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Indiana Native Americans

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which tribe does this describe:


-Located in north central Indiana near Fort Wayne.

-They made maple syrup.

-They helped the British

-Famous Native Americans include Frances Slocum aka Maconquah

a)

Miami

b)

Delware

c)

Potawatomi

d)

Kickapoo

2.

Which tribe does this describe:


Lived in northwest Indiana

Means “people of the peninsula”

Up to 60 people live in long houses.

They raised corn, beans, squash, sunflowers, and tobacco.

Caves in southern Indiana are named after them.

a)

Miami

b)

Wyandot

c)

Potawatomi

d)

Delaware

3.

Which tribe does this describe:


This tribe lived near Conner Prairie

Got their nickname from a river

Lived in wigwams, log cabins, longhouses

Used painted sticks called Wallum Olm

Also called the Lenape

a)

Kickapoo

b)

Wyandot

c)

Potawatomi

d)

Delaware

4.

Which tribe does this describe?


Lived in northwestern Indiana

Name means “He moves about, standing now here, now there.”

They lived in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Illinois

They hunted animals in the forest.

a)

Delaware

b)

Kickapoo

c)

Miami

d)

Potawatomi

5.

Which tribe does this describe?


-Lived in villages near rivers. They used the rivers for food transportation, watering crops, and cleaning.

-2 Famous Native Americans from this tribe were Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa known as “The Prophet”

a)

Kickapoo

b)

Shawnee

c)

Miami

d)

Potawatomi

6.

Which tribe does this describe?


Name means “People of the place of the fire”

They fished, gathered wild rice, and grew corn and other crops

The made war agains American settlers at the Battle of Tippecanoe

Forced to march in the Trail of Courage after Chief Menominee refused to leave

a)

Shawnee

b)

Potawatomi

c)

Miami

d)

Wyandot

7.

Which group of Native Americans are the tribes from Indiana a part of?

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Southeast

c)

Great Plains

d)

Southwest

8.

True or False?


The Native Americans used all parts of the deer that they killed.

a)

True

b)

False