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2022 NAHM QUIZ 5: Indigenous Leaders

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An Oglala Lakota former track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the 10,000 meter run at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the first American to do so.

a)

Billy Mills

b)

Jim Thorpe

c)

Jack Thorpe

d)

Bob Hill

2.

Members of Lower Sioux Tribal Council (select all that apply).

a)

Robert L. Larsen, President

b)

Joesph O'Brien, Secretary

c)

Grace Goldtooth, Vice President

d)

Kevin O'Keefe, Treasurer

3.

AIM - the American Indian Movement - began in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the summer of 1968. It began taking form when 200 people from the Indian community turned out for a meeting caled by a group of Native American community activists led by (select all that apply).

a)

George Mitchell

b)

Russell Means

c)

Dennis Banks

d)

Clyde Bellecourt

4.

A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States in the Olympics.

a)

Billy Mills

b)

Jim Thorpe

c)

Jack Thorpe

d)

Bob Hill

5.

Maria Tallchief...

a)

is the Senior Executive Director for the Lower Sioux Indian Community

b)

is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chipppewa Indians

c)

was the first prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet

d)

was one of the first bilingual, bicultural antrhopologists

6.

John Herrington...

a)

is the Lower Sioux Health Care Center CEO

b)

was the first indigenous American in space

c)

is an indigenous American professional basketball player

d)

is known as "The Sioux Chef"

7.

A Santee Dakota physician educated at Boston University, the first Native American to be certified in Western medicine.

a)

John Eastman

b)

Jacob Eastman

c)

Seth Eastman

d)

Charles Eastman

8.

Lower Sioux Healthy Generations Coordinator and 2010 Redwood Valley High School graduate

a)

Darin Prescott

b)

Mat Pendleton

c)

Vanessa Goodthunder

d)

Kortni Bidinger

9.

Sean Sherman...(select all that apply)

a)

is an Oglala Lakota Sioux chef, cookbook author, forager, and promoter of indigenous cuisine

b)

is known as "The Sioux Chef"

c)

uses ingredients indigenous to North America prior to colonization on his menu at his restaurant

d)

owns a restaurant called Owamni that features foods indigenous to Mni Sota Makoce

10.

Who were the first two Native American women elected to Congress?

a)

Peggy Flanagan

b)

Sharice Davids

c)

Deb Haaland

d)

Wilma Mankiller