Native American Heritage Month - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. Corn limed with an alkaline salt, using a Native American technique known as nixtamalization
   Hominy
2. Soup made from ground hickory nuts
   Kanuchi
3. This Central Plains tribe are based in Oklahoma
   Pawnee
4. Used to create a silky pudding that doubles as breakfast and dessert
   Chia
5. This tribe populates NW Montana and is one of the 10 largest tribes in the US
   Blackfeet
6. A celebration knowing that it was an end to life on Earth, but believing it to be the start of life in the Spirit World
   Death Ceremonies
7. This boxer turned actor is known for his role as Machete and is part of the Yaqui people
   Danny Trejo
8. The Shoshone tribe consider its cheeks and eyes delicacies and the roe is prized for its relationship to renewal
   Rainbow trout
9. Spirit (Hopi)
   Catori
10. She who arranges rocks (Nex Perce)
    Kaya
11. This tribe dominated much of northern Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas for hundreds of years
    Apache
12. First daughter (Sioux)
    Winona
13. This tribe has lived in the Great Lakes region for at least 4 centuries
    Potawatomi
14. Considered to be an ancient superfood of the Sonoran Desert
    Tepary beans
15. People of a different language (Sioux)
    Cheyenne
16. Part of a series of forced displacements of approx. 60k Native Americans between 1830-1850
    The Trail of Tears
17. Year Native Americans were finally allowed to vote in all 50 states
    1964
18. Friend (Sioux)
    Dakota
19. This tribe populates the Great Basin
    Ute
20. This Hall of Fame ex-Cincinnati Red has been called the greatest catcher in baseball history and is of Choctaw descent
    Johnny Bench
21. Concentrated food consisting of dried pulverized meat, dried berries, and rendered fat
    Pemmican
22. One of the most iconic Native American dishes includes flour and lard
    Fry bread
23. Once roamed the Great Plains and were considered sacred to the Lakota and other local tribes
    Bison
24. She became the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary and is a member of the Pueblo of Laguna
    Deb Haaland
25. Marked with dancing, feasting, fasting, and religious observations, this late summer ceremony usually last for 3 days and is tied to the ripening of the corn crops
    Green Corn Festivals
26. A Lenape hunter's food made of parched cornmeal mixed with maple sugar
    Psindamoakan
27. Little raven or crow (Arapaho)
    Hosa
28. Year Native Americans were granted citizenship
    1924
29. Commonly known as wild rice, but is technically an indigenous grain
    Manoomin
30. Often taken by older children before puberty to find themselves and their life's direction
    Vision Quests
31. This Kansas House Representative is the first openly LGBT Native American elected to the US Congress and is a member of the Ho-Chunk people
    Sharice Davids
32. Made with cornmeal and beans, popular among the Cherokee people
    Bean bread
33. The night (Algonquin)
    Koko
34. Term derives from the Narragansett word which means spiritual leader describing an event where people meet to dance, sing, socialize, and honor American Indian culture
    Pow-Wows
35. Number of Indigenous languages spoken in US
    175
36. Historic Indian traditions used many plants and herbs and remedies or in spiritual celebrations, creating a connection with spirits and the afterlife
    Healing Rituals
37. A sacred food found in the Northwest and revered by local tribes, many of which define themselves as Salmon People
    Salmon
38. Corn, beans, and squash are often planted together using a technique known as companion planting
    Three sisters
39. The Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman is of Mohican ancestry
    Anthony Kiedis
40. This sport was ideal for training young Native Americans in the art of battle, but was rooted in tribal tradition where the ball represents the sun and the moon and, according to legend, the gods tossed back and forth
    Lacrosse
41. This tribe calls themselves the Unconquered People and occupy parts of south and central Florida
    Seminole
42. US population that identifies as Native Americans
    9.1mm
43. The largest tribal grouping
    Cherokee
44. This actor is famous for his portrayal of Aquaman and is Native Hawaiian with Pawnee ancestry
    Jason Mamoa
45. Firendly (Apache)
    Elan
46. Also known as Ojibwa or Anishinaabe people, this tribe populates the region of Lake Superior
    Chippewa
47. The #1 overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft and former Oklahoma Sooner QB is a member of the Cherokee Nation
    Sam Bradford
48. This tribe occupies territories of north central Indiana, Michigan, and western Ohio
    Miami
49. Connected with eating and drinking of tea made of the dried fruit of a small cactus
    Peyote Worship
50. This tribe populates SE Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia
    Shawnee
51. Number of states that recognize Native American Day or Indigenous People's Day as a state holiday
    5
52. This tribe's ancestral homeland spanned parts of Mississippi, eastern Louisiana, and western Alabama
    Choctaw
53. In 2002, he became the first Native American to fly in space and is a member of the Chickasaw Nation
    John Herrington
54. Number of federally recognized American Indian tribes
    574
55. Butterfly (Blackfeet)
    Aponi
56. Chief, leader, or big and superior (Chinook)
    Tyee
57. This tribe populates the northern Great Plains and consist of the Dakota and Lakota people
    Sioux
58. People of a different speech (Cherokee)
    Cherokee
59. The second largest tribe populating NE Arizona, NW New Mexico, and SE Utah
    Navajo
60. Willow Tree (Navajo)
    Kai
61. This tribe lives in the heart of the Florida Everglades
    Miccosukee
62. Also known as the Haudenosuanee, this tribe populates upstate New York and Ontario
    Iroquois
63. One of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of pop is of Cherokee ancestry
    Jimi Hendrix
64. Made from the large intestines of a hog
    Chitterling/ Chitlin
65. Bitter (Zuni)
    Malia
66. Owl (Choctaw)
    Opa
67. A powder made from sassafras leaves used by the Choctaw people for flavoring and thickening soups and stews
    Filé
68. Buffalo stew from the Lakota and Cherokee people
    Tanka-Me-A-Lo
69. Fire (Kichwa)
    Nina
70. Type of cured acorn eaten by people near the Columbia River Valley
    Chinook olives
71. This actor currently stars as Tribal Chairman Thomas Rainwater in the hit series Yellowstone and is of Comanche ancestry
    Gil Birmingham
72. Year when November was designated National American Indian Heritage Month
    1990
73. Full of grace or beautiful (Zuni)
    Elu
74. Number of federal Indian reservations covering more than 56mm acres
    326
75. The largest tribe in the US originated in the SE, but now occupies Oklahoma
    Cherokee