Category: Native-American Studies

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?

Week 4 Written Response

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?

How did European trade goods affect Native Americans’ lives? Was the acquisition of these trade goods worth Native Americans’ changing their lifestyles?

Answer the following questions in paragraph form (2 pages). Consider in your answer the Saint Leo Core Values of Respect, Community, and Responsible Stewardship.

How did European trade goods affect Native Americans’ lives? Was the acquisition of these trade goods worth Native Americans’ changing their lifestyles?

What goods or devices in modern society have we adopted in modern society that have made our lives easier, but have also caused harm to ourselves or to our environment?

What does the proliferation of these Native American-related team names and mascots say about Americans’ perceptions of Native Americans?

After viewing the video (Massacre at Mystic) answer the following questions:

What was the justification given for the Massacre of the Pequot Natives by the British?

How did this massacre change the way the war was conducted with Native Americans by Europeans from this point forward?

What does the proliferation of these Native American-related team names and mascots say about Americans’ perceptions of Native Americans?

Are there certain parts of the country where these Native American team names and mascots are more prevalent than others? Why or why not?

What does the government have to do as a result of the decision? Perhaps change regulations?…or resist? or pass on to the Indigenous people the rights to deal with the issue?

Case study: Guerin v. The Queen, Supreme Court of Canada, 1984

What action(s) took place that were the main cause for the situation?
Summarize the decision of the court. Do you consider the decision fair or unfair and explain why?

Discuss and interpret the effects that the decision(s) have on the following: –>1) natural resource and land management in relation to a) private-sector companies, b) government , c) the mainstream public, d) Indigenous people and –>2) individuals and their rights in relation to a) government,

b) the mainstream public and c) Indigenous people.
Rather than having a decision made by a judicial court, what other means of dialogue could have been employed with similar or dissimilar outcomes? Are there any current examples of this particular type of dialogue in use?
There is much room in this court case to address the inherent questions in the assigned essay. Explore the possibilities. The following is some clarification of where one might go.

What does the government have to do as a result of the decision? Perhaps change regulations?…or resist? or pass on to the Indigenous people the rights to deal with the issue?

Mainstream public …will they be hostile to do the decision? ……accepting?…agreeable?

Indigenous people will use the decision to pursue whatever? continue the argument?…use it as a template for other cases?

How do you see a biblical worldview informing this organization’s efforts?

Organizational Help for Poverty of The Native American Communities

Global Social Responsibility Paper:
ONE specific organization that is meeting an underdevelopment need such as the poverty with the Native American Indians
Critique the organization’s efforts by describing the theory of underdevelopment that seems to
drive the organization’s philosophy,
as well as the theory of development that
drives the organization’s strategy.
How do you see a biblical worldview informing this organization’s efforts?

Discuss the effects of this person’s activities on communities and individual people, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.How might their current or recent activities affect Indigenous people worldwide? …Indigenous people in Canada? ….Indigenous people locally?

Location of birth, growing up where, current residence;

Ancestry and current Indigenous designation;

In what ways does colonization appear to have affected this person, e.g. dispossession, displacement, residential school, poverty, inter-generational trauma, racism, etc.

Discuss career,/ involvement with society/ nature of contribution.

Discuss the effects of this person’s activities on communities and individual people, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.

How might their current or recent activities affect Indigenous people worldwide? …Indigenous people in Canada? ….Indigenous people locally?

How might their activities affect non-Indigenous people worldwide? …non-Indigenous people in Canada….non-Indigenous people locally?

Compare and contrast this person’s contemporary activities to what they would probably have experienced in Canada: a) prior to 1900; b) in the 1930-1960 period in Canada and c) in the current environment of 2021.

As Indigenous people are experiencing historical trauma as a result of that relationship, how has colonialism impacted other Canadians?

Historical Trauma and Historical Privilege

For this essay, you will demonstrate a sound understanding of historical trauma, discuss the history and impact of historical trauma on Indigenous peoples in Canada as well as a few strategies developed to address it. You will also address the other side of colonialism. Colonialism is, among other things, a relationship between the colonized and the colonizer.

As Indigenous people are experiencing historical trauma as a result of that relationship, how has colonialism impacted other Canadians? If you choose to challenge the reading below, you need to find an alternative analysis with supporting evidence.

Borelli, Belinda, Helen Moewaka Barnes and Tim McCreanor. “Conceptualising historical privilege: the flip side of historical trauma, a brief examination.” AlterNative 14, 1 (2017): 25-34