This visual metaphor illustrates the layers of identity, showing what’s visible and what lies beneath the surface.
What is the Iceberg?
A system of discrimination based on race, often upheld by power and institutions.
What is Racism?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, guaranteeing personal freedoms and rights.
What are the Bill of Rights?
These conflicts between Native tribes and the U.S. government often resulted in forced land cessions.
What are the American Indian Wars?
This historic city is known for its Freedom Trail and famous baked beans, is also his birth place
These perspectives include Anthropological, Historical, Economic, and more, guiding the study of Ethnic Studies.
What are the lenses of Ethnic Studies?
Shared values, language, and traditions are part of these defining features of human societies.
What are the Six Components of Culture?
This foundational document outlines the structure and powers of the U.S. government.
What is the US Constitution?
These areas all across North America, define the cultural attributes of many different groups of Native Americans
What are the 10 Cultural Zones?
What is Navy or Grey Blue?
Gender, race, and socioeconomic status are examples of these key aspects of identity.
What are the Big 10 Identities?
This discipline studies human societies, cultures, and their development.
What is Anthropology?
This system determines the winner of U.S. presidential elections, often debated for its fairness.
This figure, also known as the "Ancient One" directly linked the DNA of contemporary Native Americans to the first peoples in the Americas
Who is Kennewick Man?
This nationality connects Mr. Ferreira to a European country famous for its explorers.
What is Portuguese?
This term refers to how individuals define themselves in relation to groups they belong to.
What is Social Identity?
This identity marker refers to shared ancestry, culture, and sometimes language
What is Ethnicity?
This system ensures no branch of government becomes too powerful.
What are Checks & Balances?
This law put into place by the US government split Native Americans lands in favor of smaller farming land allotments to encourage farming and assimilation
What is the Dawes Severalty Act?
This MLB sports team is considered to be his favorite
Who are the Boston Red Sox?
This concept highlights how overlapping identities can create unique experiences of privilege or oppression.
What is Intersectionality?
This refers to the way that cultures behave in the real word, including the way it is learned, shared, and dynamic
What are the six characteristics of Culture?
Freedoms and protections granted to individuals, such as speech and religion, are known as these.
What are Civil Liberties?
This policy aimed to erase Native culture and integrate Indigenous peoples into American society.
What is Assimilation?
Mr. Ferreira attending and graduated from this school in 2021
What is Western Washington University?