Native American Culture
According to Native American culture, to what are all people connected?
Nature
What did white America do to Native Americans to steal their land when they first arrived?
war, disease, and the massacre of tribes
What traumas are Native American children trying to overcome today through rediscovery of their culture??
rape, abuse, and poverty
What is the number one cause of death among young Native Americans today?
suicide
How is the Reno-Sparks tribe trying to fight a lithium mine being built on their land?
by designating it a historically preserved piece of land because of the massacre that happened there in 1865
Define cultural genocide.
The complete destruction of a culture
What happened at Thacker Pass, NV in 1865 that is still significant today
Native Americans were killed in bloody battle against the NV cavalry
What method were Native Americans using to try and fight the Line 3 pipeline
By suing under their treaty
Why did boarding schools cut a Native American child's hair and take away their tribal clothing?
to strip them of their Native American identity
What is the major problem facing the Pine Ridge Reservation today?
alcoholism
How is the Line 3 oil pipeline an example of cultural genocide in Native American culture?
It is destructive to the land which is connected to Native American spirituality
How did the white policy of adoption harm generations of Native Americans?
It stole children away from their parents where they were often abused
What do Native American rituals like water therapy do for young Native Americans
trauma and PTSD
What was the real purpose of the adoption era?
to continue the cultural genocide of the boarding school era
According to critics of boarding schools today , what are they missing in their tribal education?
language
Give an example of how white America tried to destroy Native American culture at boarding schools
They wouldn't let children speak their native language
Approximately how many Native Americans died during the Indian Wars
over 4 million
Why did the Lakota tribe of the Pine Ridge reservation get alcohol banned on their reservation?
Because of crime and a high rate of suicide and widespread alcoholism
Define savage and explain why have Native Americans been called this for generations?
A wild thing, untamed and uncivilized being because that is how Columbus labeled them upon first discovery
What is the core principal of Native American rituals and ceremonies?
spirituality of the earth and nature
What destructive tendency is a big problem and a long-standing part of Native American culture?
drug and alcohol abuse
What was the ultimate goal of a Native American boarding school
to assimilate Native American children as white
What is the purpose of a Native American boarding school today?
to promote and support tribal culture
What is the Indian Children Welfare Act?
protects Native American children from abuse and neglect
Why do the Lakota tribe believe that a "sober indian is a dangerous indian"
Because a Native American who is sober has the faculties needed to fight white prejudice and oppression