Native American Tribe History

Which group constituted one of the largest

politically integrated tribes at the time of European colonization

of the Americas?

Cherokee

Which people inhabited the east bank of the lower Mississippi

River and had a caste system, hereditary aristocracy, and lineage

of rulership?

Natchez

Who was the principal chief of the Oglala Teton Dakota (Sioux)

who successfully resisted the U.S. government's development of

the Bozeman Trail?

Red Cloud

In the 19th century which people lived in dome-shaped earth

lodges clustered in stockaded villages that were led by three

chiefs-one for war, one for peace, and one as the day-to-day

village leader?

Mandan

Which people's origin traditions tell that their ancestors climbed

upward through underground chambers called kivas and lived in

many places before reaching their present settlements in the

Fourth World?

Hopi

Who was the Shawnee chief, orator, military leader, and

advocate of intertribal Indian alliance who directed resistance to

white rule in the Ohio River valley?

Tecumseh

Which people, guided by leaders such as Chochise and

Geronimo, resisted white colonization of their homeland in the

Southwest by both Spaniards and North American settlers for

generations?

Apache

What was the name of the confederation of five (later

six) nations across upper New York state that played a strategic

role in the struggle between the French and British for control

of North America?

Iroquois

In 1832 which 65-year-old Sauk warrior led some

1,000 Sauk, Fox, and Kickapoo men, women, and children across

the Mississippi River to reclaim land in Illinois that tribal

spokesmen had surrendered to the U.S. in 1804?

Black Hawk