1 / 30

Native Americans

Native Americans. Karen Hamilton, Tammie Sinnes and Tracey Yurechko. Curriculum Issues to Avoid. The "Tourist Curriculum"  Indian Headdress and dancing because they have sacred origins. Objectifying Indians---don't equate them to "things" Ten Little Indians counting song

betsy
Download Presentation

Native Americans

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Native Americans Karen Hamilton, Tammie Sinnes and Tracey Yurechko

  2. Curriculum Issues to Avoid • The "Tourist Curriculum" •  Indian Headdress and dancing because they have sacred origins. • Objectifying Indians---don't equate them to "things" • Ten Little Indians counting song • A is for Apple  I is for Indian • Referring to Native Americans in the past tense only.

  3. Marketing images such as these may seem harmless, but they are yet another obstacle for Native Americans to present themselves as people, not cartoons.

  4. These images perpetuate clumsy, often insulting stereotypes, one of the worst offenders is Crazy Horse Beer.

  5.                  DEFINITIONA Native American or Alaskan Native is a person having origins in the original peoples of North America, and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.They are the poorest, least educated, most neglected minority group in the US with the lowest family incomes, highest rates of unemployment, and considerable welfare dependence.

  6.                    ORIGINS • TRIBAL MYTHS AND LEGENDS • PHOENICIAN SAILERS • LOST TRIBES OF ISREAL • LAND BRIDGE

  7.        Native Americans are not one                 Cultural Group     562 federally recognized tribes 365 state recognized tribes 250 different Indian languages 1% of the U.S. Population

  8. When Columbus arrived there were approximately 10 million                             Native Americans NORTHEAST                 FISHERS AND HUNTERS SOUTHEAST                 FARMERS AND HUNTERS PLAINS                           FARMERS,FISHERS, AND HUNTERS SOUTHWEST                 FARMERS AND SHEEP HERDERS CALIFORNIA COAST     SEED GATHERERS NORTHWEST COAST    FISHERS SUBARCTIC                    FISHERS AND HUNTERS

  9.                         Trade with the Europeans • Foreign diseases • Starvation  • Extermination 

  10.   CONTRIBUTIONS a.Food:   42% of food eaten over the world is derived from Native-Americans. b.Modern Warfare:  Stress strategy and technique more than technology. c.Naming of North America:  Over 2,000 English words were taken from                                                                         Native-Americans languages. d.Objects:  Provided parkas, moccasins and spears. e.Philosophy:  Never give up, even against overwhelming odds. f.Medicines:  Over 60 known medicines, such as aspirin, came from the Native-                                            Americans.

  11. Media images are powerful.  Most Americans rarely see "Indians" anywhere but on screen.  The savage heathen who plunders, overpowers and tortures the innocent. The savage sinner who is misunderstood, but well-meaning; a savage who gives up his life for a new and better world.  The "Indian" who is the first ecologist, crying over the destruction of the universe.  The noble savage, the faithful Tonto-like companion.

  12. How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native Americans

  13. These media stereotypes profoundly affect contemporary American Indian policy and Native American self-image. • The film Indian is pervasive, and no Native American community can escape the impact of the stereotypes created.  • Society's stereotypes are reinforced because the movie images are consistently repeated.  There are "good Indians and bad Indians" but few "real Indians"  who have • individuality • humanity • families • lead real lives that differ from other "Indians" • 500 tribes are reduced to these 2 basic molds.

  14. If our knowledge were limited to movie portrayals, there would appear to be few if any living Native Americans.  "Indian Films" are almost always set in earlier historic times, usually the 1700s and 1800s. The movie Indian is the Indian of frontier wars; of a dying people.

  15. Native American filmmakers are producing film and videos that portray Native Americans in real-world situations using "real Indians" to play realistic parts.  American Indian Registry of the Performing Arts (LA) The Institute for American Indian Art (Santa Fe)

  16. Characters placed in modern times are rare, but do exist: • Some examples of comic book characters are • Forge • Street Wolf • Turok the dinosaur hunter • Thunderbird • Echo • The Native superheroes Dawnstar & Scout are set in the future which shows cultural continuance beyond the Old West.

  17. The 1998  movie Smoke Signals is the first to be written, directed, and co-produced by Native Americans.

  18. Common expressions that perpetuate stereotypes: "Geronimo!"         "Montezuma's Revenge" "Ten Little Indians" counting song  "You're acting like a bunch of wild Indians." "Don't be an Indian giver." "Sit in a circle Indian style." "Let's have a pow-wow." "Low man on the totem pole."  *

  19. Tribal Privileges • Tribes Posses the rights: • to form their own government to enforce laws  •  Civil • Crimial • Establish Tax • Membership requirements • License and regulate activities • Zoning • Exclude people from Tribes

  20. Indian Tribes are sovereign nations, ideally these tribes should be treated the same as other countries in order to be  truly sovereign.

  21. Current Issues facing Native Americans

  22. Foxwood Casino

  23. Casinos • 1987 Cabazon Band of Mision Indians v. Califlronia • Operate gaming facilities freee of state regulations • $500 Million Industry • 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory • "Reservation Shopping" • Burea of Indian Affairs(BIA) • $100 Million 1988 to $16.7 Billion in 2006 • 200 of the 562 federally recognized tribes

  24. Legal Issues

  25. Self-Determination Issues • Religious Freedom • Use of peyton • Eagle feathers • Land Rights • Selling • Casinos • Waste/Water • Establishing tribal status • right to label arts and crafts • Some tribal nations have been unable to establish their heritage and obtain federal recognition.

  26. Indian vs Native American http://www.vdare.com/yeagley/indian.htm

  27. What does this all mean for us as teachers?  • American Indian culture expects children’s positive behavior patterns to be internally regulated.  • Learning styles of Native American children is one of visual and mental representations. • Cooperation and Collaboration is highly valued • Discipline is often internal and self regulated • Reflection is valued • Awareness is key! 

  28. Bibliography • http://www.nativeamericans.com/ • http://www.nativeamericans.com/NativeAmericanImages6. • http://www.nativeamericans.com/Culture.htm • http://www.cabrillo.edu/~crsmith/anth7_hist1.html • http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/history/united_states/1700s_through_1800s/ • http://www.gordon.army.mil/eoo/native.htm • http://www.ericdigests.org/1996-4/native.htm • http://hanksville.org/sand/site.html • http://knol.google.com/k/gabriel-a/alcoholism-in-american-indians-and/19vllx9kbgw1s/2?domain=knol.google.com&locale=en# • http://www.nativepeoples.com/article/articles/174/1/COYOTE-GOES-HOLLYWOOD • http://nmai.si.edu/

  29. Bibliography • http://www.youtube.com • www.nativechild.com/resources • www.narf.org • www.answers.com/topic/native-american-rights • http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4052/is_200410/au_b9521256

More Related