Native Americans of North America Quiz

Answer: Southeast

The Cherokee were located close to where the Muskogee Creek and the Clawba were in the Southeast. They were close to the modern day Carolinas and northern Georgia. The Cherokee were around between 1755 and 1838, when they were marched to Oklahoma on the infamous "Trail of Tears". It was also the largest of the five civilized tribes in the Southeast.

Answer: The Mid West

They were located in modern day Michigan between the Great Lakes, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. There is actually a zoo named after the Patowatomi, which is located in South Bend, Indiana. By 1695 they were living in Wisconsin, near Green Bay, because the French moved in.

After the Iroquois were driven out of the southern Michigan area by the French, the Patawatomi moved back around the southern point of Lake Michigan and into Indiana. One group of the Patawatomi settled near the Jesuit Mission by the St. Joseph River.

Answer: Plains

The Sioux have many different tribes within the one tribe and they include: Mandan Lakota and the Dakota. The Sioux chief, Running Antelope, along with Sacagawea (Lemhi Shoshone tribe), is on the U.S. currency.

Answer: Northwest

The Nis-Qually are less known, but they were located on the narrow strip of the Northwest around where modern day Oregon and Washington are. They use the Lushootseed language to comunicate with each other.

Answer: Great Basin

The Shashone were located around where modern-day Utah is. They are also known as the Snake Nation. They lived in tepees and hunted buffalo.

Answer: Sub-Arctic

The Labrador Inuits were located between the Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea. They had many different games including the ring and pin game, a game where a ring is attached to a cord, which is thrown into the air and must be speared by a spear that is attached to the other end of the cord.

Answer: Plateau

The Nez Perce were located in Idaho mainly. The Nez Perce were the largest ethnic group in the Columbia Plateau. In the 1700s they were quickly noticed as having good horsemanship.

Answer: West Coast

The Yokuts were one of the few Native American tribes in the California area (West Coast region). They have very notable pictographs and basketry.

Answer: Southwest

The *western* Apache were located in the Southwest, while the Apache were located in the Plains. There was actually another two Apache tribes in the Southwest as well: the Chiricahua and the Jicarilla. The word 'Apache' most likely came from the Zuni word (the Spanish) meaning 'enemy'.

Answer: Eastern Woodland

In Indiana there are many counties that are named after Native Americans including Miami County. The Miami Native Americans of Indiana have a mission statement that the first part says: "The Miami People shall work together to maintain, preserve and promote Miami tradition, heritage, language and culture of the proud Miami Nation.
*Information collected from www.miamiindians.org, the Miami Indians of Indiana.