History 3010 Fall 2004 MacKay
Weeks 11-12 Survival, Transformation, Resurgence
Rocky Boy Reservation, Montana, 1930s
Little Big Horn College, January 2, 1943
(See: Indian Peoples of the Northern Plains: http://libmuse.msu.montana.edu/epubs/nadb/)
Readings: American Nations, Parts IV and V: essays 10, 13 and 1 additional; Part VI
Also peruse at least one of the following:
A Blog about Carlisle Indian School
From the Southern Ute Tribe a site for teachers
The Hubbel Trading Post National Historic Site
From California Ste University, San Marcos, the Native American Documents Project
Photographs of the Occupation of Alcatraz
Academic Journal topic: In addition to comments on your reading (essays and Internet sites), describe one aspect of assimilation policies of the federal government, 1870s-1920s--allotments, boarding schools, denial of religious practices, leadership change.
Additional Internet Sites
The American Indian Policy Center , Minnesota, has a helpful summary of various eras in Tribal-U.S. relations: http://www.airpi.org/
From the On-Line Learning Center a chronology of events to 1933 "Schooling and American Indians ": http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072322764/student_view0/chapter7/timelines.html
From the Library of Congress, information about Indian boarding Schools: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/01/indian/
Indian Rights Activists
Helen Hunt Jackson: http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/jackson.html
Mary Austin: http://www2.tcu.edu/depts/prs/amwest/html/wl0359.html
Charles Lummis: http://www.charleslummis.com/indianrights.htm
Mabel Dodge Luhan: http://www.mabeldodgeluhan.com/
John Collier: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5058/
Indian Reorganization Act: http://www.infca.org/tribes/IRA.htm