For Friday: Read the wikipedia article on the Sand Creek Massacre. As you read, consider the following questions for a discussion on Friday.
1. Why did the Sand Creek Massacre occur?
2. What does this tell you about the nature of Anglo-Indian conflict in the West?
3. What does it tell you about the nature of ethnic conflict through history and in the present?
You might also view the brief documentary segments below:
For Tuesday, 1/24; Anglo-Indian Conflict in the Trans-Mississippi Westl: Read 594-604.
Anglo-Indian Conflict in the West:
1. After reading the handout write a brief reflection on the Sand Creek Massacre. Why do you think this happened? Could it happen today in the United States? Does the Massacre inform you in any way about your world today?
2. What was the relationship between the Plains Indians and the buffalo?
3. Was there always conflict on the Plains between whites and Indians? Why was there eventual conflict between the two?
4. Why did the Sioux go to war with the United States in 1876? What was the result? Why did the Sioux and other tribes eventually loose to the United States?
5. What was the Dawes Severalty Act? Who supported it and why? What was the effect on the tribes and on their land?
6. What was the Ghost Dance? Why did Indians follow this new religion? Why is Wounded Knee significant?
7. What was the overall effect of reservations on Indian society and culture?
Know the significance of the following:
Sand Creek Massacre; Red Cloud; Crazy Horse; Sitting Bull; Col. George Armstrong Custer; Battle of Little Big Horn, 1876; “Custer’s Last Stand”; Geronimo; Chief Joseph; Dawes Severalty Act, 1887; Ghost Dance; Wounded Knee, 1890
1. Why did the Sand Creek Massacre occur?
2. What does this tell you about the nature of Anglo-Indian conflict in the West?
3. What does it tell you about the nature of ethnic conflict through history and in the present?
You might also view the brief documentary segments below:
For Tuesday, 1/24; Anglo-Indian Conflict in the Trans-Mississippi Westl: Read 594-604.
Anglo-Indian Conflict in the West:
1. After reading the handout write a brief reflection on the Sand Creek Massacre. Why do you think this happened? Could it happen today in the United States? Does the Massacre inform you in any way about your world today?
2. What was the relationship between the Plains Indians and the buffalo?
3. Was there always conflict on the Plains between whites and Indians? Why was there eventual conflict between the two?
4. Why did the Sioux go to war with the United States in 1876? What was the result? Why did the Sioux and other tribes eventually loose to the United States?
5. What was the Dawes Severalty Act? Who supported it and why? What was the effect on the tribes and on their land?
6. What was the Ghost Dance? Why did Indians follow this new religion? Why is Wounded Knee significant?
7. What was the overall effect of reservations on Indian society and culture?
Know the significance of the following:
Sand Creek Massacre; Red Cloud; Crazy Horse; Sitting Bull; Col. George Armstrong Custer; Battle of Little Big Horn, 1876; “Custer’s Last Stand”; Geronimo; Chief Joseph; Dawes Severalty Act, 1887; Ghost Dance; Wounded Knee, 1890
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