tribe has a blood quantum requirement?

A

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees

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40
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Dessert made using grape juice?

A

Grape dumplings

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41
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The beef organ that Kiowa’s are best known to eat

A

Kidneys

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42
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Flour dough fried in hot grease?

A

Fry bread

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43
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Main vegetables of the eastern tribes

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Corn, beans, squash

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44
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This tree is considered sacred by many tribes and is often burned for purification

A

Cedar

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45
Q

Many tribes consider this animal to be a messenger of bad luck, death, and/or the incarnation of evil spirits.

A

Owl

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46
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This color represents many things for different tribes, such as strength, success, the direction east, and war.

A

Red

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47
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Cherokee traditionalists often refer to their beliefs as what color path?

A

The White Color Path

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48
Q

What tribe has the word “fort” in its name?

A

Fort Sill Apache Tribe

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49
Q

What is the term that describes former slaves who became tribal citizens?

A

Freedman

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50
Q

Which tribe located in the northeastern part of the state is the smallest tribe?

A

Modoc

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51
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What tribe owns Firelake Grocery and Grand Casino?

A

Citizen Potawatomi

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52
Q

What year were Native Americans in Oklahoma made citizens of the state?

A

1907

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53
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What year were Native Americans made US Citizens?

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1924

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54
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What are the traditional leggings made of that women wore in stomp dance?

A

Shell shakers, or shakers

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55
Q

Name the vegetable cooked in most tribal dishes?

A

Corn

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56
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Name the plant grown by most tribes and smoked for ceremonial purposes?

A

Tobacco

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57
Q

Name the style of dance of most Woodland tribes

A

Stomp dance

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58
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Name the type of lodging of some Woodland tribes

A

Longhouse

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59
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What candy business is owned by the Chickasaw Nation?

A

Bedre chocolates

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60
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What is the name of the campgrounds that are used as a summer Christian retreat?

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Falls Creek

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61
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What is the term for going without food or drink for a certain length of time?

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Fasting, in Muscogee, busking.

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62
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How many acres of land was allotted to each tribal member under the Allotment Act?

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160 acres

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63
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What headwear was worn by many of the southeastern tribal men?

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Turbans

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64
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What form of communication was used among different tribes?

A

Sign language

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65
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What type of headgear did most Plains tribal chiefs wear?

A

War bonnet

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66
Q

What is thought to be our mother in most tribes?

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The Earth

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67
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The group that commonly assists with the colors during a military funeral

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Color guard

68
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The fringed item that women wear draped over their shoulders to dance

A

Shawls

69
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What woman’s dance corresponds to the men’s Fancy Dance?

A

Fancy shawl

70
Q

What dance at pow-wows is known as the gentleman’s dance?

A

Straight dance

71
Q

What women’s dance has cones dangling from the regalia?

A

Jingle dance

72
Q

The item made of porcupine quills that is tied on the head of male fancy dancers?

A

Roach

73
Q

The art of organizing various feathers to wear on the back of regalia

A

Bustle making

74
Q

The style of dance with men wearing two feather bustles

A

Fancy dance

75
Q

One who leads the ladies into the arena

A

Head lady dancer

76
Q

One leading the men dancers into the arena

A

Headman dancer

77
Q

One who leads the singing at the drum

A

Lead singer

78
Q

One who takes care of the arena

A

Arena director

79
Q

One who describes that goes on at the dance/pow-wow, makes announcements, etc

A

Master of Ceremonies

80
Q

The term for the opening procession of dancers into the arena

A

Grand Entry

81
Q

The style of dance held before the start of a pow-wow that honors warriors

A

Gourd dance

82
Q

What bird symbol is represented in the Native American Church?

A

Water bird

83
Q

The water bird and the scissortail are both common symbols used in this belief system

A

Peyote or Native American Church

84
Q

What ceremony involving fasting and body piercing was outlawed in the US in 1904? (This celebration was also a celebration of the New Year for several Plains tribes)

A

Sun Dance

85
Q

What is the governing body for the Cherokee Baptist Churches?

A

Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference

86
Q

What were elders called that shared information about the tribes orally?

A

Storytellers

87
Q

How were tribal stories handed down to the next generation?

A

Orally

88
Q

What does the rising & setting sun, the four seasons, and the four directions represent to many tribes?

A

The Cycle of Life

89
Q

The direction that stomp dancers go (around the fire)

A

Counter clockwise

90
Q

The items worn for sound around the knee or ankles

A

Shell shakers

91
Q

Who are Gourd Dance songs in honor of?

A

Warriors

92
Q

What is the group of tribal females whose children do military service overseas called?

A

War Mothers

93
Q

Name an Oklahoma tribe that had Code Talkers

A

Two examples: Comanche Nation, Choctaw Nation

94
Q

What was the purpose of drinking the black drink?

A

An emetic (to help one throw up)

95
Q

Otter skin hats were worn by…

A

Osage, Ponca

96
Q

Finger-woven belts worn by Eastern tribes

A

Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee

97
Q

What word means to speak two languages?

A

Bilingual

98
Q

What is one of the Federally Recognized Tribal Towns of Oklahoma?

A

Alabama Quassarte (Coushatta), Kialegee, and Thlopthlocco

99
Q

What items are used in a smudge ceremony?

A

Sage, cedar, tobacco, and sweet grass

100
Q

Where is the main drum located at an Oklahoma powwow?

A

The center

101
Q

What is considered to be the heartbeat of any powwow?

A

The drum

102
Q

What is the art of stretching a hide over a circular support?

A

Drum making

103
Q

What game was played by eastern tribal members that was known as “the little brother of war”?

A

Stickball

104
Q

What are the main business enterprises of most tribes today?

A

Tribal gaming casinos

105
Q

What is the guessing game played with one or more “bones” hidden in the hands?

A

Hand game

106
Q

Name the game played with men against women, with the men using only their feet and women using their hands to advance the ball

A

Indian football

107
Q

What is the name of the only school under the BIE located in Anadarko? (It was established in 1871)

A

Riverside Indian School

108
Q

What is the southeastern Woodland game played by rolling a stone and throwing lances at it as it’s rolled?

A

Chunkey

109
Q

This school began as a Society of Friends Mission School and was located on Wyandotte land

A

US Indian school, aka the “Mission”

110
Q

This school was located approximately 15 miles north of Ponca City

A

Chilocco Indian School

111
Q

This animal in stories was often the strongest

A

Bear

112
Q

The season when many stories were told

A

Winter

113
Q

Why were many stories told to Native children?

A

To teach morals

114
Q

The animal who was mostly the trickster in many stories

A

Rabbit or coyote

115
Q

The early rulers of the earth in many stories

A

Animals

116
Q

After European contact, what became the favorite domesticated animal on the Great Plains?

A

Horse

117
Q

What animals’ shells, neck, and head were used to make rattles by the Seneca?

A

Turtle

118
Q

What animals’ sinew was used to make bowstrings in the southeast?

A

Deer

119
Q

What bird feathers were sacred and used by nearly all Native American tribes?

A

Eagle feathers

120
Q

Before the horse, what animal was used as a pack animal by Plains Tribes to pull their travois?

A

Dogs

121
Q

What ceremony do most eastern tribes have to celebrate the ripening of a very important crop?

A

Green Corn Ceremony

122
Q

A religious leader for the Native American Church ceremony

A

Road man

123
Q

This small cactus-like button is used in Native American Church ceremonies?

A

Peyote

124
Q

Name one of the two Oklahoma towns that have BIA Regional offices:

A

Anadarko or Muskogee

125
Q

Where is the Indian Hall of Fame, and Indian City, USA located?

A

Anadarko, OK

126
Q

What is a kanona used for?

A

Beating corn for making grits

127
Q

What material is used as a needle to make dance roaches?

A

Porcupine quills

128
Q

The art of making yarn belts and sashes

A

Finger weaving

129
Q

What containers did eastern woodland Indians make from white oak, river cane, and duck brush?

A

Baskets

130
Q

What material is used to make double-weave baskets and blowguns?

A

River cane

131
Q

What material was used to make pots by either the pinch or coil method?

A

Clay

132
Q

What purpose was the mortar and pestle used for by the early Indians?

A

For grinding grains into meal, such as corn

133
Q

Before gun usage, what did warriors in battle carry to protect against flying arrows and war clubs?

A

War shields

134
Q

Before European contact, what stone was best used to make knives?

A

Flint

135
Q

What hunting weapon is constructed best using “Bois d’arc” (bodark) or Osage orange wood?

A

Bow

136
Q

These were made of wood and rawhide and used by many tribes to transport babies

A

Cradleboards

137
Q

Before European contact this material was used to create cooking pots in the Southeast

A

Clay

138
Q

What shape is very meaningful to most tribal lifestyless?

A

Circle

139
Q

What number is very meaningful to most tribal lifestyles?

A

4

140
Q

What kind of lodging was used by the Plains people?

A

Tipis

141
Q

A home made with buffalo skins and poles was called

A

Tipi

142
Q

Plains Indians used these containers shaped like envelopes and made of rawhide

A

Parfleche (Par-flesh)

143
Q

Who brought horses to the Plains tribes?

A

Spanish conquistadors

144
Q

What is the act of touching an enemy without killing him?

A

Counting coup

145
Q

What aromatic plant is gathered in the spring by many Oklahoma tribes and cooked with eggs?

A

Wild onions

146
Q

Another name for maize

A

Corn

147
Q

Main food staple for Native people

A

Corn

148
Q

What grain is used to make hominy?

A

Corn

149
Q

What is considered a treat that comes from the bone of large animals?

A

Marrow

150
Q

This organ was often used for carrying water by Plains Indians

A

Bladder

151
Q

What newspaper published in Tulsa is self-proclaimed as the “largest, independently-owned Indian newspaper in America”?

A

Native American Times

152
Q

What Spanish explorer carved his name and date on a rock near the Cimarron River and started the recorded history of Indian Territory?

A

Coronado

153
Q

Name 2 of the 5 tribes that were already in Indian Territory before removal

A

Caddo and Wichita

154
Q

Name a town with two or more tribal headquarters

A

Miami, Anadarko, Shawnee, Tahlequah

155
Q

Name one of the 4 tribes that signed a peace treaty in 1867 at Medicine Lodge in Kansas

A

Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes

156
Q

What is the agency name that was assigned to take care of Indian interests?

A

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

157
Q

Agreements between Tribes and the State of Oklahoma are called what?

A

Compacts

158
Q

A signed agreement of the US government with tribes

A

Treaties

159
Q

What is one branch of tribal government that has a three-part government?

A

Executive, legislative, and judicial

160
Q

What term describes a group of people in a tribe who are blood relatives?

A

Clan

161
Q

Considered to be the bravest warriors of the Great Plains tribes

A

Dog soldiers

162
Q

Spell Wyandotte

A

WYANDOTTE

163
Q

Spell Sovereignty

A

SOVEREIGNTY

164
Q

What is the term describing the right of tribes to handle its own affairs, people, and government

A

Sovereignty

165
Q

How many tribes are headquartered in Oklahoma?

A

39

166
Q

What phrase describes the working relationship between the federal government and 38 of Oklahoma’s tribes?

A

Government to government

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