History 3010    Fall 2004    MacKay

Week 8

The Navajo Long Walk http://members.tripod.com/~bloodhound/longwalk.htm

Maps of the Long Walk: http://reta.nmsu.edu/modules/longwalk/lesson/maps/longwalk.swf

Readings: American Nations: essays

 1, 2, 3

From U.S. News an article about the myth of Custer's Last Stand: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/doubleissue/mysteries/custer.htm

Academic Journal topic: These essays are in a section titled "Agency Amid Conquest." How do each of the authors show Natives coping with conquest?

Internet Resources:

From the Council of Indian Nations, a short history of Southwest Natives: http://www.cinprograms.org/history/1845topresent.html

Fort Sumner State Monument: http://www.forttours.com/pages/tocfsumn.asp

From the National Archives, information about teaching the Sioux Treaties: http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/sioux_treaty_1868/sioux_treaty_1868.html

The Lummi Nation: http://www.lummi-nsn.org/