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Sports
#1 This Oglala Sioux athlete won the Olympic Gold for the 10K in 1964 victory, is considered one of the greatest Olympic upsets. He remains the only winner from the Americas. Who is Billy Mills?
#2 This sport is the fastest growing youth sport in the US and is also the oldest sport in North America, created by the Haudenosaunee people. What is Lacrosse?
#3 This Sauk and Fox tribal athlete won Olympic gold for the Pentathlon and was selected by American sportswriters and broadcasters as the greatest American athlete and the greatest gridiron football player of the first half of the 20th century. Who is Jim Thorpe?
#4 This Navajo golfer who earned a place on the PGA tour, with 5 professional wins, also went to Stanford and was an All American Honors student. Who is Notah Begay?
#5 This Northern Cheyenne woman is the first Native American to be drafted into the WNBA and is currently a Division I NCAA coach. Who is Tahnee Robinson?
Leaders
#1

This Mohican Stockbridge Munsee tribal member, an American lawyer, and former mixed martial artist, is currently serving as the U.S. Representative from Kansas's 3rd congressional district.

Who is Representative Sharise Davids?

#2 This member of the Pueblo of Laguna is currently serving as the U.S. Representative from New Mexico's 1st congressional district and is the Vice Chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources. Who is US Representative Deb Haaland?
#3 In 1985, she became the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation Who is Wilma Mankiller?
#4 In 1996 and 2000, this Ojibwe woman, a graduate of Harvard and Antioch, ran as the vice-presidential candidate with Ralph Nader on the Green Party ticket. Who is Winona Laduke?
#5 This North HS graduate co-sponsored legislation to include history, culture and social contributions of Native Americans and other minorities in the teaching and content standards for history and civics. HB-19-1192 Who is Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez?
Colorado Tribes
#1 On November 29, 1864, the Colorado Militia attacked a Cheyenne and Arapaho encampment under Chief Black Kettle, although it flew a flag of truce and indicated its allegiance to the US government, resulting in the death of between 150 and 200 Native Americans, mostly unarmed women and children. What is the Sand Creek Massacre?
#2

This National Park was established in 1906 to preserve and interpret the archeological heritage of the Ancestral Pueblo people who made it their home.

What is Mesa Verde?

#3 The land that Denver sits on originally belonged to this tribe, as laid out in the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie. What is the Arapaho Tribe?
#4

The territory of this tribe lies within the southwest corner of the State of Colorado, 575,000 contiguous acres, which span into the States of New Mexico and Utah.

What is the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe?

#5 The administration headquarters of this tribe is in Ignacio, CO and their lands are south and east of Durango. What is the Southern Ute Tribe?
Contemporary Art
#1 This American Book Award Winner, Spokane-Coeur d'Alene-American member, novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker, is known for writing the film Smoke Signals. Who is Sherman Alexie?
#2 This member of the Muscogee Creek Nation is the first Native American to be named Poet Laureate of the US Who is Joy Harjo?
#3 This Ojibwe actor is is best known for his roles in Smoke Signals, Dance Me Outside, Walker, Texas Ranger, Joe Dirt, Flags of Our Fathers, Windtalkers, NYPD Detective Chester Lake in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Officer Jim Chee in the film adaptations of Skinwalkers, Coyote Waits, and A Thief of Time. Who is Adam Beach?
#4 A 1958 hit, Rumble introduced the world to the “power chord”. It was written by this this Shawnee musician. Who is Link Wray?
#5 This Navajo artist was referred to as "the Picasso of American Indian artists" by The New York Times. Who is RC Gorman?
Education
#1 This is the number of Native American Students are at North HS. What is 55?
#2 This is the Native American Language taught at North HS. What is Lakota?
#3

By the 1880s, the U.S. operated 60 of these establishments for thousands of Indian Students, in an attempt to "Kill the Indian, Save the Man"

What are Native American Boarding Schools?

#4 The Indian Education Act provides federal funds for American Indian and Alaska Native education K-12 and for public schools that have programs for American Indian students. It does not provide federal funds for what level of education? What is College?
#5 What Colorado learning institution provides a tuition waiver for qualified tribal members? Fort Lewis College
Final Question

This Cheyenne politician served as US Representativ for Colorado from 1987-1993 and US Senator for Colorado from 1993 to 2005. 

Ben Nighthorse Campbell