Language
Hello in cherokee
Osiyo
This way of passing tradition, information, lessons, etc. is a big aspect of Native American culture and this class.
What is storytelling?
The forced removal of Native American communities from their homelands.
What is the Trail of Tears?
True or False: California issued a formal apology to Native Americans in 2004.
False. A formal apology was not issued until 2019.
Why were Native American Children being forced attend to school?
With the purpose of eliminating Native American traditions, spirituality, language, and culture as a whole.
Hau and Han
This act represents a sense of closeness and belonging and can be done to sweetgrass.
What is braiding?
This issue persists to this day in many Native American communities, and has its roots in the establishment of Residential Schools.
What is substance abuse?
The section of the joint resolution apology issued by Congress in 2009 left many Native Americans unsatisfied, and was mimicked by Layli Long Soldier in Whereas.
What is the disclaimer
Before it became known as Mount Rushmore, the Lakota called this granite formation __________.
Tunkasila Sakpe Paha or Six Grandfathers Mountain
hello or welcome in Inuktitut
Atelihai (ahh-tee-lee-hi)
The cultural identity of the Native American tribe that orginally lived in the Santa Barbara area.
What are Washington D.C. and Cleveland?
Who is Elizabeth Warren?
The Act of May 28, 1830 is also known as
The Indian Removal Act
Greeting in Navajo
Yá'át'ééh
This way of making Native American children more 'civilized' included cutting hair, removing clothing, and more.
What is "scrubbing" (or "disinfecting")?
In the 115th Congress (most recent) how many members were Native American?
2
Governor Gavin Newsom formed this group in order to investigate and accurately relay the history of Native Americans in California as part of Executive Order N - 15 - 19.
What is the Truth and Healing Council?
At first the narrator in Braiding Sweetgrass claimed “… tried to convince myself that their demise served a greater good” and “I’m bigger, I have the rake, so I win” while cleaning the pond. What was her ultimate conclusion on her relationship with the pond?
She concluded that their lives became entwined in ways both material and spiritual. It’s was a balance exchange; reciprocal; a mutualistic relationship.
This group of Native American tribes coined the phrase: "It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand"
Who are the Apache?
This image shows the effect of putting Indian children through boarding school, and how it put cultural distance between children and their parents.
What is Quewich and his Children?
This piece of legislation allowed Native American parents the opportunity to refuse the placement of their children in off-reservation schools.
What is the Indian Child Welfare Act (1978)?
Created by the UC system in April 2022, this program allows students native to California who are also enrolled in a federally recognized Native American tribe to attend any UC without paying tuition.
What is the Native American Opportunity Plan?
What year did legislators authorize the BIA to withhold rations, clothing and other annuity’s from families that refused to send their children to school?
1893 (will accept anything in the 1890s)