Native American Life
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- Who was Tisquantum, or Squanto?
- Why did some Native Americans resist resettlement?
- What was the effect of the Dawes Act of 1887?
- How did the Dawes Act attempt to "Americanize" the Native Americans?
- Did the Dawes Act of 1887 succeed or fail?
- What was the Dawes Act and why did it fail?
- How did the Dawes Act affect native Americans?
- What lifesaving skills did Native Americans teach the Pilgrims?
- During the period from 1519-1620, what happened to the Native American population?
- The American Indians that lived in the eastern part of Virginia most likely spoke what language?
- What was the Iroquois League?
- How did the attitude of Native Americans and white settlers toward nature differ?
- What term was applied to the American Indians because they moved to follow the buffalo?
- What impact did the Indian Removal Act have?
- What was the Indian Removal experience for the Native American Tribes: Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, Chickasaw, and Cherokee?
- What president came into office that actually enforced the Indian Removal Act?
- Why did the adoption of white culture not protect the Cherokee from removal?
- What significance did the Grand Council, an experiment in democracy, have for the Iroquois?
- How did Tecumseh attempt to deal with white settlers on Native American land?
- What were some of the causes of King Philip's War?
- What did the Hopi and Pueblo use to make their homes?
- How did Native Americans adapt to the growing presence of Europeans among them?
- How had the American Revolution affected the lives of Native Americans?
- What tribes were hunters/gathers and were nomadic? What tribes were agricultural?
- How did the Puritans get along with the Native Americans?
- What was the goal of the American Colonization Society (ACS)?
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- In what ways did the beliefs of the Plains Indians differ to those of the European settlersi?
- How did the Dawes Act change the way Indians were treated?
- Where did the name Indians come from in in reference to Native Americans?
- How did the attitude of Native Americans and white settlers toward nature differ?
- What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War?
- Who was the leader of the Yamacraw?
- Who committed the massacre in a Pequot village?
- Who taught the English settlers in Plymouth how to hunt?
- Who lived in New England before the colonists arrived?
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- Why did so many Indians die as result of colonization and contact?
- How did Native Americans and Europeans views on land ownership differ?
- What was Tecumseh's goal?
- What was the Iroquois League and why was it established?
- How did Squanto help the settlers?