Journal 8/18
Do you agree or disagree with this statement:
Native Americans are discriminated against in modern
American society and most Americans think there is nothing
wrong with it.
Columbus; “The people of the Indies”
1492 Sent by ________
to find a: The Arawak
people: To return the
favor he:
John Smith and Pocahontas
JS is leader of: Pocah. is _________
to Chief Powhatan Pocah. Saves his
life. This is controversial b/c:
To repay them JS:
First Thanksgiving Plymouth in
________________ William Bradford
and the colonists: Wampanoags
help colonists: Next corn harvest
was so great that: King Philip’s War:
Indian policy: Past and Present
The Jacksonian Era: Indian Removal Act
forced the “____ _________ ______” to “Indian Territory” in modern day __________
The Cherokee will not leave; they even take the matter to court where:
US gov’t signs the “fake treaty” which was:
The Trail of Tears:
Indian policy: Past and Present Europeans have
policy of manifest destiny which means:
Many misunderstandings about land Native Americans
believed: Settlers believed:
Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre Colorado (1864) Cheyenne raid: Army offers
amnesty: Leader __________: Colonel Chivington:
Many Americans are ________
Chivington is never __________
Indian Wars: Little Bighorn
Sioux raid: Gov’t orders
Sioux to: Sioux ________ Custer____________
the Sioux and his men are __________
Sioux victory is:
Indian Wars: Wounded Knee
Sioux leader: Gov’t orders Sioux to:
One young Sioux: There is a __________, the gun_______, fighting
_______. 300 Sioux killed;: Some Sioux are chased: Again, Americans are:
James Forsyth: 15 men are:
Indian Wars: The Dawes Act
Purpose is to: Breaks up: Makes Native
Americans: Natives received: Even if the land would
grow crops most Natives could not afford ________or_______.
Journal 8/20
Turn to pg 246 in the US history text. Read about the Indian Removal Act and answer the following:
1 Why did president Jackson remove the Indians?
2 Where did they go?3 Why were these tribe referred to as ‘civilized’?4 If Worcester v Georgia ruled against relocation
why did the Cherokee have to leave?5 Why is the Trail of Tears so named?
Life on the Rez: Why do they exist?
US gov’t opens ___________b/c: Whites wanted: Americanization:
This is used instead of:
Thought Natives would be:
The Bureau of Indian Affairs:
Life on the Rez: Life today. 530,000 Native
Americans on 557 reservations in 33 states = <2% of land
Gov’t decides: _______________is 30%;
of the remaining 70% 1/3 make < _________ a year.
As of 2000, of the poorest 10 counties in the country #s 1,2,4,5,6,7 and 10 were:
Life on the Rez: Sovereignty?
Bureau of Indian Affairs is created to:
Final decisions about Rez policy is up to _________ Must pay:
1) 2) 3) 4) State tax is paid if:
1. C. Columbus came to the new world in 1492; who sponsored his voyage, (1pt)?
2. On his trip home Columbus took aprox. 50 ______ back for the king and queen, (1pt).
3. Give me 3 facts about Pocahontas, (3 pts).
4. Clear up 2 misconceptions about the John Smith, Pocahontas story, (2 pts).
5. Tell me 3 things about the first Thanksgiving, (3 pts).
6. Define Manifest Destiny as it pertains to settlers “Indian Policy” (1 pt)
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