Stevens Treaties
What is the name of the governor who made the stevens treaties in Washington Territory?
Governor Isaac E. Stevens
what were the fish wars?
When Natives fought for their fishing rights
What was the name of the judge who made the Boldt Decision?
George Boldt
What is the name of the first Native American Boarding School in the united states?
The Carlisle Indian Industrial School
true or false: the impacts of boarding schools are still experienced by Native Americans today
True
What year were most of the Stevens treaties created?
1855
What is the name of the famous Native American Activist who fought back in the Fish Wars?
Billy Frank Jr.
true or false: Washington state immediately complied with the Boldt Decision
false
What was the name of the person who started the Native Boarding Schools and said, "Kill the Indian to Save the Man?"
Richard Pratt
What is a reason that the stevens treaties were unfair?
Language barrier, forced into signing them, burned their villages, took a LOT of land, never fully paid them the amount they were owed
What was a main reason that the US wanted to make treaties with the Native Americans?
To get their land for settlers and to build a railroad
What is the name of the specific treaty that said Natives retained their right to hunt and fish "at their usual and accustomed grounds"?
The Point no Point Treaty
What year was the Boldt Decision made?
1974
How many students did Carlisle enroll by the time it closed?
10,500
Instead of allowing students to go home for the summer, what did boarding schools have Native American children do over breaks?
Work and live with white settlers to learn to assimilate
Natives moved to Reservations, fish wars, boarding schools were set up, Natives became impoverished
What are 3 ways Natives fought for their rights during the fish wars?
Got media attention, staged fish-ins, protested in the street, bombed bridges, sued Washington State
What did the Boldt Decision say?
What year did the forced attendance of boarding schools off-reservation in the US finally end?
1978
How many times was Billy Frank Jr. arrested?
50 times
List all 9 stevens treaties
Medicine Creek, Point Elliot, Neah Bay, Hellgate, Walla Walla, Blackfoot, Yakamas, Nez Perce, Quinault
list the four simple truths about the fish wars
Native nations signed treaties ceding lands, states violated treaties, native nations took action to fight back, racism played a role
What is the name of the fishing group that the Natives banded together to create after the Boldt Decision?
The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Name 3 ways the boarding schools were unfair to Native Americans
Loss of language, loss of clothes, cutting the hair of boys, didn't let them go home, separation from families, poor treatment, sickness at the schools without treatment, western burials, physical abuse
What year did Carlisle Boarding school open?
1879