SOCIAL
THE COMPLETION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD REDUCED TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST COASTS OF THE US FROM THIS TO THIS.
WHAT IS 6 MONTHS TO UNDER 2 WEEKS?
THIS ACT AUTHORIZED PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND TO CONFISCATE (STEAL) AND REDISTRIBUTE NATIVE LANDS IN THE WEST IN ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO AMERICANIZE NATIVES
WHAT IS THE DAWES ACT OF 1887?
RECOGNIZING TRIBAL NATIONS, RETURNING LAND, PROTECTING UNMARKED BURIAL SITES, BANNING THE USE OF NATIVE AMERICAN NAMES AND MASCOTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WHAT ARE WAYS NYS IS ATTEMPTING TO RIGHT THE WRONGS THEY PARTICIPATED IN AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS?
NYS NOW RECOGNIZES TRIBAL NATIONS AS THIS TYPE OF ENTITY, EACH WITH ITS OWN LAWS, CUSTOMS, AND FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
WHAT IS SOVEREIGN?
THIS RESULTED IN A DISRUPTION OF TRADITIONS BEING PASSED ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS, A LOSS OF CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE, THE WEAKENING OF TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITY COHESION
WHAT IS THE SUPPRESSION OF NATIVE LANGUAGES AND CULTURAL PRACTICES?
THROUGH THIS ACT, PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON IGNORED SUPREME COURT RULINGS AND FORCED INDIGINOUS PEOPLE TO MOVE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
WHAT IS THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT?
WESTERN EXPANSION CAUSED GREAT THIS BETWEEN THE US AND NATIVE AMERICANS, WHO WERE EXPECTED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMELANDS TO MAKE ROOM FOR WHITE SETTLERS
WHAT IS CONFLICT?
DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION, PRESIDENT FDR SUPPORTED THIS ACT, WHICH AUTHORIZED A "NEW DEAL" FOR NA, ALLOWING THEM TO ORGANIZE THEIR OWN GOVERNMENTS, AS WELL AS ENDIN THE LAND ALLOTMENTS CREATED BY THE DAWES ACT
WHAT IS THE INDIAN REORGANIZATION ACT?
THIS RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT PROMISED TO RESTORE BISON HERDS AND PROTECT NATIVE AMERICANS FROM TEH BULLETS OF US SOLIDERS AND SETTLERS
WHAT IS THE GHOST DANCE?
THE GOAL OF THE MANDATORY BOARDING SCHOOL POLICY, AS STATED BY RICHARD HENRY PRATT, FOUNDER OF THE CARLISLE INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
WHAT IS "KILL THE INDIAN, SAVE THE MAN."?
THE TRIBAL NATION OF NEW YORK STATE
WHAT ARE THE HAUDENOUSAUNEE OR IROQUOIS NATIONS?
THESE SMALL TRACTS OF LAND WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR (FORCIBLY) DISPLACED NATIVE AMERICANS
WHAT ARE RESERVATIONS?
SIOUX, CHEYENNE, ARAPAHO, APACHE, COMANCHE, NAVAJO, AND NEZ PERCE
WHO ARE THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES THAT RESISTED WESTWARD EXPANSION?
BANNING OF NATIVE LANGUAGE, CUTTING HAIR, GIVING OF ENGLISH NAMES, BURNING OF NATIVE CLOTHES
TO DESTROY THE SOCIAL COHESION OF INDIAN TRIBES AND ELIMINATE WHAT WAS LEFT OF NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE DAWES ACT?
AS RESOURCES WERE TRANSPORTED MORE QUICKLY, DEMAND FOR PRODUCTS INCREASED, RESULTING IN THE US ECONOMY DOING THIS
WHAT IS EXPANDING?
THIS LEADER AND TRIBE FLED THEIR HOMELANDS, TRAVELLING NEARLY 1700 MILES TO SEEK REFUGE IN CANADA BEFORE FAMOUSLY SAYING UPON THEIR SURRENDER, "FROM WHERE THE SUN NOW STANDS, I WILL FIGHT NO MORE FOREVER."
WHO ARE CHIEF JOSEPH AND THE NEZ PERCE?
A SERIES OF WARS BETWEEN THE US AND THE SIOUX (NOT A SINGLE TRIBE, BUT AN ALLIANCE OF TRIBES), DRIVEN BY ENCROACHMENT OF WHITES ON NATIVE LANDS AND THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN THE BLACK HILLS, A SIOUX SACRED AREA
WHAT ARE THE SIOUX WARS?
THE FORCED AND INVOLUNTARY TREK OF 100,000 NATIVE AMERICANS, DURING WHICH UP TO 25,000 PERISHED IS KNOWN AS THIS
WHAT IS THE "TRAIL OF TEARS"?
IN THE BOARDING SCHOOLS, NATIVE SPIRITUAL PRACTICES WERE AGGRESSIVELY REPLACED WITH THIS RELIGION
WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?
THESE TRAVELERS OF THE RAILROAD, DECIMATED HERDS OF BISON THAT NATIVE AMERICANS USED FOR FOOD AND CLOTHING
WHO ARE HUNTERS?
THE BELIEF THAT THE US IS DESTINED BY GOD TO EXPAND ITS LAND AND SPREAD DEMOCRACY AND CAPITALISM ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA
WHAT IS MANIFEST DESTINY?
LED BY THESE CHIEFS, THE SIOUX AND CHEYENNE FAMOUSLY DEFEATED THE US MILITARY IN THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN, AKA CUSTER'S LAST STAND
WHO ARE SITTING BULL AND CRAZY HORSE?
WHEN ATTEMPTS TO BAN THE GHOST DANCE FAILED, MORE THAN 300 SIOUX WERE KILLED AT THE SITE OF THIS SPECIFIC BODY OF WATER, WHICH LENDS ITS NAME TO THE NOTABLE BATTLE THAT MARKED THE END OF INDIAN RESISTANCE
WHAT IS WOUNDED KNEE CREEK?
MANDATORY BOARDING SCHOOLS FOR NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN EXISTED TO ENSURE THEY DID THIS, AS THE US GOVERNMENT FELT IT WAS CHEAPER THAN CONTINUED WARS
WHAT IS ASSIMILATE?