Native American Heritage Month Facts

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  1. 2. Not all Native American tribes have their own ___.
  2. 4. In 1990, Congress and what president passed the law designating November as the first National American Indian Heritage Month?
  3. 5. The birth name of General Ely Parker, born to the Seneca tribe (Who wrote the Union's conditions of surrender to the Confederates during the Civil War)
  4. 7. 31st Vice President of the United States who was longtime senator from Kansas and sports ancestry of the Kaw, Osage, and Potawatomi
  5. 8. What percentage of the US Population identifies as Native American?
  6. 10. The People of the South Wind are known as the ___tribe.
  7. 13. What is the Lakota formation Tunkasila Sakpe Paha known as now?
  8. 15. First native American community to sign a treaty with the United States government.
  9. 17. The ___ ___ has the largest tribal land in the United States.
  10. 19. Native Americans spoke more than ___ ___ languages.
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  1. 1. Which Native American Confederacy is considered one of the oldest living democracies in the world?
  2. 3. What percentage of Native Americans living in the United States today live on reservations?
  3. 6. Word meaning "the people" in the Inuktitut language.
  4. 9. Oldest Earthwork Mound complex in North America (older than pyramids and stonehenge)
  5. 11. Which Native American chief is known for uniting many tribes of Native American people to stand against the United States Government in the battle of Little Bighorn?
  6. 12. The first ____ in a Native American language began publishing in 1828.
  7. 14. 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.
  8. 16. What year were Native Americans granted American Citizenship?
  9. 18. What is the most commonly used Native American language?
  10. 20. Native American group who commonly served as code talkers during WW2