Narratives
After thousands of unmarked graves of Indigenous children were discovered at Native American Boarding Schools in 2024, the idea of __________ was considered for reconciliation for all the harm done at these schools.
What are Reparations?
This is a story told from a someone's perspective.
What is a narrative?
According to Indigenous peoples we are all _____ on this earth.
What are Guests?
The primary objective of these schools was to "civilize" or assimilate Native American children and youth into Anglo-American (white) culture.
What are Native American Boarding Schools?
The assimilation, enslavement, and forced labor of Indigenous peoples all along the CA coast.
What is the CA Mission System?
The science of the origin and development of the universe that is contained in Indigenous oral traditions is known as?
What is cosmology?
Frequently-repeated stories that are shared in society through various social and cultural institutions such as in school
What is a Dominant Narrative?
The theme of a person or group of people who are descendants of a region's original inhabitants.
What is Indigeneity?
A practice where a government forces a minority or indigenous group to give up their cultural identity, language, and customs to fit into the dominant group
What is forced assimilation?
Indigenous people see themselves as this______ rather than owners of the land.
What are stewards of the land?
This was the Second Wave of colonization of Indigenous people in CA.
What was the CA Gold Rush?
A story that presents the perspectives of groups that have been historically marginalized
What is a Counter narrative?
Addiction and domestic violence are examples of ____________ ________ that has been passed down to the families that survived the Native American Boarding Schools.
What is Generational Trauma?
MMIWG stands for
Who are Missing Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls?
Lake Tahoe, Moklumne, or Yosemite are known as
What are "Place Names"?
This was a body of water that was twice the size of Lake Tahoe and is now facing drainage for monied interests though it is benefitting the environment and wildlife.
What is Tulare Lake?
In 4th grade in CA many students create mission projects and panning for gold like in the gold rush, this is an example of what kind of narrative?
What is the Dominant Narrative?
A state or government's supreme authority and power, and its freedom from external control.
What is Sovereignty?
A statement that recognizes the Indigenous people were the original inhabitants of a specific area and honors their relationship with the land
What is a Land Acknowledgement?
These people are known as veterans, tribal and community leaders, memory keepers, holders, and messengers of Indigenous Tribes' traditional values, and are living examples of courage, perseverance, and modesty
Who are Elders?
This is known as the Indigenous relationship to the land where both the person and the environment take care of each other.
What is a symbiotic connection?
The colonization and state sanctioned genocide against Indigenous people is known as what kind of narrative?
What is a Counter Narrative?
The eradication of someone's culture
What is Culturcide?
The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group
What is Genocide?
***Daily Double***
These 3 Indigenous groups are native to Stockton.
Who are the Miwok, Yokuts, and Confederated Villages of Lisjan (Ohlone)?
This historical event is known as the mass murder of indigenous women and children during the CA Gold Rush, the area is now known as Clear Lake.
What is Bloody Island?