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Chapter 8

Chapter 8. American Indians. Symbol – American Indian Woman. Symbol – American Indian Man. SAA 8.2 What do you know about American Indians?. Sports team mascots and logos pay tribute to their place in history All who enroll get a monthly check from the government

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Chapter 8

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  1. Chapter 8 American Indians

  2. Symbol – American Indian Woman

  3. Symbol – American Indian Man

  4. SAA 8.2 What do you know about American Indians? • Sports team mascots and logos pay tribute to their place in history • All who enroll get a monthly check from the government • Population is decreasing rapidly • Have been on continent nearly 5,000 years • Were great mathematicians & architects

  5. What do you know (cont)? • U.S. always accorded Indian nations the rights of independent nations • Tribal system was run by warrior-chiefs • Basic worldview: all things in natural world are connected • Planning tends to be short-range and in-the-moment • Key value: maintaining lifelong relationships

  6. Myths & Stereotypes Myth #1. Vanishing relics of the past—redskin savages, warriors, squaws • Expanding population. • Younger, faster-growing than total American population • terms offensive to most American Indians • perpetuate media stereotypes Myth #2. Sports-team mascots & logos honor American Indians’ place in history • Mock and trivialize American Indian culture. • Not accurate representations of American Indians

  7. Myths & Stereotypes Myth #3. Indian theme programs pay homage to American Indian traditions • Who controls how a culture is displayed and perceived? • Distilling a complex culture into superficial images • Encouraging stereotypes Myth #4: Lazy and won’t work Myth #5: An expert on Indian lore

  8. American Indian Demographics • Mainland population - almost 1 percent • Mainland and Alaskan - 1.5 percent • One of youngest ethnic groups • Household income= $32,100 • All Americans = $42,200 • Poverty rate = 26% • All Americans = 10% • Number of Tribes = 558 • Largest tribes: Cherokee and Navajo

  9. Most populous: California Oklahoma Arizona % of Population 15% (628,000) 10% (392,000) 7% (293,000) States where they live: all states

  10. American Indian Worldview • Nature: Live in harmony, preserve human-nature balance • Who We Are: A stable people, build homes, identify with land • Role of Tradition: Conservative, remember the past • Knowledge is holistic: Focus on the whole first, parts second web of life means all is connected, related • Truth is relative: Many possible truths, grounded in experience, which evolves, is multi-dimensional • Holistic Worldview - Experience and relate to a living universe web of life where humans must participate • Time: Multi-focus, nature’s cycles

  11. American Indian Values • Education: For wisdom in the “why” of things • Planning: Consider decision’s impact on 7th generation Future, present equally important & greater than past • Expressing Self: Doing first, then becoming, then being • Relationships: Collectivist sharing, helping relatives comes first lifelong relationships are common • Use of Space - People more important than privacy Borrow and lend things often and easily

  12. American Indian Contributions • Architecture unexcelled • Astronomy - calendar extremely accurate • Math - used the zero before Arabs, Europeans • Languages 500 to 1,000 spoken in No. America more than in all of “Old World” • Agriculture – world’s greatest farmers, pharmacists Their plants now feed much of world, allowed population expansion • Medical system - far superior to European systems Natural pharmaceuticals, sanitation, surgery, other Made possible many modern medicines, drugs • Political system - primary model for the U.S. democratic political system in turn influenced U.N. and the world • 30,000 years of living in the Americas

  13. Skill Builder Cases 8.1. To Cut or Not to Cut 8.2 Matt, a Chippewa Clerk

  14. Teams • Select a reporter (rotate this over time) • Report: write names of team members • Take notes • Report highlights to class • Turn in notes to professor – don’t put in stack of homework

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