WorksheetsBirchbark House
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
(must know)
an older member of a community who is respected for his or her knowledge and wisdom
elder
oral history
Dakota
Anishinaabe
(must know)
stories passed down from generation to generation
treat
kinship
tradition
oral history
(must know)
values and beliefs passed from generation to generation
indigenous
tradition
oral history
treaty
(must know)
anything of value that is owned or controlled
kinship
elder
property
resources
(must know)
a small kinship-based group of foragers who hunt and gather for a living over a particular territory
band (tribe)
kinship
elder
treaty
(must know)
Dakota term that inspired the name of the state of Minnesota. It means, "land where the waters are so clear they reflect the clouds in the sky."
Dakota
Ojibwe
Mni Sota Makoce
Anishinaabe
(must know)
Name of the oldest tribal members to inhabit Minnesota territory; means "friends" or "allies"
Ojibwe
Dakota
Anishinaabe
Mni Sota Makoce
(must know)
each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.
tradition
treaty
resources
seasons
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A source or supply or support
property
treaty
resources
seasons
(must know)
native to a certain area
indigenous
Dakota
Ojibwe
Anishinaabe
(must know)
A formal agreement between two or more sovereign states
oral history
resources
treaty
kinship
(must know)
Means "original people." Another term used to refer to the Ojibwe
band (tribe)
Dakota
oral history
Anishinaabe
(must know)
An early American Indian group living in northeastern Minnesota. According to oral history, migrated to Minnesota from an area near the Atlantic Ocean - another term used for Anishinaabe
Dakota
Ojibwe
band (tribe)
kinship
(must know)
A social bond based on common ancestry, marriage, or adoption
kinship
treaty
elder
band (tribe)
(should know)
an organized part of a country that doesn't yet have the full rights of a state
territory
reservation
annuity
treaty
(should know)
land set aside by the United States government for Native American people
territory
reservation
settlement
colonialism
(should know)
to move from one place to another
assimilation
colonialism
settlers
migrate
(should know)
people who move with a group of others to live in a new country or area
ratify
settlers
citizenship
indigenous
(should know)
during the 1800s, the movement of settlers and immigrants from Eastern United States to the Midwest and West
settlers
sovereignty
colonialism
Westward Expansion
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an annual payment of food and money that the United States government paid to American Indians in return for their land
annuity
treaty
ratify
assimilation
(should know)
to approve, give formal approval to, confirm
annuity
ratify
sovereignty
citizenship
(aspire to know)
a place where people establish a new community
colonialism
settlement
Westward Expansion
Mni Sota Makoce
(aspire to know)
Ability to govern a territory free from control of internal or external affairs by other states or governments
treaty
assimilation
citizenship
sovereignty
(aspire to know)
the status of being legally recognized as a citizen of a country, promised certain rights provided by the government
ratify
colonialism
citizenship
migrate
(aspire to know)
An attempt by one country to establish settlements and to force its political, economic, and cultural beliefs in another territory
colonialism
reservation
migrate
Westward Expansion
(aspire to know)
adopting the values and habits of a larger group
citizenship
kinship
band (tribe)
assimilation
