Native Americans and CA History
This item was discovered in California in 1848 which sparked mass immigration of Anglos into California
What is gold?
Another name for the Dakota people (negative term)
What is Sioux?
Native American activists occupied this island near San Francisco in 1969
What is Alcatraz?
This health issue affects many Native American communities due to poor diet
What is diabetes?
Another term for native (not indian)
What is indigenous?
The deliberate destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
The state where the Black Hills (land that is sacred to the Dakota) is located
What is South Dakota?
This group was a Native American activist group that was active in the 1960s and 70s
What is the American Indian Movement (AIM)?
This movie trope portrays Native Americans as overly violent
What is the bloodthirsty savage trope?
When a minority group changes things about themselves in order to better fit into the dominant culture. Example: language
What is cultural assimilation?
The religion that Spanish priests attempted to convert California Natives to
What is Catholicism?
This location was the site of a massacre in 1890 where nearly 300 Lakota were murdered by the US Army
What is Wounded Knee?
This group helped to lead the Occupation of Alcatraz
Indians of All Tribes
This movie trope portrays white people as the saviors of Native Americans
What is the white savior trope?
Name for the Native people who experienced the Trail of Tears
Who are the Cherokee?
Name of the system where Spanish priests forced Native Americans to live in buildings where they were forced to work and convert to the same religion as the Spanish
What is the mission system?
Name for the 38 Native American men who were executed by the United States in the largest mass execution in American history
Native American activists occupied this area for 71 days in 1973.
What is Wounded Knee?
This is an issue that many Natives faced due to the lack of support that was promised by the Urban Relocation Program
Homelessness
These types of schools were created in order to strip Native American children of their culture and turn them more "American"
What are boarding schools?
Father Junipero Serra
Native chiefs who led during the Battle of Little Bighorn (2 names)
Who are Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
This program encouraged Native Americans to move off the reservations and into American cities
What is the Urban Relocation Program?
This type of western movie aims to show Native Americans in a positive light but still often only focus on white characters
What is a revisionist western?
This general led the US Army at the Battle of Little Big Horn
Who is General George Custer?