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Indians and US History
Native American Indians and U.S. History - some fundamentals
Terminology -
Native American, Native American Indian, American Indian, Indian, Indigenous Peoples
Myths and Themes
Myths Themes
1. Pan-Indianism 1. Diversity
2. “Noble Savage” 2. Complexity
3. Environmental Indian 3. Adapt and Alter Environment
4. Vanishing Indian 4. Persistence
Richard White's “middle ground” thesis
Representative Indigenous (Native American) Groups:
Southwest - Anasazi, Pueblo, Navajo, Hopi, Apache
Latin America - Maya, Aztec, Inca
Eastern Woodlands - Iroquois (Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca), Huron
Southeastern - “Five Civilized Tribes” (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole)
Mound Builders - Hopewell
Desert West, California, Northwest and Northwest Coast - Ute, Shoshone, Nez Perce, Kwakiutl
Plains Indians - Lakota (Sioux), Pawnee, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Mandan, Crow, Comanche
Native American Indians and U.S. History
Pre-contact (Pre-Columbian) ?-1492
Settlement and Unsettlement, 1492-1760s (Columbian Exchange, Pequot War, Pueblo Revolt)
Imperialism, Revolution and Civil War, 1760s-1860s (French/Indian War, AmRev, Iroquois League)
Indian Wars, 1860-1890 (Battle of the Little Bighorn, Nez Perce, Wounded Knee Massacre)
Allotment, 1887 (Assimilation)
U.S. Citizenship, 1924
Indian Re-Organization Act, 1934 (Self-determination)
Termination, 1950s (Assimilation)
Self-Determination, 1960s-present (Occupation of Alcatraz, Pine Ridge Reservation)
Native American Indians and Hollywood
1950s Westerns
Last of the Mohicans
Dances With Wolves
Black Robe
Dead Man
Thunderheart
Smoke Signals
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