Native Americans
The Ghost Dance: The Indian Removal After the Civil War
Students read accounts by U.S. government agents and by Indians describing conditions in the West after the Civil War. The documents set the stage for understanding the religious revitalization movement (Ghost Dance) of the 1870s, its suppression by the U.S. government, and the tragic massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890.
83 p. Grades 8–12
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U.S. Indian Policy, 1815-1860: Removal to Reservations
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The cultural interaction between Euro-Americans and the original inhabitants constitute one of the most compelling and defining conundrums in American history. This teaching unit plumbs the depths of nineteenth-century ideology as it manifested itself in prevailing public attitudes, justifications for actions, and the formation of government policy. Opposing viewpoints are presented on the policy of Indian Removal as well as a variety of Native American responses, especially shifting attitudes among the Cherokees as their circumstances changed. The teaching unit concludes with an examination of the transition in U.S. policy from Indian Removal to concentrating the remaining eastern Indians on reservations. 73 p. Grades 8–12
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The Great Convergence: The Pueblo and Spaniards Meet
Drawing on a wide variety of primary and visual sources that represent differing perspectives, students explore the great convergence of Native Americans and Spaniards in the American Southwest. The unit introduces students to the indigenous Anasazi, the Spanish colonists, and the ensuing conflict of cultures culminating with the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. 76 p. Grades 5–11
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For this theme, see also:
Three Worlds Meet:
The Columbian Encounter and Its Legacy
Early Jamestown
A Society Knit as One:
The Puritans, Algonkians, and Roger Williams
William Penn's Peaceable Kingdom
Duel of Eagles: Conflicts in the Southwest, 1820-1848
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