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Where did Native activists stage a 19-month occupation from 1969?

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  1. 1 Easy

    What made the Osage Nation rich in the 1920s?

    Answer: Oil

    Why: Oil money was split equally among enrolled Osage members, and each share was called a headright.

  2. 2 Medium

    Who showed the Pilgrims how to plant corn with fish?

    Answer: Squanto

    Why: Plymouth was built on the site of Patuxet, Squanto's home village, which an epidemic had emptied before 1620.

  3. 3 Hard

    Which nation left North Carolina to become the sixth Iroquois nation?

    Answer: Tuscarora

    Why: Before they joined, the confederacy was the Five Nations: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca.

  4. 4 Easy

    Which language did US Marine code talkers use in World War II?

    Answer: Navajo

    Why: Navajo had no word for submarine, so the code called it besh-lo, meaning iron fish.

  5. 5 Medium

    In which year did all US-born Native Americans become citizens?

    Answer: 1924

    Why: Citizenship did not bring the vote everywhere: Arizona and New Mexico barred Native voters until 1948.

  6. 6 Hard

    Who became US vice president as a member of the Kaw Nation?

    Answer: Charles Curtis

    Why: As a congressman he had written the 1898 Curtis Act, which set out to abolish tribal governments in Indian Territory.

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