Native American Heritage Month

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Across
  1. 5. The first ____ in a Native American language began publishing in 1828.
  2. 7. Not all Native American nations have their own ___.
  3. 8. Which Native American Confederacy is considered one of the oldest living democracies in the world?
  4. 9. What is the most commonly used Native American language?
  5. 11. First Native community to sign a treaty with the United States government.
  6. 12. Word meaning "the people" in the Inuktitut language.
  7. 13. What percentage of the US Population identifies as Native American?
  8. 14. In 1990, Congress and what President passed the law designating November as the first National American Indian Heritage month?
  9. 15. What is the Lakota formation Tunkasila Sakpe Paha known as now?
  10. 16. Native American group who commonly served as code talkers during WW2 (the code they made was never cracked by the Japanese)
  11. 18. The People of the South Wind are known as the ____ people.
  12. 19. Which Chief is known for uniting many Native American communities to stand against the United States government in the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Down
  1. 1. What year were Native Americans granted American Citizenship?
  2. 2. 31st VP of the United States (longtime senator from Kansas and sports ancestry of the Kaw, Osage, and Potawatomi)
  3. 3. What percentage of Native Americans living in the United States today live on reservations?
  4. 4. The ____ ____ spans the greatest land area in the United States.
  5. 6. Oldest Earthwork Mound complex in North America (dated about 5400 years ago, making it older than the pyramids and stonehedge.)
  6. 10. The birth name of General Ely Parker, born to the Seneca tribe (he wrote the Union's conditions of surrender to the Confederates during the Civil War)
  7. 17. The ___ __ ____ was a series of forced displacements of approx 60,000 American Indians of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government.