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What was the name of the half African-American, half Native American woman who married White Richard Loving against the law, triggering the Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court Case?
Annabeth Loving
Mildred Loving
Grace Loving
Kelly Loving
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What was the name of the Native American Rights activist who was an early leader of A.I.M. and helped lead the takeover of Wounded Knee in 1973?
Russel Means
Red Cloud
Chief Joseph Vann
Wovoka
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Red Jacket was a Chief famous for his oratory skills in the late 1700's and early 1800's. Which of the following famous speeches did Red Jacket write?
"Because of the Moving Tribe"
"I Will Fight no More Forever"
"Religion for the White Man and the Red"
"Bridges Should Never Burn"
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What Native American spiritual leader started the famous Ghost Dance Movement?
Black Hawk
Wovoka
Joseph Brant
Maria Tallchief
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What Apache leader gained fame for his numerous attempts to break himself and his people out of their reservation in Arizona in the 1800's?
Geronimo
Red Cloud
Black Hoof
Crazy Horse
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What was the name of the Native American woman who was famous for her anecdotal involvement with the colony of Jamestown and eventually married European John Rolfe?
Pocahontas
Sacajawea
Wilma Mankiller
Koneta
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What was the name of the Chief who was the father of Pocahontas?
Sitting Bull
Squanto
Samoset
Powhatan
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What Native American Chief started a war in 1791 against American encroachment on his people's land that featured the most decisive battle against U.S. forces by Native Americans ever?
Crazy Horse
Wallace "Mad Bear" Anderson
Powhatan
Little Turtle
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Sitting Bull was a holy man who encouraged his people to fight against those who encroached on their land. He was a leader of what tribe?
Iroquois
Sioux
Hunkpapa Lakota
Cherokee
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Jim Thorpe was an athlete of incredible skill and renown who would have won multiple gold medals if not for a technicality. In what Olympics did this incident occur?
1896
1904
1912
1924
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What was the name of the Native American woman who went down in history for aiding Lewis and Clark on their expedition?
Pocahontas
Sacajawea
Shoni Schimmel
Joanne Shenandoah
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What Shawnee leader fought alongside the British in the French and Indian War and also fought against William Henry Harrison's forces when he (Harrison) was Governor of Indiana?
Tecumseh
Red Jacket
Chief Joseph
Little Turtle
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What was the name of the Native American artist who became famous for her extremely detailed sculpture of a bust of Col. Robert Shaw?
Martha Silverstein
Rosia Burton
Sally Drebbin
Edmonia Lewis
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Crazy Horse and his forces famously defeated General Custer and his forces at what battle?
The Battle of Ogdala Plains
The Battle of Little Bighorn
The Sand Creek Massacre
The Battle of Pine Ridge
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Wallace Anderson was an advocate of Native American Sovereignty and was also a decorated sailor who fought in World War Two. What was the famous nickname given to Anderson because of his temper?
"The Bull's Horns"
"The Boiling Cauldron"
"The Fighting Frontiersman"
"Mad Bear"
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What actor of Peruvian descent, famous for his work on Law and Order, used his fame to advocate issues for the American Indian Movement?
Benjamin Bratt
Dick Wolf
Jerry Orbach
Sam Waterston
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Maria Tallchief gained fame for being the first Native American woman to gain momentous fame performing in what artistic field?
Opera singing
Ballet dancing
Jazz singing
Orchestral composition
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What famous Native American artist of such works as Taos Man was also was the first Native American man to own an art gallery in the U.S.?
R.C. Gorman
Wallace "Mad Bear" Anderson
Sequoyah
Russel Means
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Red Cloud became an American folk hero because of his efforts to combat the Bozeman Trail in what state?
North Dakota
Oregon
Montana
New Mexico
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Hiawatha was an American folk hero who historians are unsure whether or not existed. What tribe did Hiawatha allegedly unite into a Confederacy in the 1400's?
Cherokee
Lakota
Cheyenne
Iroquois
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What was the name of the Native American Civil Rights activist who wrote Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims?
Maria Tallchief
Susan La Flesche Picotte
Edmonia Lewis
Sarah Winnemucca
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Which of the following Native American Chiefs gained national notoriety for leading the Sauk tribe while fighting alongside the British in the War of 1812?
Wovoka
Black Hawk
Blue Jacket
Pontiac
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What Native American singer/songwriter became known as the "Father of the Delta Blues" because of his influence in his musical genre?
Lyle Tipherus
Cobalt Moorehead
Charley Patton
Nathaniel Bellum
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What Mohawk leader fought against the Americans in the Revolutionary War, but then advocated for peaceful resolution of conflicts after the war?
Joseph Brant
Black Hoof
Little Turtle
Blue Jacket
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What Native American scholar became famous for formulating and teaching the Cherokee alphabet throughout his long travels?
Sitting Bull
Chief Joseph
Little Turtle
Sequoyah
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Joseph Vann was a Cherokee man who made a fortune by investing in plantations, steamboats and other valuable commodities in the 1800's. What nickname did Vann receive because of his success?
"Golden Joe"
"Rich Joe"
"Gilded Vann"
"The Silver Chief"
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What is the name of the famous doctor who was the first Native American woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S.?
Anfesia Shapsnikoff
Koneta
Wilma Mankiller
Susan Le Flesche Picotte
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What famous Native American man went down in history for escaping slavery in Europe to return to his homeland and then using his gained knowledge to translate for and guide the Mayflower Pilgrims in America?
Samoset
Tecumseh
Powhatan
Squanto
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Chief Joseph famously led what tribe in their run from the U.S. military in the 1800's?
The Nez Perce
The Navajo
The Lakota
The Wabash
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What was the name of the Native American Civil Rights and Women's Rights activist who served as the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation?
Susan La Flesche Picotte
Sarah Winnemucca
Maria Tallchief
Wilma Mankiller
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What Native American leader became famous for his namesake rebellion against British-American rule in the Great Lakes region from 1763-64?
Russel Means
Red Cloud
Pontiac
Crazy Horse
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