Northwest Coast nations such as the Tlingit and Haida carved tall cedar logs to record family crests and important stories. What are these carvings called?

In many Pueblo communities of the Southwest, a leader called the Governor represents the community and helps settle problems. About how long does a Pueblo Governor usually serve before a new one is chosen?

Lakota families of the Great Plains followed herds of bison across open grassland. Which home suited that life because it could be taken down and moved quickly?

The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora nations joined together as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and their leaders still meet in a Grand Council. What is such an agreement to work together called?

In Haudenosaunee nations, the leaders who serve on the Grand Council are chosen by the oldest warrior of each nation.

Today the Cherokee Nation governs itself from Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and its citizens ___ in elections to choose their Principal Chief.

Haudenosaunee people weave belts from purple and white shell beads called wampum. In the past and today, what have these belts been used for?

Pueblo people of the Southwest traded turquoise, and Plains nations traded bison hides, so each group could get goods their own homeland did not provide. What is it called when groups rely on each other for goods like this?

Nations such as the Tlingit and the Kwakwaka'wakw still hold potlatches today. What happens at a potlatch?

In many American Indian nations, elders pass down stories, songs, and family histories by telling them aloud to younger people. What is this way of keeping the past called?

Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes and Haida people of the Northwest Coast both built canoes from what grew nearby. Which material did Anishinaabe builders use for their canoes?

Long before Europeans arrived, many Indigenous nations in North America exchanged goods with one another through what?

Long before Europeans arrived, what else spread along Indigenous trade routes besides goods such as shells and copper?

True or False: Indigenous trade routes were short paths that stayed inside one culture region.

Which item was commonly traded from the Great Lakes region by some Indigenous peoples?

In the 1820s, which Cherokee man created a writing system so Cherokee people could read and write their own language?

Which natural material was especially important to many Plains nations for food, clothing, shelter, and tools?

True or False: Geography influenced what Indigenous communities could make, use, and trade.

Which is the best example of a trade good from coastal areas?

What was one purpose of a council in many Indigenous governments?

In government, what does consensus usually mean?

Which confederacy is well known for the Great Law of Peace?

The Haudenosaunee Grand Council meets at the central council fire. On which nation's land does it meet?

Among the Haudenosaunee, what important role did clan mothers have?

True or False: All Indigenous nations had exactly the same form of government.

What is one reason oral traditions are important?

A potlatch is most closely connected with some Indigenous peoples of which region?

Northwest Coast nations held potlatches in large plank houses like this one. Which material did they use to build these houses?

True or False: Potlatches, wampum belts, and totem poles all come from the same culture region.

Plains nations spoke many different languages. How did traders from different nations often talk with each other?

Which statement best describes many Indigenous relationships with the environment?

What is a treaty?

True or False: Indigenous nations still exist today and many have their own governments.

What does sovereignty mean for an Indigenous nation?

Which question would help a historian learn about Indigenous trade?

Why were rivers often important for trade and travel?

Which tool helped many Indigenous people travel on waterways for trade?

True or False: Trade only happened when people used coins.

What is one respectful way to study Indigenous traditions?

Which statement best explains how trade, government, and traditions are connected?