Native Americans Famous People Trivia

1. From what area of the United States did the Choctaw tribes originate?

From Quiz Native Americans: The Choctaw

Answer: Southeastern United States

The Choctaw people trace their ancestry back to the Southeastern part of the United States. There was a heavy population in Mississippi but they also occupied parts of Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida. Today there are two Choctaw tribes: the Mississippi Choctaws and the Oklahoma Choctaws.

From Quiz Hail to the Native American Chiefs

Answer: Geronimo

Geronimo (1829-1909) was an Apache leader, who after the tragedy of finding his mother, wife and three children murdered by Mexican soldiers, went into the wilderness to grieve. The rest of his life was spent in revenge and raids against Mexican forces. He was the last of his tribe to surrender to US forces and afterward regretted having done so.

From Quiz Native Men (NAS semester exam)

Answer: Wahunsonacock

Wikipedia spells Wahunsonacock's name as Wahunsenacawh. He is probably best known to white historians as Powhatan, which was the name of his Confederacy. Geronimo was an Apache in Arizona. Matoaka was the birth name of Pocahontas.

From Quiz Sacagawea

Answer: a river, two lakes, and four mountain peaks

Sacagawea is one of the most well-known, and unknown, figures in United States history. No one is certain how to pronounce or spell her name.

From Quiz Legendary American Indians

Answer: Osceola

He died shortly thereafter. Sitting Bull, of course, was famous for the Little Big Horn and George Custer.

From Quiz Crazy Horse

Answer: Little Bighorn

Also known as Custer's Last Stand, it was a clear victory for the Indians.

From Quiz Tecumseh

Answer: Shawnee

He was born in the 1760's during a period of turmoil between Indians and whites.

From Quiz Native Americans - The Cherokee

Answer: Water Beetle

As the legend goes, Dayunisi when the land became crowded in the Sky World, offered to go down to see what was in the water. Everytime he went down, he brought some dirt up with him and he created an island, Earth.

From Quiz Native American Quotes

Answer: Black Elk

Black Elk was an Oglala Sioux holy man who lived from 1863-1950.

From Quiz Sequoyah: American Indian Leader

Answer: Cherokee Alphabet

From Quiz Native Americans: The Choctaw

Answer: Clay with straw or grass

The chukka was close to octagonal in shape and was made by putting up a framework of wood and then caking the framework with a mixture of clay and straw or grass found locally. A single doorway was created and the roof was laid with grass. An opening was kept in the middle of the roof to allow smoke from the fire inside to escape and the floor was a bit below ground level to provide insulation. Seating and beds surrounded the inside edges of the home as guests were always welcome.

From Quiz Hail to the Native American Chiefs

Answer: Chief Joseph

Chief Joseph (1840-1904) was a leader of the Nez Perce. Under his leadership, the tribe led attacks against government forces, who wanted to move them off of their ancestral lands on to a reservation. His retreat and that of his tribe into Canada was considered admirable because of the manner in which the Nez Perce under Chief Joseph conducted themselves. His sad, yet famous words concerning surrender identify him as a great and noble chief and man.

From Quiz Native Men (NAS semester exam)

Answer: Tisquantum

Kidnapped and taken to Spain by one of John Smith's lieutenants, Tisquantum eventually worked his way back to England before returning to Massachusetts in 1619 only to find the rest of his tribesmen killed off. He then became a liaison between the Wampanoag and the English, trying to be a friend to both. By the time he died in 1622, however, he was trusted by neither side.

From Quiz Sacagawea

Answer: 1804

Sacagawea was introduced to the Lewis and Clark expedition in November 1804 when she was introduced by her trapper husband alongside his other wife, Little Otter. She traveled with the Lewis and Clark expedition as they explored what would later become North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

From Quiz Legendary American Indians

Answer: Pontiac

'Pontiac's War'. Crazy Horse was also at Little Big Horn against Custer.

From Quiz Crazy Horse

Answer: 1842

This is an approximate date, near Rapid Creek, SD. His Sioux name was Tasunka Witco, which roughly tranlates as Crazy Horse.

From Quiz Tecumseh

Answer: Battle of Point Pleasant

This was two years before the American Revolution began.

From Quiz Native Americans - The Cherokee

Answer: Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole

These five tribes, the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee, were so called owing to their willingness to co-exist peacefully with their settler neighbours and take on some of their customs. Following the Indian Removal Act of 1830, many of the "civilised tribes" were removed from their ancient lands and re-located to the Indian Territory, in what is modern day Oklahoma.

From Quiz Native American Quotes

Answer: Chief Joseph

Chief Joseph was a Nez Perce who lived from 1830-1904.

From Quiz Sequoyah: American Indian Leader

Answer: George Gist

His mother was sister to the white man, Nathaniel Gist, a friend of George Washington, thus Sequoyah's English names.

From Quiz Hail to the Native American Chiefs

Answer: Tecumseh

Tecumseh (1768-1813) was a famous Shawnee leader, who sided with the British during the War of 1812. He tried to gather tribes together into a Confederacy and this increased Native strength. Although his confederacy never achieved its goals, he is most famous for his curse against American presidents, which predicted the deaths in office of any president (first) elected in a zero year. This occurred regularly until Ronald Regan survived an assassination attempt during his presidency.

From Quiz Sacagawea

Answer: Shoshone

Around the age of 15, this young woman of the Shoshone tribe, along with her two-month-old infant, joined a group of mostly white men whom she had never met before. What little is known of Sacagawea's life before and during that time is found in the journals of Lewis and Clark.

From Quiz Legendary American Indians

Answer: Sequoyah

A great contribution to his people. Geronimo was famous as a warrior.

From Quiz Crazy Horse

Answer: Sioux

He was a member of the Oglala Sioux.

From Quiz Tecumseh

Answer: William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison was an 'Indian agent,' or a scout that goes to various tribes to intice Indians to give up their land.

From Quiz Native Americans - The Cherokee

Answer: Lacrosse

Stickball, a game where the medicine man of the village tosses a ball into the air and the players try to get it to hit a wooden fish, was played to settle disputes. Women also played, but they, unlike the men, played it with their bare hands.

From Quiz Native American Quotes

Answer: Chief Seattle

Chief Seattle lived from 1786-1866.

From Quiz Sequoyah: American Indian Leader

Answer: Oklahoma

From Quiz Hail to the Native American Chiefs

Answer: Pontiac

Pontiac (1720-1769) is credited with actually acting on the tribal desire to maintain ownership of the lands around the American Great Lakes. Although his role is often questioned by historians, it is clear that he was a man of action.

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