Civil rights Meaning
What are civil rights?
The basic rights that every citizen has under the laws of the government
Police officer pulling you over for speeding?
No.
Was Dean Anaya able to talk to members of Congress about his report? Yes or no
No
According to Treuer, Starting in the late 1800s, the United States government engineered an education policy for native people, as a________________
tool used to assimilate and acculturate native people
Is a person standing on a corner holding a sign that makes negative statements about a politician's decisions made in office a violation of the politician's Civil Rights?
No, the person is protesting matters of public record
1st Amendment, free speech
In the United States the civil rights of each individual citizen are protected by?
the Constitution
Being arrested at a crime scene just because of your skin color?
Yes, its racial profiling a Fourteenth Amendment violation (Equal Protection & Due Process)
Define inter generational trauma
The transfer of historical oppression and its negative consequences across generations.
A “medicine bundle,” also known as sacred bundle is a what?
a wrapped collection of sacred items held by a designated carrier.
A bakery refuses to sell goods to a customer based on their lifestyle choices. Is the bakery violating the customers civil rights?
Yes, under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Civil rights for every person means a person should not be discriminated against based on what? Give three examples.
gender, skin color, religion, nationality, age, or disability,
A suspect is denied an attorney during an interrogation
Yes, The Sixth Amendment amendment ensures the right to an attorney in criminal prosecutions.
The indigenous people in State of Alaska saw "their access to _____________ resources diminish over 2 generations
subsistence
during what years were the largest number of "Native American Kids" at "these boarding schools
the 1970s
a restaurant refuses service to individuals wearing only bathing suits after showing them the dress code for diners.
Are they violating the diners civil rights?
No, because the restaurant showed them the dress code first
In the U.S. Civil rights include...(Give three examples)
the right to free speech, privacy, religion, assembly, a fair trial, and freedom of thought.
A police officer takes you phone because you filmed an arrest in a public area?
Yes, First Amendment Violations (Free Expression & Assembly) Interfering with Public Filming: Ordering a citizen to stop recording police activity in public spaces, or illegally seizing/deleting video footage.
Indigenous peoples’ religious belief systems are connected with specific places that have meaning in various ways and whose preservation is essential to the continuity of their __________
religious practices and their belief systems and their cultures.
What does Treuer believe Thanksgiving provides an opportunity for?
to dig a little deeper into exactly what happened and why
Can a restaurant, that said a condition for hiring is the handling meats that are anathema to an employee's religion, fire that employee if the employee refuses to serve the meat?
Yes or No and why?
Yes, setting a blanket condition during hiring does not automatically excuse an employer from their legal obligation to consider accommodations.
No, an employer can only deny a religious accommodation if they prove that doing so would result in a substantial increased cost or burden in the overall context of their business.
The term "civil rights" comes from the Latin term "ius civis", which means?
"rights of a
citizen."
A police officer asks you to voluntarily show some pictures/videos you took because they may be evidence in a criminal invetigation
No. They are asking you for help.
Native Americans, Hawaiians and Alaskan natives are now considered to be ________
America’s indigenous people
at paragraph [40] in the article CommonLit prints: TREUER: (Ojibwe spoken) .
Knowing that CommonLit printed a transcript of an interview by NPR and the topic of article:
Should CommonLit have found the correct spelling of the Ojibwe word for thank you?
Or should NPR put the correct spelling of the Ojibwe word for thank you in the transcript?
yes or no and explain
Your opinion is never wrong, how you defend it matters
Is asking you to turn down your music in a public place a violation of your civil liberties?
No, if a fellow citizen or a business owner asks you to lower your music, they are not the government ("state actors"), meaning constitutional civil liberties do not apply to their request. If a police officer asks you, they are enforcing local laws designed to maintain public order, not violating your rights.