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Native American Influence on U.S. History Social Studies – Key Terms List Larry McCarty UIL Social Studies Director [email protected] Key Terms INDIVIDUALS Grant, Ulysses Greene, Graham Alexie, Sherman Handsome Lake Allen, Paula Gunn Hears the Sunrise Aquash, Anna Mae Hendrik Banks, Dennis Hiawatha Beach, Adam Iron Shirt Boudinot, Elias Ishi Brant, Joseph Itonagajo Bowlegs, Billy Jumper, Betty Mae Boyer, LaNada Keokuk Black Elk Kellogg, Elizabeth Black Hawk LaDuke, Winona Black Kettle Lewis, Edmonia Canonicus Littlefeather, Sacheen Campbell, Ben Nighthorse Little Turtle Captain Jack Little Wolf Chief Joseph Logan, James Colt, Samuel Lone Wolf Cochise Mangas Colorades Coronado, Francisco Mankiller, Wilma Cornplanter Martinez, Maria Crazy Horse Massasoit Cuerno Verde Means, Russell Curtis, Charles McGillivray, Alexander Custer, George A. McIntosh, William de Anza, Juan Bautista Miantonomo Delaware Prophet Mills, Billy Deloria, Vine Jr. Momaday, N. Scott Dorris, Michael Nocona, Peta Erdich, Louise Nieghbors, Robert Simpson Eyre, Chris Oakes, Richard Fortunate Eagle Occom, Samson Gall Old Bear Geronimo Old Owl Opechancanough MAJOR TRIBES TODAY Osceola (largest today, in order of size, beginning Parker, Quanah with largest) Parker, Cynthia Ann Peltier, Leonard Navajo Pocahontas Cherokee Pontiac Sioux Popé Chippewa Powhaten Choctaw Rain in the Face Apache Red Cloud Pueblo Red Jacket Iroquois Reifel, Ben Creek Riel, Louis Blackfeet Robertson, Robbie Rogers, Will ADDITIONAL TRIBES Ross, John Sacajawea Adena Culture Saint-Marie, Buffy Akimel O’odham Samoset Anasazi Seattle Arapaho Sequoyah Arikara Shawnee Profit Athapaskans Silko, Leslie Marmon Cheyenne Silverheels, Jay Chickasaw Sitting Bull Clovis Cluture Smohalla Comanche Squanto Crow Studi, Wes Dakota Sundance Folsom Culture Tabananica Hidasta Tallchief, Maria Hohokam Tecumseh Hopi Tekakwitha, Catherine Hopewell Thorpe, Jim Huron Trudell, John Iroquis Uncas Karankawa Victorio Kiowa Ward, Nancy Nokoni Comanches Weatherford, William Kickapoo Wovoka Kotsoteka Comanches Lakota Lipan Apache Mandan Manhatten Modoc Mogollon Chickasaw (OK) Mohegan Calista (Alaska) Natchez United Houma Nation (LA) Northwest Coast Sealaska (Alaska) Tlingit Pine Ridge (SD, Nebraska) Haida Doyon (Alaska) Kwakiutl Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Nootka Fort Sill Apache (OK) Makah Fort Apache (AZ) Nez Perce Citizen Bend Potawatomi Omaha Nation-Absentee Shawnee Oneida (OK) Osage Gila River (AZ) Ottawa Cheyenne / Arapaho (AZ) Papago Tohono O’odham (AZ) Pawnee Osage (OK) Pequot Rosebud (SD) Pima San Carlos (AZ) Plainview Culture Blackfeet (Montana) Potawatomi Yakama (Washington) Pueblo Turtle Mountain (ND) Seminole Flathead (Montana) Shawnee Shoshone Sioux LOCATIONS Tlingit Tohono O’odham Alcatraz Tonkawa Dodge City, Kansas Ute Dodge, Col. Richard Irving Western Sioux Fort Sill Wichita Great Plains Winnebago Medicine Lodge River Yamparika Comanche Oregon Trail Yukima Wounded Knee Yokut Zuni MAJOR RESERVATIONS (in order of size beginning with largest) Navajo Nation (AZ, NM, Utah) Cherokee (OK) Creek (OK) Lumbee (NC) Choctaw (OK) Cook Inlet (Alaska) GENERAL TERMS Jerome Agreement Mackenzie’s Raiders aborigine Medicine Lodge Treaty American bison mustangs American buffalo nomadic American Indian Movement Northwest Ordinance (AIM) Office of Indian Affairs Battle of Little Big Horn Sharp’s Rifles Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) teepee carbines Temple Mound Builders cavalry tomahawks Colt revolvers Trail of Tears Comancheros Treaty of Fort Laramie conquistadors Treaty of the New Echota Dawes Act tribe dog travois “Five Civilized Tribes” Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw Creek Seminole Homestand Act hunter gatherer society incident at Wounded Knee Indian Removal Act TERMS RELATED TO TEXAS (for use in Rusk, Thomas Jefferson Section Three questions) Sheridan, Philip Satank PERSONS Satanta Ten Bears Austin, Stephen F. Worth, General William Baylor, John Bowl BATTLES AND CONFLICT Buffalo Hump Buffalo Wallow fight Battle Creek Fight Carson, Christopher Houston (Kit) Battle of Adobe Walls (first) Cordova, Vicente Battle of Adobe Walls (second) Dixon, William (Billy) Battle of Blanco Canyon Ford, John Salmon “Rip” Battle of Goliad Goodnight, Charles Battle of the North Fork of the Hays, John Red River Houston, Sam Battle of Palo Duro Canyon Lamar, Mirabeau B. Battle of Pease River Landrum, Willis Battle of Plum Creek Lockhart, Matilda Battle of the Neches Lone Wolf Battle of San Jacinto Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell Battle of Walker’s Creek Maman-ti Cherokee War McCulloch, Ben Council House Fight Meusebach, John O. Cordova Rebellion Mills, Nelson Appleton Elm Creek Raid Nocono, Peta Linville Raid of 1840 Neighbors, Robert Simpson Parker Raid Ortiz Parrilla, Diego Red River War Parker, Cynthia Ann Salt Creek Massacre Parker, Benjamin San Saba Massacre Parker, Daniel Warren Wagon Train Raid Parker, Isaac Parker, James Parker, John Parker, John Richard Parker, Lucinda Parker, Orlena Parker, Sarah t Parker, Silas Jr. Parker, Silas M. Parker, Quanah Placido Plummer, Rachel Parker Prairie Flower Ross, Lawrence Sullivan “Sul” 5 LOCATIONS / FEATURES Adobe Walls Balcones Escarpment Brazos Reservation Butterfield Overland Mail Caprock Comanche Trail Edwards Plateau Fort Belknap Fort Clark Fort Concho Fort Lancaster Fort McKavett Fort Parker Fort Richardson Llano Estacado lower plains Navasota River Plum Creek Torrey Trading Houses TRIBAL GROUPS Apache Indians Caddo Indians Comanche Indians Coushatta Indians Kickapoo Indians Tenawa Indians Tonkawa Indians Yamparika Indians OTHER TERMS Hays Rangers Indian relations Meusebach-Comanche Treaty Neighbors Expedition Texas Rangers 6 .
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