Q 01/05

Which institution of higher education has its main campus in Tahlequah, the Cherokee capital?

A) Oklahoma State

B) Northeastern State

C) Oklahoma Baptist

D) Oral Roberts

Answer · why

B) Northeastern State

The town was established as the capital of the reunited nation in 1839, at the end of the Trail of Tears.

Q 02/05

How many federally recognised Cherokee tribes are there in the United States?

A) One

B) Two

C) Three

D) Five

Answer · why

C) Three

The Cherokee Nation is the largest; the others are the United Keetoowah Band, also in Tahlequah, and the Eastern Band in North Carolina.

Q 03/05

The Cherokee Nation's reservation spans how many counties in northeastern Oklahoma?

A) 3

B) 7

C) 10

D) 14

Answer · why

D) 14

They range from Adair and Cherokee counties to Tulsa and Washington.

Q 04/05

Which 2020 Supreme Court ruling on the Muscogee led courts to affirm the Cherokee reservation was never disestablished?

A) McGirt v. Oklahoma

B) Worcester v. Georgia

C) Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

D) Oliphant v. Suquamish

Answer · why

A) McGirt v. Oklahoma

Hogner v. Oklahoma applied it to the Cherokee in March 2021, and the Principal Chief called it a vindication of the treaties.

Q 05/05

The nation's newspaper, the first ever published by Native Americans, is named after which mythical bird?

A) The thunderbird

B) The phoenix

C) The eagle

D) The raven

Answer · why

B) The phoenix

Its first issue appeared in English and Cherokee on 21 February 1828 in New Echota, and it was revived in the 20th century.