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Quiz: Do you and your kids know these Native American Heritage Month facts?

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November is Native American Heritage Month — also known as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month — and November 29 is Native American Heritage Day. Whether your family is part of an Indigenous community or not, you can observe the heritage month by learning more about the wide diversity of Native American cultures, history, and current events.

Although many kids learn about Native Americans during history lessons in school, Native American cultures are not a thing of the past. Beyond the crucial history and prehistory of North America, contemporary Native Americans continue to contribute in so many areas including art and culture, politics and leadership, food and businesses, and much, much more.

Here’s a Native American Heritage Month fact to start you off: The first American Indian Day kicked off in 1915, but it took until 1990 for a national heritage month to be signed into law by a U.S. president.

Quiz your family on these Native American Heritage Month facts

Native American cultures and history are so rich, varied, and ongoing, that every family living on U.S. soil — whether Native American or Indigenous or not — always has more to learn. The following questions and answers make great conversation starters with kids during Native American Heritage Month and beyond! 

Of course, there are so many other Native American Heritage Month facts that can’t possibly fit into a 10-question quiz! So let these questions inspire you to continue the exploration and look into topics such as Native American tribes in your state, Native American children’s books and movies, Indian boarding schools history, Thanksgiving from the Wampanoag perspective, and the wide array of Indigenous music and dance.

Native American Heritage Month Quiz
1. How many Native American tribes are there within the United States?
2. Which of the following is NOT one of the five largest Native American tribes today?
3. What is the name of the animated TV show for preschoolers that depicts a family from the Chumash and Cowlitz tribes?
4. Wilma Mankiller appears on U.S. currency as part of the American Women Quarters program. Who was Wilma Mankiller?
5. What is Project 562?
6. What do the Yup’ik, Inupiat, and Tlingit people have in common?
7. Which of these Native American children’s books with Indigenous authors/illustrators won the prestigious Caldecott Medal?
8. Where is the Mashpee Wampanoag Museum located?
9. What does yá’át’ééh mean, and which Native American language is it from?
10. The World Eskimo-Indian Olympics (WEIO), in which Indigenous communities compete in traditional games, are held every year in Fairbanks, Alaska. Which of the following is NOT a game in the WEIO?

Learn about other history and heritage months with these trivia quizzes for families:

A version of this article was originally published on November 8, 2023.

Joanna Eng is a staff writer and digital content specialist at ParentsTogether. She lives with her wife and two kids in New York, where she loves to hike, try new foods, and check out way too many books from the library.

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