Plains Indians: Religion and Sun Dance

The ___________ believed in Waken Tanka.

• Algonquin

• Lakota

• Pueblo

• Navajo

What was the name of the 'Great Spirit'?

• Waken Shaken

• Waken Tanka

• Tanka Wanken

• Waken Baken

When boys went off to become men they would receive a sign from?

• The Great Spirit

• God

• Buffalo

• Spirit Animal

What bag did men wear around their necks?

• Handbag

• Food bag

• Medicine bag

• Horse bag

One preparation for the Sundance was the ceremonial felling of a tree.

• True

• False

On the first day of the ceremony, participants would spend time in a _________.

• Tipi

• Sauna

• Sweat Lodge

• Steam Lodge

Who would oversee the Sundance ceremony?

• The Shamen

• The Warriors

• Two-Spirit people

• The Buffalo

Some tribes, such as the _____________ suspended themselves with piercings.

Which shape was important to the Plains Indians as part of their understanding of the world.

• Triangle

• Circle

• Square

• Heptagon

The Sundance was held only to honour the sun.

• True

• False