US Gov't & Indigenous History
In 1787, indigenous representatives attended an important convention to make sure this document created a clear process for treaties between native nations and the United States.
What is the Constitution?
This term can be defined as a two way agreement between the government and an individual; but it's really about recognizing your role and responsibilities within a community
What is Citizenship?
What is main threat to a variety of plants and animals on Earth?
human activity like mining and agriculture
One of the biggest efforts to reclaim indigenous culture has been to revive ______ and teach them along with English.
What are their native languages?
The areas of land the US government put aside for Native people are called _____.
What are reservations?
The name for the sad(!), long(!) walk in which US soldiers forced members of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole nations to walk over a thousand miles West from their homes.
Instead of a Bill of Rights, the Haudensaunee have this...
What is a Bill of Responsibilities?
These two beautiful flowers grow together in nature, and their beauty inspired Robin Wall Kimmerer (the author of Braiding Sweetgrass) to study botany.
What are asters and goldenrod?
These people are the holders of tradition and cultural knowledge in most indigenous communities.
Who are women?
(Also accept elders, because they are mentioned frequently)
One of the biggest ways the US government implemented its forced assimilation policy is by putting Native children in these.
What are boarding schools?
The name of this 1830 law signed by Andrew Jackson allowing the US government to make treaties with Native Nations to leave their homes and move further West is also the name of the overall policy of the US government across most of the 1800s. (Think- GET OUT)
What is the Indian Removal Act?
The right of indigenous nations to set their own rules and govern themselves is known as...
Tribal Sovereignty (or self determination)
Indigenous people maintain large land areas with high ________ (lots of species of plants and animals together in the same place) which are critical to sustaining the climate
What is biodiversity?
What is oral storytelling?
The belief that God wanted the United States/European settlers to spread across the continent has this "fated" name
What is manifest destiny?
The Treaty of Fort Laramie promised the Sioux they would remain in control of this sacred land.
Too bad the US Government ignored it a few years later when they realized how valuable the land was :(
What are the Black Hills?
An indigenous person in the United States is a citizen of these THREE governments.
What are:
1.federal/national US
2. State
3. Tribal/their native nation
Explain one reason that indigenous communities are so successful at conservation.
MoMa will decide:
(Relevant Excerpt from Article below):
These communities have long histories with their lands, which have provided food and supplies in a very direct way. “When you understand the potential uses and the values of hundreds of living things, you see a forest differently,” he says. Social norms and rules can also help communities regulate their natural resources. “It’s about seeing the land not only from the perspective of just farming,” Brondízio notes. “Indigenous people look at the function of land and consider what is important to keep in terms of connectivity. They ask how different habitats can be managed to complement each other.
These colorful gatherings are common across indigenous cultures and include ceremonial costumes, dance, food and music.
(Patricia talks about them in the video)
What are Powwows?
Name 2 ways the US government attacked Native American traditions in the 1800s.
MoMa will determine if answers are correct, relevant paragraph copied below
forbid dances and feasts, many of which were central to Native religious practices. The following year it became illegal for Native Americans to actively promote Indian beliefs or participate in traditional ceremonies. The punishment for disobeying this law was 30 days in prison. The Bureau of Indian Affairs went on to deny rations (food or other assistance) to American Indian men who refused to cut their hair or wore face paint.
As part of the policy of assimilation, this law authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals.
What is the Dawes Act?
Many indigenous nations governments operate largely using a group with this name, who holds general meetings and makes new laws.
What is a counsel/tribal counsel?
Why is canoe carving such an important tradition?
because it gave them access to all the resources of the area
Name two of the benefits of the effort to revitalize native languages discussed in the article.
Not only does reviving languages offer benefits to personal identity and community and physical health, it is also critical for maintaining linguistic diversity, which adds to the psychological health of society at large, linguists say.
Geary emphasizes the ways her tribe's values can be understood through the language.
The Haudenosauee Creation Story describes when _____(this person) fell to ________(this place)