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Nevada Issues GE465

Nevada Issues GE465. Unit 2 Native Americans and Mormons. Objective. Discuss the contributions to current day Nevada of the Native Americans and Mormons. Last Week. Nevada is the history of a struggle between man vs. man and man vs. the environment Nevada is an archeologically rich area

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Nevada Issues GE465

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  1. Nevada IssuesGE465 Unit 2 Native Americans and Mormons

  2. Objective • Discuss the contributions to current day Nevada of the Native Americans and Mormons

  3. Last Week • Nevada is the history of a struggle between man vs. man and man vs. the environment • Nevada is an archeologically rich area • Nevada is in an area known as the Great Basin • Anasazi were the first known inhabitants • Indian rock art – petroglyphs and pictographs • Spanish were the first Europeans • English and French came to the Southwest mainly for economic reasons……..? • Nevada in Spanish means………….?

  4. Last Week • Massive Westward migration beginning @ 1800 because of…..? • Famous Settler Parties • Bartleson-Bidwell 1841 – proved it could be done • Donner Party 1846 – this disaster put a temporary halt to westward migration until………..what happened?

  5. Native Americans in Present Day Nevada • Anasazi – advanced building dwellers. Most native tribes who came after were nomadic • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQoRHlmXZbA 9 min • Southern Paiutes – roamed in search of food and good weather (live in present day Las Vegas – think tobacco in downtown LV) • Raised crops from location to location • Traded with other settlers • Hunted small game

  6. Native Americans in Present Day Nevada • Shoshones – roamed in search for game animals for food and clothing • Did not plant or raise crops • Gathered edible plants • Still have problems with the American Government • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slcMNbgfpqk&feature=related 2 min

  7. Native Americans in Present Day Nevada • Northern Paiutes – were the peaceful of the tribes, often sharing their resources with settlers • Did not conduct wars of conquest • Creation Story • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c50nF7Qs1e0 3min

  8. Native Americans in Present Day Nevada • Washos – smallest of the tribes • Hunted, gathered, fished in Lake Tahoe • More acclimated to the mountain regions as opposed to the dry plains areas • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfEZO4HatH0 1 min • Mohave – were also home dwellers along the Colorado River • Excelled at agriculture • Think Fireworks off I-15

  9. Portrayal of Native Americans • Were Native Americans – Indians – portrayed fairly in Hollywood films? • Portrayal_of_Native_Americans_in_Film 1and 1half min copy.asf

  10. Indian Resistance • What were the reasons for wars between white settlers and Native Americans? • Indian_Resistance_in_the_Southwest3.5min copy.asf

  11. Different Approaches by Native Americans • There were different approaches by Native Americans to resisting whites • Sarah Winnimucca – peaceful • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYePqtlnhDc 3 min

  12. Different Approaches by Native Americans Wovoka – by any means necessary…Ghost Dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QePZjwU1Fc 3 min Massacre at Wounded Knee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC42z0cCf_U&feature=related 6 min

  13. Hatred of Mormons • “…the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State if necessary…” • Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs – 1838 • This extermination order resulted in the deaths of at least 60 Mormons as ell as the rapes of dozens of Mormon women and girls. • This extermination order was not repealed by the Missouri government until 1976!

  14. Hatred of Mormons • What reasons would cause apparently educated people to have opinions such as this? • Discuss……………… • Read Handout… A Brief History of Mormonism • Discuss……….class discussion on any personal knowledge/feelings about Mormonism

  15. Mormons in Early Nevada • Mormons were early visitors to northern Nevada • The first permanent settlement in Las Vegas is on LV Blvd. & Washington • old mormon fort.jpg • painting of fort.jpg • mormans in LV and wate r4min copy.asf

  16. Mormons in Early Nevada • The State of Deseret • State of Deseret copy.png • Reading……….

  17. Course Project • Think about project • Form Groups • Topic must be submitted to instructor by week 4……….this is week 2

  18. Unit 2 Writing Assignment 150-200 word essay that … answers the question, WHAT THREE CULTURES CLASHED in present day Nevada from 1850-1860 and why. See pages 57-71 in your textbook.

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