Native peoples of the Eastern Woodlands

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Three more Woodlands nations, same columns

   Nation (own name)	Homeland	Traditional ways of life	Changes and hard history	Today
   Lenape ("the people")	Lenapehoking: eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and parts of nearby states	fishing, travel by canoe, and making wampum beads from quahog shells	in 1737 Penn's sons used a doubtful deed, and a walk paced at up to twice the usual distance, to take far more land than the Lenape had agreed to; between 1778 and 1830 Lenape governments signed more than 15 treaties with the United States that moved them west	several Lenape nations, not one single nation; among them is the Delaware Nation in Anadarko, Oklahoma
   Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe	around Lake Mille Lacs in Minnesota	fishing, maple sugaring and gathering wild rice	treaties in 1837, 1854 and 1855 signed over much Ojibwe land; the 1837 treaty kept the right to fish and gather on the land given up	the Mille Lacs reservation, set up in 1855; in 1999 the US Supreme Court upheld the band's treaty fishing rights
   Penobscot Nation and the other Wabanaki nations of Maine	what is now Maine	traveling the coast in seaworthy birchbark canoes and camping by the water to fish and gather food	from the 1500s, European colonizers tried to push them out; for most of the last century, federal rules barred them from gathering sweetgrass in Acadia National Park	tribal governments work with the park, and since 2015 some tribes may gather certain plants there again

   Below the chart: from 1819 to 1969, the federal Indian boarding school system had 408 schools. It removed Native children from their families to make them give up their languages and ways (US Department of the Interior, 2022).

2. 1.

   What did the 1837 treaty keep for the Mille Lacs Band, by the chart, Bo asks?

   • A reservation set up around Lake Mille Lacs
   • Ownership of the land it signed over
   • The right to make wampum beads from quahog shells
   • The right to fish and gather on the land given up
3. 2.

   What did the Lenape make from quahog shells, by the chart, Esme asks?

   • Maple sugar
   • Birchbark canoes
   • Wampum beads
   • Sweetgrass mats
4. 3.

   What happened in 2015, by the chart, Jun asks?

   • The last federal Indian boarding schools closed their doors
   • The Supreme Court upheld the Mille Lacs Band's treaty fishing rights in court
   • Wabanaki people were first barred from gathering sweetgrass
   • Some Wabanaki tribes could gather certain plants in the park again
5. 4.

   Which two rows name travel by canoe, by the chart, Luz asks?

   • The Lenape and the Penobscot rows
   • The Ojibwe and the Penobscot rows
   • The Ojibwe row, by itself
   • The Lenape and the Ojibwe rows
6. 5.

   In which row does the chart say what a nation's own name means, Milo asks?

   • The Penobscot row: Penobscot means the people
   • The Lenape row: Lenape means Lenapehoking
   • The Ojibwe row: Ojibwe means the people
   • The Lenape row: Lenape means the people
7. 6.

   What was one effect of the 1737 deed and walk, by the chart, Noah asks?

   • The Lenape moved to the shores of Lake Mille Lacs
   • The Lenape lost far more land than they had agreed to
   • The Lenape gained new land in Oklahoma that same year
   • The walk was paced more slowly than usual
8. 7.

   What were the boarding schools meant to do, by the note, Pia asks?

   • Make Native children give up their languages and ways
   • Train Native children to build birchbark canoes
   • Teach Native children to speak their own languages
   • Help Native families stay together at home
9. 8.

   What did the federal rule in Acadia National Park mean for most of the last century, by the chart, Ren asks?

   • The Mille Lacs Band lost its treaty fishing rights
   • Wabanaki people could gather any plant in the park
   • Wabanaki people were barred from the park in 2015
   • Wabanaki people could not gather sweetgrass in the park
10. 9.

    Which claim does the chart support about the Lenape today, Tala asks?

    • The Lenape were a nation that came to an end with the treaties of 1830
    • Several Lenape nations exist today, one of them in Oklahoma
    • Most Lenape people live in New Jersey today
    • The Lenape have a single government today
11. 10.

    Which claim does the chart support about the Mille Lacs Band, Zee asks?

    • It lived around Lake Mille Lacs until 1855, then left
    • Its reservation was set up by the 1837 treaty
    • It gave up its treaty fishing rights in 1999
    • Its 1837 treaty fishing rights were upheld in 1999