Erasing a Culture
Government used math/fractions to define “Indianness.”
What is Blood Quantum
Gave the U.S. control of California and ended the
Mexican American war. Native people lost a lot of their
land due to this treaty because they weren’t included in it. This gave U.S. control over tribal lands.
What is the 1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Karuk story teaches us that the world was formed by . . .
What is cooperation between beings
This broke up communal tribal lands into individual “allotments” to promote assimilation and destroy tribal governance.
What is the Dawes Act
What are the 4 stereotypes the U.S. media and literature created for Natives?
What are Roaming Indian; Child-like Indian; Wild / Dancing Indian; and Redskin/Warrior Mascot.
Forced assimilation; punished language and traditions.
What is Boarding Schools
This devastated Native communities when gold was discovered in California - thousands of settlers rushed west. Native lands were invaded, food sources, destroyed, and violence increased. Native people were killed and pushed off their land. Diseases also spread, lowering Native populations even further.
The Gold Rush greatly damaged Native life in California.
What is the 1849 – Gold Rush
Maidu creation story teach us that trickery teach us. . .
What is humility
These were created as containment systems—many first functioned as numbered prison camps
What are reservations.
Mascot names like what come from bounty scalp payments (think of a sports team)?
What is "Redskins."
Urban migration program meant to erase tribal connections.
Relocation
This was granted to all Native Americans. It gave all Native Americans legal U.S. citizenship. However, many Native people couldn't vote nor did they have equal rights or fair treatment.
What is 1924 – U.S. Citizenship
The Lakota Iktomi teaches us that . . .
What is fire is a gift and responsibility for the people.
The main goal was “theft of native lands” and the Relocation of Native people off reservations into urban areas.
What are "Terminations".
Who were stereotyped as being barbaric and in need of a leader?
What are Native Americans.
Media portrayal that defines Natives as the “other.”
Stereotypes / Othering
Sparked modern Native activism in San Francisco Bay. Brought attention to broken treaties and the government’s failure to support Native communities. A turning point in modern Native rights movements
What is 1969 – Occupation of Alcatraz Island
Indigenous Ways of Knowing are passed down by Native communities through . . .
What is stories, traditions,
and lived experience in their homeland.
Why did the U.S. government encouraged intermarriage?
What is to “blend away” Native identity → blood fractions shrink each generation. Erasure by math.
What "Laws" take away the culture of Native Americans?
What are Blood Laws.
Indigenous people reclaiming language, land, and identity.
Decolonization
The system created by Spanish colonizers
that forced Native people into missions,
changing their way of life and often
causing suffering.
What is Missionization
Why do Indigenous stories matter for
understanding history and culture?
They inspire bravery, encourage people to stand up for themselves and keep persevering.
This program moved Indigenous families to urban centers (L.A., Chicago, Denver etc.) to “assimilate” them.
What is the Relocation Program.
What made Native people the “Other” — either invisible or visible?