· Week 3 Written Response

Assignment

The assignment begins to examine the changing interactions between Europeans and Native populations. Please read each section of the assignment carefully and answer in full sentences using proper grammar. Be sure to completely document any sources used within the assignment.

Assignment 3: The assignment for this module contains two parts. Respond to both parts of this assignment on one Word document.

Part 1.

· Examine the depiction of King Philip’s War (Metacom’s War).

· Describe what advantages Native Americans might have had that are not depicted here?

Part 2:

· Read the text and “Civilizing” Native Peoples: American policies to remake tribal worlds.  https://www.nps.gov/articles/civilizing-native-people.htm

What did Thomas Jefferson want to accomplish with the “civilization program”? How did the “civilization program” threaten the culture and way of life of Native Americans and do you believe the program was successful?

· Week 4 Written Response

Assignment

The assignment wants you to have a better understanding of the process of removal by those living at the time and by the native population. Please read each section of the assignment carefully and answer in full sentences using proper grammar. Be sure to completely document any sources used within the assignment.

This assignment contains three parts. Carefully read the instructions and place your responses to all four parts on one Word document.

Part 1: After watching the Video (The Trail of Tears They Knew it Was Wrong) answer the following questions:

· What was the justification used by the government to move Native Americans off their land?

· What were the ways that the tribes affected attempted to fight removal?

· How did individuals at the time respond to the movement of Native Americans off their land?

Part 2: Routes taken

· Examine the map of routes taken by Native tribes https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/may28/indian-removal-act/

· Which tribe appears to have had the least difficult route to the Indian Reservations?

· Based on your examination of the map, why did some Cherokee first travel north before heading west to the Indian Reservations?

· Discovery: Click here or type https://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/usa-state-and-capital-map.html in your browser to locate a U.S. map that shows major cities

· Compare this map with the Native American Removal interactive map from this assignment.

· https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/may28/indian-removal-act/

Which major U.S. cities are located within the areas that are described as “Ceded Lands”?  Is there a relationship between the ceded areas and major cities? If not, why might these areas have been determined to be desirable? What problems can you think of that might have arisen due to the manner in which the Indian Reservation land was set up?

Part 3:

Answer the following questions: All answers must demonstrate a thorough understanding of the assigned reading chapters.

· What is the relationship between the production of cash crops and the designation of certain tribes as “civilized?”

· What tools did the Cherokee use to combat the State of Georgia’s attempts to rule over them and push them off their land? What was the result of the Cherokee’s efforts? Use the information from the NBC Learn video, “The Cherokee Nation v. Georgia,” found in the module as well as the textbook reading assignment to answer this question.

· What was the functional relationship between Seminoles and Black Seminoles? Provide a detailed explanation of how this relationship can be described as symbiotic?

· Week 5 Written Response

Assignment

Please read each section of the assignment carefully and answer in full sentences using proper grammar. Be sure to completely document any sources used within the assignment.

The assignment for this module contains three parts. Carefully read the instructions and place your responses to all three parts on one Word document.

Part 1:

After watching the Video (“Ishi: The Last of His Kind”) answer the following questions:

1. What events led to Ishi being the last survivor of his entire tribe?

2. What adjustments did Ishi need to make in order to live in a twentieth-century California city?

3. Why were researchers so interested in learning and writing down his language?

4. What valuable information other than language did Ishi provide for researchers that they would not have otherwise been able to obtain?

5. How does Ishi’s story refute Commissioner of Indian Affairs Dillon Myer’s statement that “Indians possessed no ‘legitimate culture’ of their own?” (First Americans, 524)

Part 2:

Why did the massacre of the buffalo herds precipitate the end of life for the Plains tribes as they knew it?

Part 3:

Examine the “Execution of Santee Sioux” image located in the “Seeing History” section of Chapter 9 (p. 302). Answer questions 1 and 2 from the book

· Week 6 Written Response

Assignment

Please read each section of the assignment carefully and answer in full sentences using proper grammar. Be sure to completely document any sources used within the assignment.

Part 1:

After watching the Video: “The Tragedy of Wounded Knee (The Ghost Dance)” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EdRT56WK7Q&t=43s) answer the following questions:

· Why was the Sioux Ghost Dance considered to be a form of rebellion?

· Why were the Sioux so anxious to believe in the host Dance?

Format: The essay should be 3 pages, Arial ,double spaced and 12-point font and all references cited.

Part 2:

Compose a descriptive paragraph on what life would be like on an Indian reservation in the late 1800’s.

Format: The essay should be 3 pages, Arial, double spaced and 12-point font and all references cited.

· Boarding School Essay

Assignment

Boarding School Essay (BS Essay): While utilizing the two quotes below, describe and evaluate the Indian Boarding Schools system and relate them to the information found in chapter 11 (p. 365-381) of First Americans. (Reading for Module 6 in addition to any additional reading, lecture and/or film material provided by the instructor.) The following quotes are from Henry Ward Beecher and Sitting Bull. Conduct simple internet research to learn about these men.

Then read the following quotes carefully and relate each quote to the mission and activities of the Indian boarding schools. In your answer be sure to discuss how Henry Ward Beecher and Sitting Bull’s beliefs and life experiences might have prompted them to issue these quotes. Format:

1. This essay should be 7 pages

2. Arial, double spaced and 12-point font

3. Completely document all sources used in the text

4. References cited page

5. Turnitin.com percent of match should be below 20%

· Week 7 Written Response

Assignment

Please read each section of the assignment carefully and answer in full sentences using proper grammar. Be sure to completely document any sources used within the assignment.

After reading the text and watching the video answer the following questions:

· View Video Native American Code Talkers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llkDsIrhY1Y&t=65s

· How did the participation of Native Americans in WWII change the identity of Native Americans and how they saw themselves, their history and culture?

· Describe how the general public viewed Native Americans and how did this change due to their participation in the war?

· Week 8 Written Response

Assignment

Please read each section of the assignment carefully and answer in full sentences using proper grammar. Be sure to completely document any sources used within the assignment.

Part 1:

After watching the video below, please answer the following questions.

“Our land, Our life” a https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ2N9-n-ka0

If you were asked to write a letter to the federal government on behalf of the Shoshone and the Dann sisters, how would you respond to what the federal government has done? In your response be sure to include if you agree with the stance the government is taking or question the continued assault on Native Americans, their land and their culture.