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July 4, 2007 By: Betty Ramsey, LEOASC/BETT R Passport Destination: Native America Packing Round 1. This U.S. state has the largest Native American population. CALIFORNIA 2. All of these Native American museums are in Oklahoma except for the PENOBSCOTT NATION MUSEUM . 3 Fine examples of Anasazi cliff dwellings can be seen at MESA VERDE , Colorado. 4. The Chota, Georgia was the Cherokee capital until the forced removal called "The Trail of TEARS ." 5. All of these casinos are on Native American soil except WYNN . 6. The earliest evidence of agriculture north of Mexico has been found in a bat cave in NEW MEXICO . Picture: modern-looking curved building Departure Round 1. This is a basic ingredient of a Navajo taco. FRY BREAD 2. New Mexico`s famous annual SANTA FE Indian Market will be held August 18-19, 2007. 3. Val Kilmer stars in this 1992 movie about an FBI agent who is part Sioux Indian. THUNDERHEART 4. This second highest point in Arizona is located in Apache country. BALDY MOUNTAIN 5. American Indians were playing this team sport at the time of the first European contact. LACROSSE Picture: pueblo On Tour 1. The famous massacre at Wounded Knee started with the government banning the GHOST Dance. 2. All of these tribes have reservations in Florida except PASSAMAQUODDY . 3. Indian City USA in Anadarko, OKLAHOMA features replicas of seven Indian villages. 4. Akwesasne, located along the St. Lawrence River valley, is home to Canada's MOHAWK people. 5. Louisiana's Poverty Point holds some of the largest pre-historic EARTH WORKS in North America. 6. The FOXWOODS Hotel/Casino in Ledyard, CT is one of the most successful casinos. 7. Black Feet Reservation in northern Montana borders GLACIER National Park. Picture: large mountain with carved head 8. Organ Rock is one of many buttes found at MONUMENT Valley, a Navajo tribal park. 9. The town of Quanah, Texas, is named for Comanche chief Quanah PARKER . 10. Victoria, British Columbia, is home to THUNDERBIRD Park that features First Nation art. 11. Chief VANN House in Georgia is called the "Showplace of the Cherokee Nation". 12. Pueblo BONITO is the largest and most famous of the Chaco ruins in New Mexico. Bonus Question One The so-called NEEDLES are an interesting feature of the Black Hills of South Dakota. Bonus Question Two Where on the map of South Dakota are the Black Hills found? Area 4 Picture: totem pole Slide Show 1. The National Museum of the American Indian which opened in 2004 is a new landmark in WASHINGTON D.C. . 2. Amazing cliff dwellings can be seen at MUMMY Cave in Arizona's Canyon de Chelly. 3. Landmark Black Hills carving of this Native American opened to the public in 1998. CRAZY HORSE 4. A collection of totem poles is a highlight at this federally designated Alaskan park. SITKA NATIONAL PARK Clues for next destination: Bernachon Fourviere Rhone |