General Questions

Question 1

What’s another name for the gourd stitch

Answer 1

Peyote stitch

Question 2

Before needles, what did tribal women sew with

Answer 2

Bone

Question 3

What is a mortarboard and pestle used for

Answer 3

Grinding

Question 4

What was the main source of food for the Plains tribes?

Answer 4

Buffalo

Question 5

What does the rising sun represent?

Answer 5

Youth

Question 6

what is the name of the pipe used by various tribes in ceremonies of religious and diplomatic importance?

Answer 6

Peace pipe

Question 7

What is the beverage used in the southeastern tribal ceremonies for cleansing and purification?

Answer 7

Black drink

Question 8

What item might be used to wager on Indian football games?

Answer 8

A scarf or cloth

Question 9

What issue with athletic teams causes much conflict for Indian people?

Answer 9

Indian Mascots

Question 10

What is the term Seminole people use for their houses?

Answer 10

Chickee

Question 11

What Air Force Base in Oklahoma City is named after an Osage man?

Answer 11

Tinker Air Force Base

Question 12

How many tribal colleges are located in Oklahoma

Answer 12

2

Question 13

How many tribes in Oklahoma are not recognized by the federal government?

Answer 13

1 - Euchee / Yuchi

Question 14

What was Oklahoma called before it became a state?

Answer 14

Indian Territory

Question 15

What term describes the division of tribal land for individual ownership?

Answer 15

Allotment

Question 16

What term was used to describe the five eastern tribes removal from their homeland?

Answer 16

The Trail of Tears

Question 17

What is the name of the Choctaw tribal newspaper?

Answer 17

Biznik

Question 18

What Oklahoma tribe had a band named Skidi?

Answer 18

Pawnee

Question 19

What event is held each year at the Sam Noble Museum in Norman?

Answer 19

University of Oklahoma Native Language Fair

Question 20

What month did the president designate annually as Native American Heritage Month?

Answer 20

November

Question 21

What college in Muskogee became important to Native American students?

Answer 21

Bacone College

Question 22

What crops were known as the Three Sisters?

Answer 22

Corn, beans, and squash

Question 23

What is the name of the 12 eastern mounds located in Cherokee country?

Answer 23

Spiro Mounds

Question 24

What group of tribes is represented on the star of the state seal?

Answer 24

The Five Civilized Tribes - Seminole, Muskogee (Creek), Choctaw, and Cherokee

Question 25

What material was used by early Native to make pipes?

Answer 25

Pipestone

Question 26

What branch of the Cherokee government does the Tribal Council serve in?

Answer 26

Legislative Branch

Question 27

What is the ball made in stickball game made out of?

Answer 27

Deer hide

Question 28

What term describes two lodge poles dragged by a horse and used for hauling?

Answer 28

Travois

Question 29

What religious leader or "Medicine Man" in a sweat lodge is also known as...

Answer 29

Shaman

Question 30

What is the name of a covered frame with heated rocks for steam?

Answer 30

Sweat lodge

Question 31

What skill was the Comanche best known for?

Answer 31

Horsemanship

Question 32

What is the name of the feathered headdress?

Answer 32

War bonnet

Question 33

What tribe has 14 bands, two of which belong to Freedmen?

Answer 33

Seminole

Question 34

What Cherokee food is made of ground hickory nuts and hominy?

Answer 34

Kanutchka

Question 35

What animal provided for all of the needs of the Plains Tribes?

Answer 35

Buffalo

Question 36

What is the second largest tribe in the United States?

Answer 36

Cherokee Nation

Question 37

What Oklahoma Cherokee tribe has a blood quantum requirement?

Answer 37

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees

Question 38

Dessert made using grape juice?

Answer 38

Grape dumplings

Question 39

How long did the process of removing and relocating these tribes from their ancestral homelands in the United States and Canada last?

Answer 39

Over 70 years

Question 40

Looking at the map, what tribe traveled the furthest to Indian Territory?

Answer 40

Modoc

Question 41

Which tribes came from the Great Lakes?

Answer 41

Citizen Potawatomi, Ottawa, Wyandotte

Question 42

Which tribes refer to their tribal leader as Mekko?

Answer 42

Thlopthlocco and Kialegee

Question 43

Kelly Haney, the artist who created "The Guardian" that sits on atop the Oklahoma Capitol, belongs to which tribe?

Answer 43

Seminole

Question 44

Jim Thorpe "The Worlds Greatest Athlete" belongs to which tribe?

Answer 44

Sac and Fox

Question 45

Which tribe is an ancestral member of the Iroquoian Confederacy?

Answer 45

Seneca Cayuga

Question 46

Which tribe was the first to greet the Lewis and Clark expedition?

Answer 46

Otoe-Missouria

Question 47

Which tribe is referred to as "Lords of the Plains"?

Answer 47

Comanche

Question 48

Which tribe sold part of their traditional homelands; that would later become Manhattan, New York to the Dutch?

Answer 48

Delaware