DANC 301 North American Indian Quiz

In the Inuit language, "poetry" and "breathe" are derived from the same word that also means soul. What is that word?

Anerca

Since 1991, the annual hoop dance competition has convened to determine the champion hoop dancer of the Native American community. What is the competition currently known as?

Annual Heard Museum World Champion Hoop Dance Contest

In 1867 The United States purchased Alaska and the whaling ships constantly occupied the Arctic waters. These whalers took as many whales as they could but unlike the Inuit that made use of the whole whale these commercially minded whalers only wanted what part of the whale?

Baleen

The early American Indians that occupied the Great Plains, and parts of the Southwest and Eastern woodlands were known as __________________________.

Big-Game Hunters

Artifacts found from the culture of the Desert Tradition were baskets, milling stones and heavy weapon points used to hunt large animals such as mammoths and mastodons.

False

In 1960 the Native American Indians formed the American Indian Movement (AIM) to support the tribes across the United States seeking justice for broken and ignored treaties.

False

In modern times the Hoop Dance became a storytelling dance as a solo dancer creates shapes depicting animals of nature reflected in the traditional stories. What was the original purpose of the Hoop Dance?

It was a healing dance

Where was one of the largest gatherings of Native people held to protest the 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline that runs from North Dakota to Illinois?

Oceti Sakowin Camp

In 1991 the first Hoop Dance Competition was held at New Mexico State Fair Indian Village using the Olympic Likert scoring system. Who initiated this competition?

Ralph Zotigh

Ceremonial American Indian dances used symbolic clothing, headdresses, props and sometimes body paint to aid in the representation of the significance of the dance. What are these decorations called?

Regalia

In which of the men's powwow dances do the dancers wear a breastplate of bones that cover the torso and sometimes down to the knees?

Southern traditional dance

Sitting Bull had participated in the Sun Dance several times and experienced visions predicting future events. What premonition did he have about his death?

That he would die by the hands of his own people.

In which of the men's powwow dances do the dancers wear ribbons on their arms, waist, and legs?

The grass dance

Which of the women's powwow dances was originally a healing dance?

The jingle dance

The Sun Dance is a sacred ritual lasting 8 days. The first 4 days are dedicated to prayer and meditation including time spent in the sweat lodge and the passing of the peace pipe. On the last day a sacrifice of flesh is offered to the gods. What is the purpose of this ritual.

To bring peace and ultimately be reborn

What is the purpose of the Hopi Snake Dance?

To bring rain

Animism is the belief system that honors all elements of nature including plants, animals, stones and natural phenomena believing they all have a spirit that interacts harmoniously with humans.

True

In July of 2016, the Standing Rock Tribe sued the Army Corps of Engineers in charge of constructing the Dakota Access Pipeline claiming it would disturb sacred land and they were also worried it could leak and contaminate the water supply.

True

In the American Indian cultures, the most influential person was the storyteller. The storyteller explained life in fables and parables passing on wisdom, history, knowledge and moral instruction.

True

In the Snake Dance the medicine man or priest carries the snake in his mouth and is accompanied by a hugger guard and a gatherer as he performs this ritual dance.

True

One of the basic patterns of the American Indian dance style is the open-ended circular movement that moves counter-clockwise sometimes creating spiral and serpentine line designs.

True

The religion of the Inuit honors the spirits of nature and dance ceremonies often honor animal spirits. Shamans who can be either male or female channel these animal spirits. What is this helper spirit called?

Tuunsaq

The modern Hoop Dance was originally performed by Tony White cloud in the 1930's. In which film did he perform the Hoop Dance.

Valley of the Sun

The Sioux Indians accepted the Ghost Dance religion in hopes of restoring the old ways before the settlers arrived. Who is credited with creating the Ghost Dance religion?

Wovoka

What do they call the shrine that is built to house the snakes before the Hopi Snake Dance ceremony?

kisi