Workbook Questions/ • How did Daniel Boone take a stand against Indian Removal? Answers Daniel Boone was a strong opponent of Indian Removal and Read each tribe’s profile to answer the following questions: lobbied before congress to discourage The Indian Removal Act from being passed. • Which tribe in has the largest population? Cherokee Nation Select two tribes and research how the tribes are maintaining • Which tribe in Oklahoma has the smallest population? their culture today. Modoc Tribe Select two tribes and research the tribe’s traditional form of • Which tribe occupies the only reservation in Oklahoma? Osage government. Since coming to Oklahoma, has the tribe’s form of • Sequoyah, author of the Tsalagi syllabary was a member of which government changed? If so, in what ways? tribe? Cherokee • Nvnih Waiya is the birthplace of which tribe? Chickasaw Research the following historical tribal leaders and activists to • Which tribe’s language is related to no other language in the world? learn about their efforts to protect their traditional ways of life: Euchee • Which tribe sold part of their traditional homelands; that would Captain Jack - Modoc later become Manhattan, New York to the Dutch? Delaware Tecumseh – Shawnee • Which tribe is referred to as “Lords of the Plains”? Comanche The Prophet - Shawnee • Which tribe was the first to greet the Lewis and Clark expedition? Quanah Parker – Comanche Otoe-Missouria Pushmataha – Choctaw • Which tribe is an ancestral member of the Iroquoian Confederacy? Geronimo – Ft. Sill Apache Seneca Cayuga Chitto Harjo – Creek • Jim Thorpe “The World’s Greatest Athlete” belongs to which tribe? Sac and Fox Standing Bear – Ponca • Kelly Haney, the artist who created “The Guardian” that sits atop Black Kettle – Cheyenne the Oklahoma Capitol, belongs to which tribe? Seminole Blue Jacket – Shawnee • Which tribes refer to their tribal leader as Mekko? Thlopthlocco John Ross - Cherokee 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. 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, 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 ? Modoc • Select four tribes and research how far they traveled to Indian Territory. • Which tribes homelands include Oklahoma? Quapaw, Wichita

and Caddo Marcus Amerman [Choctaw] • After reviewing the map, discuss as a class your thoughts about Quanah Parker (detail) 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?