IDENTITY QUEST🔍
This visual metaphor illustrates the layers of identity, showing what’s visible and what lies beneath the surface
What is an Iceberg?
A system of discrimination based on race, often upheld by power & institutions
What is Racism?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, guaranteeing personal freedoms and rights
What are the Bill of Rights?
This legal concept recognizes tribes as self-governing entities within the U.S
What is Tribal Sovereignty?
The university located in the Pacific Northwest where Mr. Ferreira attended for his degree in History & Social Stuides
What is Western Washington University?
The disciplines including History, Anthropology, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Environmental Science, & Politics that guide the study of Ethnic Studies
What are the 7 lenses?
Traditions, Art, Beliefs, Language, Artifacts, & Social Norms are aspects of this
What is Culture?
This document, influenced by the Classical Era, Enlightenment, English Politics, & the Haudenosaunee, outlines the American government
What is the US Constitution?
This controversial project saw it's construction through Standing Rock Sioux sacred burial & cultural sites despite protests from Native Americans
What is the Dakota Access Pipeline?
This historic city is known for its Freedom Trail & famous baked beans is his birthplace
What is Boston?
This term refers to how individuals define themselves in relation to groups they belong to
What is Social Identity?
This discipline studies human societies, cultures, and their development
What is Anthropology?
Often debated for its fairness, this system determines the winner of U.S. presidential elections through votes proportional to state populations
What is the Electoral College?
This group known for its occupations of Alcatraz & the Mount Rushmore in protest, was created by two Ojibwa men in the 1960's
What is the American Indian Movement?
This specific classic color is Mr. Ferreira’s favorite
What is Navy Blue?
Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Nationality, & Socioeconomic Status are all examples of these key aspects of identity
What are the Big 10 Identities?
This identity marker refers to shared ancestry, culture, and sometimes language
What is Ethnicity?
Systems in place to maintain equality among branches of government & to prevent power accumulating in a singular entity
What are Checks & Balances?
This U.S. president advanced policies to restore Native lands and strengthen tribal rights
Who is Richard Nixon?
This nationality connects Mr. Ferreira to a European country famous for its explorers.
What is Portuguese?
Coined by Kimberle Crenshaw, this concept highlights how overlapping identities can create unique experiences of privilege or oppression
What is Intersectionality?
A lack of fairness and justice within systems that impact marginalized groups
What is Inequity?
Freedoms & protections granted to individuals, such as speech & religion, are known as these
What are Civil Liberties?
The Indian Citizenship Act, Dawes Severalty Act, & Boarding Schools were tactics used by the US government to do this to Native Americans
What is Assimilation?
Mr. Ferreira's favorite MLB team
Who are the Boston Red Sox?