We're Celebrating Our History

What is this article mainly about?

• a 13 year old girl named Amara Hena

• a Pueblo tribe in New Mexico

• a new holiday being celebrated in some places in the U.S.

• how many Native Americans live in the U.S.

Which of the following happened first?

• Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain.

• Derrick Lente helped make Indigenous Peoples' Day a holiday in New Mexico.

• Many Native Americans were forced to give up their language, land, and culture.

• European settlers arrived in the Americas.

What holiday is slowly replacing Columbus Day in the United States?

• Halloween

• Indigenous Peoples' Day

• Christmas

• Thanksgiving

What does Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrate?

• Christopher Columbus

• All people in the United States

• People who were living in America before Columbus arrived.

True or False - Christopher Columbus was the 1st person to set foot in America.

• True

• False

True or False - Indigenous people were living in America before Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas.

• True

• False

What does the word culture mean?

• the habits, beliefs, and traditions of people

• a new type of music

• my favorite type of food

• things or items collected over time

True or False - Many Native Americans were forced to abandon their culture, language and land.

• True

• False

What does the word heritage mean?

• Items or things donated to others

• traditions that are handed down from generation to generation

• gifts re-gifted to others

• the time it takes to get to work

True or False - Each Native American tribe has their own history and heritage.

• True

• False