Theory
Storytelling
Apess
Eastman
Miscellaneous
100
He identified three common theoretical approaches to American Indian literature, which he called “cosmopolitanism, indigenism, and nationalism."
Who is "Arnold Krupat"?
100
A type of tale that describes historic events.
What is "legend"?
100
The federal policy which compelled thousands of American Indians to migrate from the Eastern Woodlands to the Great Plains.
What is "Removal"?
100
Land set aside for an American Indian tribe.
What is "reservation"?
100
The effort to integrate American Indians into white society.
What is "assimilation"?
200
A theorist especially known for spending time in archives and libraries, looking for early American Indian authors.
Who is "Robert Dale Parker"?
200
The cultural region most often associated with potlatches, salmon, and totem poles.
What is the "Northwest Coast"?
200
The vivid description of William Apess’s suffering when he was beaten by his drunken grandmother is an example of ____________________.
What is "sentimental literature"?
200
Witnessed by Charles Alexander Eastman, this event involved the murder of more than 200 Sioux men, women, and children in 1890.
What is "Wounded Knee Massacre"?
200
Two animals often associated with the "trickster."
What is: *Blue Jay *Coyote *Rabbit *Raven *Spider (Iktomi) (any 2 are OK)
300
Identified "transformation" as a major theme in American Indian Literature.
Who is "Paula Gunn Allen"?
300
"Mud Diver" is an example of a ________ story.
What is "creation" story?
300
William Apess became a preacher for this church.
What is "Methodist"?
300
Type of high school typically attended by 19th/early 20th century American Indians.
What is "boarding school"?
300
1887 law which granted citizenship to American Indians who accepted individual parcels of land and agreed to "adopt habits of civilized life."
What is the "General Allotment" (or Dawes) Act?
400
An author who claimed that American Indian Literature "does not exist."
Who is "David Treuer"?
400
She taught the Sioux to use the sacred pipe.
Who is "White Buffalo Woman"?
400
A period in American History occuring in the 1790s-1820s when the relative limits of personal freedom and government authority were being discussed.
What is "Early National" period?
400
Charles Alexander Eastman's father was involved in this conflict, which resulted in the ejection of Sioux from Minnesota.
What is the "Dakota War"?
400
This boy's father promoted education as the American Indian's new "warpath."
Who is "Charles Alexander Eastman"?
500
Language, sacred history, place, and ceremony.
What is the "Peoplehood Matrix"?
500
A Tshimian tale which explains why there are summer and winter seasons.
What is "Meeting of the Wild Animals"?
500
Often used to repay debts, this type of labor contract forced people to labor for a specific number of years.
What is "indentured servitude"?
500
Two causes of the Wounded Knee Massacre.
What is: *Disputes over boundaries of the Sioux reservation *Exaggerated reports of Indian violence *Misunderstanding about the meaning of a religious ritual (any 2 are acceptable)
500
This founder of Carlisle Indian Industrial School and the American Indian boarding school movement was known as a "racial integrationist" in his day.
Who is "Richard Henry Pratt"?
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