Quiz 2 Native American Heritage Month

Native American Heritage Month actually began as...

• A day

• A week

• A year

• An hour

Native American Heritage Day was advocated by several individuals and groups as far back as...

• 1862

• 1924

• 1914-1915

• 1978

This individual from the Blackfoot Confederacy traveled from state to state across the country on horseback to gain support for a day designated for Indigenous people.

• Little Crow

• Sitting Bull

• Sacheen Littlefeahter

• Red Fox James

Dr. Arthur C. Parker from the Seneca Nation convinced __________ to adopt a day dedicated to the "First Americans."

• The President of the United States

• The Boy Scouts

• The Congress of the American Indian Association

• Each state's governor

Rev. Sherman Coolidge from the Arapaho Tribe issued a proclamation declaring an American Indian Day in which month?

• June

• November

• July

• May

Congress passed a Senate joint resolution in ____ sponsored by Sen. Alan Cranston that authorized President Ronald Reagan to proclaim an American Indian ____.

• 1986; Day

• 1986; Week

• 1988; Month

• 1987; Month

In 1990, Rep. Faleomavaega sponsored a House joint resolution authorizing and requesting President George Bush Sr. to proclaim a _________.

• National American Indian Heritage Week

• National American Indian Heritage Day

• National American Indian Heritage Year

• National American Indian Heritage Month

The joint resolution sponsored by Faleomavaega gives reasoning for Native American Heritage Month and encourages

• Activities which provide positive benefits of enhanced self-esteem, pride, and self-awareness to young American Indians.

• Recognition of Indian nations and tribes as sovereigns through treaty-making

• Coordinated policy among the Federal Government with the goals and objectives of honoring Indian treaty rights and Indian sovereignty

• Traditions, beliefs, and customs of Native Peoples

Ultimately, Native American Heritage Month

• Can become a time to discuss concrete policy changes for self-determination

• Can become a time to discuss funding aimed at revitalizing tribal languages

• Can be used to develop a deeper understanding of history of different tribes

• All of the above

What is something you've learned so far during Native American Heritage Month?