General Questions Flashcards
Part 1
What’s another name for the gourd stitch
Peyote stitch
Before needles, what did tribal women sew with
Bone
What is a mortarboard and pestle used for
Grinding
What was the main source of food for the Plains tribes?
Buffalo
What does the rising sun represent?
Youth
what is the name of the pipe used by various tribes in ceremonies of religious and diplomatic importance?
Peace pipe
What is the beverage used in the southeastern tribal ceremonies for cleansing and purification?
Black drink
What item might be used to wager on Indian football games?
A scarf or cloth
What issue with athletic teams causes much conflict for Indian people?
Indian Mascots
What is the term Seminole people use for their houses?
Chickee
What Air Force Base in Oklahoma City is named after an Osage man?
Tinker Air Force Base
How many tribal colleges are located in Oklahoma
2
How many tribes in Oklahoma are not recognized by the federal government?
1 - Euchee / Yuchi
What was Oklahoma called before it became a state?
Indian Territory
What term describes the division of tribal land for individual ownership?
Allotment
What term was used to describe the five eastern tribes removal from their homeland?
The Trail of Tears
What is the name of the Choctaw tribal newspaper?
Biznik
What Oklahoma tribe had a band named Skidi?
Pawnee
What event is held each year at the Sam Noble Museum in Norman?
University of Oklahoma Native Language Fair
What month did the president designate annually as Native American Heritage Month?
November
What college in Muskogee became important to Native American students?
Bacone College
What crops were known as the Three Sisters?
Corn, beans, and squash
What is the name of the 12 eastern mounds located in Cherokee country?
Spiro Mounds
What group of tribes is represented on the star of the state seal?
The Five Civilized Tribes - Seminole, Muskogee (Creek), Choctaw, and Cherokee
What material was used by early Native to make pipes?
Pipestone
What branch of the Cherokee government does the Tribal Council serve in?
Legislative Branch
What is the ball made in stickball game made out of?
Deer hide
What term describes two lodge poles dragged by a horse and used for hauling?
Travois
What religious leader or “Medicine Man” in a sweat lodge is also known as…
Shaman
What is the name of a covered frame with heated rocks for steam?
Sweat lodge
What skill was the Comanche best known for?
Horsemanship
What is the name of the feathered headdress?
War bonnet
What tribe has 14 bands, two of which belong to Freedmen?
Seminole
What Cherokee food is made of ground hickory nuts and hominy?
Kanutchka
What animal provided for all of the needs of the Plains Tribes?
Buffalo
What is the second largest tribe in the United States?
Cherokee Nation
What Oklahoma Cherokee tribe has a blood quantum requirement?
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees
Dessert made using grape juice?
Grape dumplings
How long did the process of removing and relocating these tribes from their ancestral homelands in the United States and Canada last?
Over 70 years
Looking at the map, what tribe traveled the furthest to Indian Territory?
Modoc
Which tribes came from the Great Lakes?
Citizen Potawatomi, Ottawa, Wyandotte
Which tribes refer to their tribal leader as Mekko?
Thlopthlocco and Kialegee
Kelly Haney, the artist who created “The Guardian” that sits on atop the Oklahoma Capitol, belongs to which tribe?
Seminole
Jim Thorpe “The Worlds Greatest Athlete” belongs to which tribe?
Sac and Fox
Which tribe is an ancestral member of the Iroquoian Confederacy?
Seneca Cayuga
Which tribe was the first to greet the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Otoe-Missouria
Which tribe is referred to as “Lords of the Plains”?
Comanche
Which tribe sold part of their traditional homelands; that would later become Manhattan, New York to the Dutch?
Delaware
