Q and A

Choose 5 questions and answer them with my materials only

  

Dispossession

1- What is meant by “dispossession”?

2- What does and does not change in this process?

Forced Movements

1- Name three ways Native Americans were moved from their homeplace? 

Reservations

1- What was meant by, “kill the Indian, save the man”?

2- How was religion involved in reservations?

3- After being removed from their “spiritual homeplace”, how might this affect American Indian religion?

Christianity

1- Name one way Native Americans were “converted” to Christianity, and why they chose to do so? 

2- To some American Indians, what was missing in the Christian perspective or practices?

Two Faces of History

1- Name opposing views of the world between Native Americans and Europeans? Is this evident today?

Leading Figures

1- Describe a “leading figure” according to a Native American perspective. Give three examples. 

2- Who are the notable leaders we learn about in school? Why them? What do they often have in common?