NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE

Christy King

Amanda Stevens

Rebecca Miller

Genesis Sleight-Price

Heather Murphrey

NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY

Demographics

4 million Native Americans living in the US (2003).

80% of mixed heritage in 2000

NATIVE AMERICAN DEMOGRAPHICS

The Cherokee origins:

Cherokee Indian relocation occurs during

1800’s

Cherokee largest tribal group in United States

CHEROKEE HISTORY

Cherokee origin of name

What the Cherokee originally called themselves.

Cherokee Nation preferred name

TRADITIONAL INDIAN EDUCATION

• Children were educated for the

responsibilities that they would

assume as adults.

BOARDING SCHOOL HISTORY

• Carlisle Boarding School located

Pennsylvania opened November 1, 1878

• 1930s most off-reservation boarding

schools were closed.

• Pratt’s Goal and Mission

BOARDING SCHOOL HISTORY

• boarding schools far away from

reservations

• official U.S. Government Indian policy

• Mandatory

• Churches involvement

LIFE AT A BOARDING SCHOOL

• Militaristic policies

• European religions forced upon

students

• Forbidden to display any part of their

culture

• shamed and humiliated

CHEROKEE EDUCATION

1821 - Sequoyah's Cherokee Syllabary

completed,

1851 - Cherokee male and female seminaries

open.

HOMELAND EDUCATION

1975 First Cherokee Tribal Council elected

Congress passes Indian Self-Determination and

Education Assistance Act.

1990 Native American Languages Act

www.studyworld.com/indian_removal_act_of_1830.htm

www.census.gov

www.powersource.com/nation/dates.html

www.kporterfield.com/aicttw/articles/boardingschool.html#section1

ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/nala.htm

CHEROKEE HISTORY

Introduction: What is a Diaspora?

Indian Removal Act of 1830

Trail of Tears-1838

Relocation by Arlene White

TRAIL OF TEARS

http://www.usm.maine.edu/maps/exhibit10/10-01.html

http://www.crystalinks.com/trailoftears.html

http://www.ngeorgia.com/history/nghisttt.html

http://www.wikipedia.com

CHEROKEE HISTORY

Group and Family Characteristics

Matrilineal

Social and Political Roles

Affect of U.S. government’s “civilization” plan

Affect of Oklahoma statehood

Raising the children

Assimilation and Mainstreaming

http://www.bbigorrin.org/cherokee_kids.htm

http://www.firstpeople.us/fpthtml_legends/cherokee_women-cherokee.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cherokee_clans

http://cherokeehistory.com

CHEROKEE RELIGION

Everyday life

Numbers

Symbols

Animals

http://www.cherokeebyblood.com/religion.htm

NATIVE AMERICAN LEARNING STYLES

“Humankind has not woven the web of life.

We are but one thread within it.

Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.

All things are bound together.

All things connect.”

~Chief Seattle

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/

c/chiefseatt104989.html

NATIVE AMERICAN LEARNING STYLES

• Visual

• Hands-on

• Relaxed atmosphere

• Problem solvers

• Focus on culture, tradition, community

http://jaie.asu.edu/v41/V41I3A2.pdf

http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9220/indian.htm

http://www.integratelearning.org/NA/nalearning.htm

LEARNING STYLES DEMONSTRATION

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AMANDA’S PATTERN

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HEATHER’S PATTERN

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