Reclaiming History: Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Melissa Dixon

Over generations, Indigenous peoples have struggled for justice, recognition, and the protection of their land and rights. In this puzzle, explore key figures, events, and movements in the struggle for Indigenous equality.

Note: In multiple-word answers, there are no spaces in between the words. Example: LANDACKNOWLEDGMENT

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  • 5 The process by which European powers took control of Indigenous lands and imposed their cultures.
  • 6 The site of a massacre where U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of Lakota people in 1890.
  • 7 Indigenous woman often romanticized in history, but whose real life reflects the exploitation of Native peoples.
  • 9 A formal statement recognizing Indigenous peoples as the original inhabitants of the land.
  • 12 General George Custer, whose defeat by Indigenous forces at Little Bighorn became a symbol of Indigenous resistance.
  • 1 The 19th-century doctrine used to justify the U.S. expansion and the displacement of Indigenous peoples.
  • 2 Compensation demanded for historical wrongs, including land theft and cultural erasure faced by Indigenous peoples.
  • 3 The process of undoing the impacts of colonization, including restoring Indigenous lands and rights.
  • 4 The inherent right of Indigenous nations to self-govern and make decisions for their people.
  • 8 The site of major protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
  • 10 A movement demanding the return of ancestral lands to Indigenous peoples.
  • 11 The deliberate and systematic destruction of Indigenous peoples through colonization and policies of extermination.

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