the indians came from asia in the stone age. the plains indians (in the middle west)
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The Indians came from Asia In the stone age
The plains Indians (In the middle West)
The quest for land had
started well.
Indians helped thePilgrim Fathers survive their first winter.
The Indian generosity is still celebrated on Thanksgiving Day
The whites offered Indians presents
In order to buy their confidence
Even though they couldn’t have survived their first winter without them,the whites considered and presented the Native Americans as bloodthirsty savages and pagans who had no cultural heritage, while in reality they had a lot of traditions …..
They saw God (Wakan Tanka)In all the elements of nature
They lived close to nature
sunmoon
trees
The bear dance,which was said to bring luck
The sweat lodge
To get rid of the toxins in the body
For purification
The sun dance
To atone for their sins
TEPEES
CLOTHES
TOOLS
FOOD
BOWS AND ARROWS
THEY DEPENDED ON THE BUFFALO TO LIVE
THEY NEEDED THE BUFFALO TO LIVE
Sitting Bull
Chief Joseph
Geronimo
Crazy Horse
Little Big Horn Custer was annihilatedIndian victory
The Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Sioux tribes battled against the settlers' encroachment on their territory in the 1860s and 1870s; this fighting was of a special ferocity on both sides. Among all the battles, the Battle of Little Bighorn gained mythic status: on June 25, 1876, much of the 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lt. Col. George A. Custer was wiped out by a combined force of Sioux and Cheyenne under Sioux chiefs, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Within a year, however, most of the Sioux and Cheyenne surrendered,
General Custer
Wounded Knee
Other Native Americans fought on—Chief Joseph and the Nez Percé in the late 1870s, Geronimo and the Apaches as late as the 1880s. The Indian wars ended with the massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on December 29, 1890, when Sioux warriors, women, and children were slaughtered by the US cavalry.
Indians were shut up in reservations and ruled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
How were Indians shown in westerns?
Bloodthirsty savages
Faithless pagans
Barbarians
Dustin Hoffman
Little big man
LITTLE BIG HORNIndian victory 1868
DANCES WITH WOLVES
KEVIN COSTNER
PURPOSE: TO REHABILITATE THE INDIAN PEOPLE
Massacre of the Washita river
integrated an Indian tribe
A white boy who
Lieutenant John Dunbar
Kicking Bird
Smoke signals
Sherman Alexie
(Phoenix Arizona)
Victor Joseph is a young Native American in his late teens who lives on a reservation. His father drank, beat him
occasionally, and left home when Victor Joseph was eight. As the film begins, word comes that the father has died.
With another boy from the reservation Victor Joseph journeys to Phoenix to retrieve his father's ashes and his truck. On the trip Victor Joseph learns about the life his father lead and comes to terms with his own identity. "Smoke Signals" is said to be the first film that was
written, directed and co-produced by Native Americans.
From reservation Indians to American citizens
1924 They were granted American citizenshipThey were allowed to leave the reservations
1934 President Roosevelt promised a New DealHe tried to end land-splitting ,to re-establish tribal council, and to reaffirm t he Indian culture
1948 Voting Rights
From 1954 to 1970, they were encouraged to leavethe reservations
But it was often difficult to adapt .
The rainbow coalition
All minorities together
A.I.M.
Alcatraz
The fight
Worked for a unification of all tribes
19731969
Sioux reservation
Navajo reservation
A Pow Wow
In a Navajo reservation
Sioux deerskin shirt
In some reservations : unemployment,poverty, alcoholism
Indian CasinoOn the « rez »
Today Native Americans still fight to have a better life, better opportunities on reservations,Better professional training and health care.They keep fighting for their rights