Memorize these and you could recognize 44.6% of all Native Americans clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cochise | 10 | After securing the Chiricahua Apaches a reservation in Arizona in 1872, this chief stopped fighting |
| 2 | Crazy Horse | 8 | He, not Sitting Bull, led the Indians at Custer's Last Stand |
| 3 | Navajo | 7 | If you visited someone at home in his hogan, you'd be visiting a member of this tribe |
| 4 | the Seminoles | 7 | The Creek word for "runaways" was given to this group of Creeks who went to Florida in the 18th c. |
| 5 | the Apache | 6 | Subgroups of this tribe include the Tonto, the Lipan, & the Mescalero |
| 6 | = | 5 | = |
| 7 | the Ghost Dance | 5 | Spooky craze that swept the Plains & led to the death of Sitting Bull |
| 8 | the Cherokee | 5 | In a 1971 #1 hit, Paul Revere & the Raiders said this tribe was "so proud to live, so proud to die" |
| 9 | Squanto | 4 | This Pawtuxet Indian who befriended the Pilgrims was also known as Tisquantum |
| 10 | Sitting Bull | 4 | Though often credited with winning it, this Sioux medicine man sat out of the Battle of Little Big Horn |
| 11 | Black Hawk | 4 | Abraham Lincoln was company captain in brief war against this Sauk chief |
| 12 | the Nez Perce | 4 | The French called them "Pierced Nose", though few of them had one |
| 13 | Pontiac | 4 | This Ottawa chief might have captured Fort Detroit if his plan hadn't been betrayed |
| 14 | buffalo | 4 | 19th C. Plains Ind. Ghost Dance religion promised disappearance of Whites & return of these animals |
| 15 | Wounded Knee | 3 | In 1890 about 200 Sioux were killed during the "Ghost Dance war" at this S. Dakota site |
| 16 | Sequoyah | 3 | George Guess was English name of this inventor of the Cherokee alphabet |
| 17 | Powhatan | 3 | Wahunsonacock, Pocahontas' father, is better known by this name, which was really name of his tribe |
| 18 | Geronimo | 3 | Famed for a legendary jump, his name was yelled by WWII paratroopers as they jumped |
| 19 | the Seminole | 3 | In the 1800s runaway slaves often found safety in these Indians of Florida |
| 20 | the Iroquois | 3 | It's said our union of states may have been patterned after this 6-tribe league centered in N.Y. |
| 21 | Pueblo | 3 | The Spanish gave this name, meaning "town", to tribes they found living in apartment-like structures |
| 22 | Winnebago | 2 | A brand of R.V., or a Michigan tribe that did not live in them |
| 23 | the Sioux | 2 | Red Cloud & Crazy Horse were members of the Oglalla branch of this tribe |
| 24 | the Iroquois League | 2 | In 1722, the Tuscarora, formerly of North Carolina, became "Sixth Nation" of this league |
| 25 | the Incas | 2 | Of the Mayas, Aztecs or Incas, the Indian civilization that lived in South America |
| 26 | the British | 2 | Famous Seneca or at or Red Jacket got his name from the scarlet coat they gave him |
| 27 | Tammany | 2 | A N.Y. political society was named for this chief of the Delawares |
| 28 | Salmon | 2 | As you might guess, the Chinook Indians had rites & rituals involving this fish |
| 29 | Sacajawea | 2 | This Indian guide of Lewis & Clark only lived to age 25 |
| 30 | Sacagawea | 2 | A woman claiming to be this Lewis & Clark companion died in 1884; she would have been about 100 |
| 31 | Pocahontas | 2 | Certain Virginia families can trace their ancestry to this woman through her son Thomas Rolfe |
| 32 | Ottawa | 2 | Pontiac was a chief of this tribe for whom Canada's capital is named |
| 33 | Oshkosh | 2 | This future chief of the Menominee helped the English capture Fort Mackinac, b'gosh |
| 34 | Oklahoma | 2 | Of Cherokee descent, Robert Owen was one of the first 2 senators from this state in 1907 |
| 35 | Little Bighorn | 2 | Crow king, a Hunkpapa Sioux, was a source of information on this June 1876 battle |
| 36 | Jim Thorpe | 2 | Coinciding with the '84 Olympics in L.A. was a memorial powwow & games honoring this athlete |
| 37 | Columbus | 2 | He called the Native Americans "Indians" because he thought he was in the East indies |
| 38 | Chinook | 2 | A variety of salmon is named for this NW tribe, for whom it was mainstay of their diet |
| 39 | Chief Joseph | 2 | A monument in Nespelem, Washington marks the grave of this Nez Perce chief who died in 1904 |
| 40 | Canada | 2 | After the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull led his remaining followers into this country |
| 41 | Arizona | 2 | With New Mexico 2nd, this state has more land set aside for reservations than any other |
| 42 | the Zuni | 2 | On an alphabetical list of North American Indians, this tribe is usually last |
| 43 | the Hopi | 2 | This people's Old Oraibi pueblo in Arizona, settled around 1150, may be the USA's oldest continuously inhabited village |
| 44 | the Creek Indians | 2 | The English named this tribe for the many streams that ran through their southern U.S. domain |
| 45 | the Cheyenne | 2 | Dull Knife was a chief of this tribe which aided the Sioux against Custer |
| 46 | the Battle of Little Big Horn | 2 | In 1898 McClure's magazine published Two Moons' account of this June 1876 event |
| 47 | Tecumseh | 2 | William Henry Harrison got nickname "Old Tippecanoe" from a battle against this Shawnee leader |
| 48 | a pow-wow | 2 | This same Indian word means a ceremony, a medicine man, or most often, a political meeting |
| 49 | a peace pipe | 2 | This ceremonial object, also called a calumet, was sometimes decorated with feathers |
| 50 | a Mohawk | 2 | 1 of the 6 tribes that made up most efficient N. American Indian organization, the Iroquois League |