Indigenous Heritage Month

What does indigenous mean?

• a colonizer

• someone who is not smart

• the first people to live in a place

Which tribe was used to help build skyscrapers and other buildings?

• The trail of tears tribe

• The Mowhawk Tribe

• Navajo Code Talkers

• The Sioux Tribe

What was The Wounded Knee Massacre?

• A misunderstanding between an Army Soldier and Sioux Indians led to a terrible fight where many Native Americans were injured or killed

• Where many of the Native Americans had to be removed and forced to live in Oklahoma

• An incident where several Native Americans fell and hurt their knees

What is The Indian Removal Act?

• Native Americans were happy to move across country to new homes.

• Native Americans removed other indigenous people from their land

• Native Americans were forced to move from their homeland to Oklahoma. Thousands of Cherokee people died. This was called the Trail of Tears.

Who took the land from Native Americans and colonized it?

• The Asians

• The Europeans

• The Native Americans

What month do we celebrate the history of Native Americans?

• October

• December

• November

Why do we celebrate Native American History?

• To learn about the culture and the difficulties that Native Americans have gone through

• We do not celebrate Native American history

• To learn about Independence Day and Freedom from the British

What would you like to know more about the Native American culture and history?