Native American Heritage Month

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  1. 3. The Trail of ___ was part of a series of forced displacements of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850. Thousands of people died during that time from disease, exposure and malnutrition.
  2. 5. Benjamin Franklin was said to have studied "The Great Law of Peace," the ___________ that governed the Iroquois Confederacy in detail as inspiration for the United States ___________.
  3. 7. In 1990, President ______ H.W. Bush signed a joint congressional resolution designating November 1990 as Native American Heritage Month.
  4. 8. A lot of the modern ________ that we enjoy today like rubber, kayaks, farming methods, and mouth wash have Native American roots.
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  1. 1. It wasn't until the year 1924 that Native Americans were granted U.S. _________ , after Congress enacted the Indian Citizenship Act.
  2. 2. ___________ is the largest American Indian Tribal Group in the U.S.
  3. 4. In 2008, President George W. Bush signed the ____ Talkers Recognition Act into law, thereby directing the issuance of medals to honor the service of Native American ____ talkers during World War II. These brave ____ talkers provided secure communications that Axis powers were not able to decode, which ultimately saved lives and aided the Allied powers in achieving victory.
  4. 6. The first American ______ Day was celebrated in May of 1916 in New York.