AD/BC
Contemporary Native peoples
from many Nations
teach that they originated
in their traditional lands
What happened in 40,000 - 10,000 BC?
Native peoples begin dying
from European diseases.
What are the effects of colonization?
_______ orders for Indians
to be removed from Georgia.
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
American Indians
enlist for _______.
You might ask, “why is this relevant to American Indian community/history?” Well, I believe this is important because I have noticed that with the unfair treatment of American Indians, they have been placed in situations that cause them to become resilient through the struggle.
What is war in Korea?
This act decided which land was to be given to the American Indians on their own reservations. In a way it had taken advantage of the various resources that they had access to. What is left over of the land will be sold and non- American Indians were then granted access to the land.
What was the Dawes Act?
At the end of the Ice Age,
many large mammals
become extinct.
Across the Americas,
people shift away
What is 8000 BC?
This disease infects two thirds of the
Wampanoag population.
What is the yellow fever?
Even with the creation of land ownership laws that were created such as the Dawes Act, ________ was able to make Crow Dog’s Paradise, which was a ceremonial gathering place on the Rosebud Reservation.
Who is Henry Crow Dog?
The tobacco industry has taken advantage of what it means to be Native American. They have taken the history of the Native Tribes to use it for the monetary value while American Indians use tobacco for their own sacred and medicine purposes.
What was the fight against tobacco industry?
American Indians are now able to be granted
U.S citizenship
What was the Citizenship Act?
_____ at the time begins to
power over the American
Indian community.
With this, he begins colonization.
Colonization is the act of settling
in a territory that is not yours.
Who began colonization?
Increase of ______ epidemic within the American Indian Community. This is yet another disease
that has affected their community.
What is diabetes?
________ signs the Indian Reorganization Act
(Wheeler-Howard Act)
On June 18, 1934, the Wheeler-Howard Act, also known as the Indian Reorganization Act, reverses the U. S. policy was made in order for American Indians to the assimilate to the new policies that have been set from the United States government.
Who is President Franklin Roosevelt?
________ opens in New
York. This was a very important
Moment for American Indian
because it was a chance for them
to preserve their history.
What is the National Museum of the American Indian?
______ was a way for the opinions of Dawes Act to be public and able for the government to make judgement on. This report didn’t do much besides attempt to critique the way of living of American Indians. During this point the land and natural resources were not being easily accessible.
What was the Meriam report?
American Indian migrate to the West Coast settlements hunting for rabbit, deer, and use many shellfish for staples
What is 3000 BC?
_______ epidemics sicken students and kill many.
What are boarding schools that separated American Indian children and caused for assimilation?
_________ signs
Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
Congress passes the $1.6-billion Indian Health Care Improvement Act. Its provisions authorize the Indian Health Service to bill Medicare and Medicaid for services rendered to qualifying beneficiaries.
Who is President Ford?
Gaming has always been apart of the American Indian culture and practiced throughout the years.
The more modern version of gaming has been changed to gambling in _____
What are casinos?
The first casino to be started in 1979 and by _____ tribe. This casino lead the way for other casinos to start up. Now there are more than 100 casinos in other states as well.
What was started by the Seminole tribe?
Which tribe had performed surgery in 10,000 BC?
The Unangan (Aleut)
_______ are starting to become worse tuberculosis, pneumonia, and gastrointestinal illnesses and were the main reasons for passing within the Native Hawaiians.
What is heart disease and cancer in 1930s?
American activist (born Nov. 5, 1945, Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Montana—), filed one of the largest class-action lawsuits in American history; the federal government ultimately paid $3.4 billion for having mishandled Native American trust funds dating back to 1887.
Unfortunately, she passed away on October 16 of 2011 in Great Falls Mont.
Elouise Cobell
In 1978 _______ was created in order to report the crisis that was beginning affecting American Indian and Alaska Native children, families, and tribes. Also at this time American Indians are now able to freely practice their religion as it was granted to them.
What was the Indian Child Welfare Act?
_________ came up with the word "Indian" and would address American Indians as this word.
Christopher Columbus