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• How did Daniel Boone take a stand against Indian Removal? Daniel Boone was a strong opponent of Indian Removal and lobbied before congress to discourage e Indian Removal Act from being passed. Select two tribes and research how the tribes are maintaining their culture today. Select two tribes and research the tribe’s traditional form of government. Since coming to Oklahoma, has the tribe’s form of government changed? If so, in what ways? Research the following historical tribal leaders and activists to learn about their efforts to protect their traditional ways of life: Captain Jack - Modoc Tecumseh – Shawnee e Prophet - Shawnee Quanah Parker – Comanche Pushmataha – Choctaw Geronimo – Ft. Sill Apache Chio Harjo – Muscogee Creek Standing Bear – Ponca Black Kele – Cheyenne Blue Jacket – Shawnee John Ross - Cherokee Workbook Questions/ Answers Read each tribe’s profile to answer the following questions: • Which tribe in Oklahoma has the largest population? Cherokee Nation • Which tribe in Oklahoma has the smallest population? Modoc Tribe • Which tribe occupies the only reservation in Oklahoma? Osage • Sequoyah, author of the Tsalagi syllabary was a member of which tribe? Cherokee • Nvnih Waiya is the birthplace of which tribe? Chickasaw • Which tribe’s language is related to no other language in the world? Euchee • Which tribe sold part of their traditional homelands; that would later become Manhaan, New York to the Dutch? Delaware • Which tribe is referred to as “Lords of the Plains”? Comanche • Which tribe was the first to greet the Lewis and Clark expedition? Otoe-Missouria • Which tribe is an ancestral member of the Iroquoian Confederacy? Seneca Cayuga • Jim orpe “e World’s Greatest Athlete” belongs to which tribe? Sac and Fox • Kelly Haney, the artist who created “e Guardian” that sits atop the Oklahoma Capitol, belongs to which tribe? Seminole • Which tribes refer to their tribal leader as Mekko? lopthlocco and Kialegee • Which tribe was instrumental in the founding of Detroit, Michigan and Kansas City, Kansas? Wyandoe Research Questions • How did the growth of the Colonies affect the lives of tribal nations? Because of the growth of the colonies, encroachment on Native lands and aacks on Native and non-Native selements fueled tension between Colonists and Indians. • How did the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 affect Indian Removal? e Louisiana Purchase created new land where the United States government could relocate tribes to. • How did the Iroquoian “Great Law of Peace” inspire the United States Constitution? Benjamin Franklin and other founding fathers were inspired by the reading of the Great Law of Peace and incorporated its principals in to the United States Constitution.
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• How did Daniel Boone take a stand against Indian Removal? Daniel Boone was a strong opponent of Indian Removal and lobbied before congress to discourage The Indian Removal Act from being passed.
Select two tribes and research how the tribes are maintaining their culture today.
Select two tribes and research the tribe’s traditional form of
government. Since coming to Oklahoma, has the tribe’s form of
government changed? If so, in what ways?
Research the following historical tribal leaders and activists to
learn about their efforts to protect their traditional ways of life:
Captain Jack - Modoc
Tecumseh – Shawnee
The Prophet - Shawnee
Quanah Parker – Comanche
Pushmataha – Choctaw
Geronimo – Ft. Sill Apache
Chitto Harjo – Muscogee Creek
Standing Bear – Ponca
Black Kettle – Cheyenne
Blue Jacket – Shawnee
John Ross - Cherokee
Workbook Questions/AnswersRead each tribe’s profile to answer the following questions:• Which tribe in Oklahoma has the largest population? Cherokee Nation
• Which tribe in Oklahoma has the smallest population? Modoc Tribe
• Which tribe occupies the only reservation in Oklahoma? Osage
• Sequoyah, author of the Tsalagi syllabary was a member of which
tribe? Cherokee
• Nvnih Waiya is the birthplace of which tribe? Chickasaw
• Which tribe’s language is related to no other language in the world? Euchee
• Which tribe sold part of their traditional homelands; that would later become Manhattan, New York to the Dutch? Delaware
• Which tribe is referred to as “Lords of the Plains”? Comanche
• Which tribe was the first to greet the Lewis and Clark expedition? Otoe-Missouria
• Which tribe is an ancestral member of the Iroquoian Confederacy? Seneca Cayuga
• Jim Thorpe “The World’s Greatest Athlete” belongs to which tribe? Sac and Fox
• Kelly Haney, the artist who created “The Guardian” that sits atop
the Oklahoma Capitol, belongs to which tribe? Seminole
• Which tribes refer to their tribal leader as Mekko? Thlopthlocco and Kialegee
• Which tribe was instrumental in the founding of Detroit,
Michigan and Kansas City, Kansas? Wyandotte
Research Questions• How did the growth of the Colonies affect the lives of tribal nations? Because of the growth of the colonies, encroachment on Native lands and attacks on Native and non-Native settlements fueled tension between Colonists and Indians.
• How did the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 affect Indian Removal? The Louisiana Purchase created new land where the United States government could relocate tribes to.
• How did the Iroquoian “Great Law of Peace” inspire the United States Constitution? Benjamin Franklin and other founding fathers were inspired by the reading of the Great Law of Peace and incorporated its principals in to the United States Constitution.
Marcus Amerman [Choctaw]
Quanah Parker (detail)
Map Questions/Answers• What region of Oklahoma is home to the most tribes?
Miami, Oklahoma
• What region of Oklahoma is home to the fewest tribes? Western
• What region of Oklahoma is home to no tribes? Northwestern
• Which tribe came from California? Modoc
• Which tribes came from the Great Lakes? Citizen Potawatomi,
Ottawa, Wyandotte
• Which tribes came from the Southeastern United States? Choctaw,
Chickasaw, Creek, THLOPTHLOCCO, Seminole, Kialegee,
Caddo, Cherokee, Alabama Quassarte
• Which tribes came from the Northeastern United States? Seneca
Cayuga, Delaware
• Which tribes came from the Southwestern United States? Ft. Sill
Apache, Apache, Comanche, Tonkawa, Wichita
• Which tribes came from the Great Plains? Cheyenne Arapaho,
Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe
• Looking at the map, what tribe traveled the farthest to Indian
Territory? Modoc
• Select four tribes and research how far they traveled to Indian Territory.
• Which tribes homelands include Oklahoma? Quapaw, Wichita
and Caddo
• After reviewing the map, discuss as a class your thoughts about
the distance from homelands to Oklahoma, the journey the tribes
experienced in coming to Oklahoma, and any other topics found in
the map that interest you?
Environment Using the same four tribes you researched above, visit the tribe’s
website and learn about what the landscape and climate is
like in their traditional homelands. Next, research what the
landscape and climate is like where the tribes are located today in
Oklahoma. What are the similarities and differences between the
two environments? How did adjusting to a new environment
impact the tribes way of life?
