Week+6

Week 6
Mon Sept 25 to Fri Oct 2

Introduction
This week we will investigate some aspects of Native American life and upbringing. Luther Standing Bear introduces us to the Indian Boarding Schools, and the damage they did to Native American culture. We then look at modern writer's experience of American schooling, followed by a look at Sweezy and Bass to investigate life on the Great Plains before and after the coming of the white man.

Textbook Readings
Standing Bear pg 598 Alexie pg 626 Sweezy and Bass pg 430 look at these [|pictures] to get a sense of the kind of life Plains Indians lived before reservations. [|Plains Indians] -1865 -1900 from white officer wives' perspective

Webquest
No webquest this week, but investigate the suppplementary and online readings.

Online Readings
Carlyle Indian School - [|link] and [|More] here View this visual [|exhibit] about schooling

Supplementary Reading
View these canadian [|webpages] to see how Canada dealt with the 'Indian Problem"

Typical EXAM QUESTIONS

1. According to our readings and web quests, what laws, practices and events shaped Native American communities over the last 100 or so years? 2. Compare and contrast 'traditional' education with the boarding school experience for Native American Indians. 3. Explain how the American government obtained title to Indian land during the 19th and 20th centuries. Make reference to laws and practices. 4. Examine how today's Native Americans view the last 500 years, citing examples from poems, stories or studies that we have read in class or web quest materials you have developed. The idea of an individual author is problematic for Indian writers. Explain why citing examples from class readings and web quests