2022 Native American Heritage Month QUIZ 1: Origin & History

There are over _ Native Americans and Native Alaskans living in the United States today.

• 9.8 million

• 9 million

• 10 million

• 10.1 million

There are over _ federally recognized tribes.

• 578

• 500

• 588

• 600

In 1916, _ rode horseback from state to state to get endorsements from 24 state governments to establish a day to honor American Indians, resulting in the very first American Indian Day in New York on the second Saturday in May 1916.

• Charles Curtis

• Joseph J. Clark

• Dr. Arthur C. Parker

• Red Fox James

In 1915, _, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, NY, persuaded the Boy Scouts of American to set aside a day for the "First Americans."

• Dr. Arthur C. Parker

• Charles Curtis

• Joseph J. Clark

• Red Fox James

Native American Heritage Month first evolved from _, which President Reagan proclaimed on the week of November 23-30, 1986.

• American Indian Day

• American Indian Week

• Native American Week

• Indigenous Peoples' Day

In 1990, _ approved a joint resolution designating November 1990 as National American Indian Heritage Month.

• George W. Bush

• George H.W. Bush

• Ronald Reagan

• Bill Clinton

Which president was the first to recognize Indiegnous Peoples' Day as a National Holiday?

When Europe "discovered" the Americas, there were already _ Native Americans and Indigenous peoples living there.

• 51 million

• 60 million

• 50 million

• 52 million

In 1830, _ signed the Indian Removal Act, which empowered the federal government to take Native-held land east of Mississippi and forcibly relocate Native people from their homes in Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, and Tennesee to "Indian territory" in what is now Oklahoma.

• President Andrew Jackson

• President John Quincy Adams

• President Martin Van Buren

• Joseph J. Clark

The _ was part of a series of forced displacements of approximately 60,000 Native Americans between 1830 and 1850. During this time, nearly 4,000 died of disease, exposure, and malnutrition.

• Dakota 38+2

• Indian Removal Act

• March to Ft. Snelling

• Trail of Tears