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Who does Jackson hate more than me & my neck hair?!?

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THE NATIVE AMERICAN PROBLEM

So, How does the US handle the Native Problem?Check this outits totally ridiculous how L O N G it takes!(and what whites do to the Natives!)1790-1970

1890-1920s Assimilation Make the Indian white Didnt work! Because whites did not want it to

1960s Civil Rights Act Natives given more authority to govern themselves Relationship = govt to govt

1790-1970NAs in AMERICA1860-1880s RESERVATION POLICYSet aside land for Nativesbest civilized thereBuffalo huntsEvery dead buffalo = dead NativeOklahoma1887 DAWES ACT Americanize Natives Distributes reservation land to individual owners Natives didnt believe in ownership

Sovereignty ActSays any tribe that can write a constitution, will be treated as its own country/nation

Holsten Act: Treated as Independent & FREE: Treaties negotiated with Natives their free BUT Major battles over land in the West whites want CREAM INDIAN REMOVAL ACT (Trail of Tears)Pres Jackson20,000 natives forced from landRemoved by armed guards from GA800 miles in winter = 4,000 died

1924 Native CitizenshipThey lived here for 600 yrs & finally they can call themselves citizens

1940s END of Federal Aid Wind Talkers help win WWII Govt takes away $

1890-1920s Assimilation Make the Indian white Didnt work!

1960s Civil Rights Act Natives given more authority to govern themselves Relationship = govt to govt

1790-1970NAs in AMERICA1860-1880s RESERVATION POLICYSet aside land for Nativesbest civilized thereBuffalo huntsEvery dead buffalo = dead NativeOklahoma1887 DAWES ACT Americanize Natives Distributes reservation land to individual owners Natives didnt believe in ownership

Sovereignty ActSays any tribe that can write a constitution, will be treated as its own country/nation

Holsten Act: Treated as Independent & FREE: Treaties negotiated with Natives their free BUT Major battles over land in the West whites want CREAM INDIAN REMOVAL ACT (Trail of Tears)Pres Jackson20,000 natives forced from landRemoved by armed guards from GA800 miles in winter = 4,000 died

1924 Native CitizenshipThey lived here for 600 yrs & finally they can call themselves citizens

1940s END of Federal Aid Wind Talkers help win WWII Govt takes away $

On the paper Im about to give you I would like you to re-create each of the events we just talked about VISUALLY (i.e.: draw them).

Label what it is & put a W if its better for Whites & a N if its better for natives for each

Use the same format as your notes Be creative!

YOUR TASK:Using what you have learned in class, you are to create 2 historically appropriate bumper stickers 1 - about Jackson

1 about the Native Americans experience in America

Read the directions to help you fulfill the requirements for each bumper sticker!

Think about thisAll men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness-tj

Where do we find this quotation?Does this apply to all people? Which groups does it historically NOT include?WHICH EVENT DO YOU THINK WAS THE MOST HARSH ON NATIVES?Weve talked about Shady JacksonWhat are some of his nicknames?What did he LOVE to do?Who can he be compared to today?What are some lies he told?What did he cause the South to want to do?What is he MOST known for?

He made us want to leave the Union! We wont for awhileBut now were thinking about it!-John C. Calhoun

PsIm Creepy & have MAD neck hair!

1890-1920s 1960s

1790-1970NAs in AMERICA1860-1880s 1887

1924

1940s

1890-1920s _____________ Make the Indian _______ Didnt work!

1960s Civil Rights Act Natives given more authority to ___________ themselves Relationship = ______ to govt

17____-19____NAs in AMERICA1860-1880s RESERVATION POLICYSet aside land for Nativesbest civilized there__________ huntsEvery dead ______ = dead ______________________1887 DAWES ACT ______________ Natives Distributes reservation land to individual owners Natives didnt believe in ________________

______________ActSays any tribe that can write a _____________, will Be treated as its own ____________/nation

Holsten Act: Treated as Independent & ______: _________ negotiated with Natives their free BUT Major battles over land in the West whites want __________ INDIAN __________ ACT (Trail of _________)Pres Jackson___,000 natives forced from landRemoved by armed guards from GA800 miles in winter = __,000 died

1924 Native CitizenshipThey lived here for ____ yrs & finally they can call themselves ___________

1940s END of Federal Aid Wind Talkers help win ______ Govt takes away __