American Indian Landscapes
Where
do Indians live in the Unites States? See a
county-based map and a map of Indian reservations.
Watch the expansion of white settlement across the USA: the spread
of counties, spread
of states, and the spread of
population. Listen to Buffy Sainte-Marie
sing what
happened to the Indians.Explore various aspects
of Native American cultures and the
interaction with the invading European cultures that created the distinctive
cultural landscapes of the American Indians:
1) original Indian cultural areas and
2) U.S. Indian Government Policies and their Impact
on Reservation Landscapes [table]
Read what the
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs said
at the 175th anniversary of the establishment of the Bureau.
Examine the
spatial
expansion of U.S. land hegemony and the retreat
of Indian lands.
| Great Plains Indians: | Southwest Indians: | |
South Dakota
reservations |
Mesa Verde National Park
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| Eastern Woodland Indians: | Taos
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agriculture
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Wisconsin reservations
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Hopi
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Navajo
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| West Coast Indians: California |
Pueblo Indians |
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Additional option materials:
1)
Indian casinos in California and
in Connecticut
2) Law suit about the BIA's mismanagement of the
Individual Indian Money accounts
3) A useful web site:
Native
Americans. For other Indian sites, search Google.com.
4) Read about Cheyenne River reservation in
South Dakota and "buffalo tourism."
5) Read how syphilis actually spread from
the "New World" to the "Old World."
In
ITALY’S 2008 general election, voters in the north of the country were greeted
by posters showing a Native American chief in feathered headdress (photo on the
left)).
The caption read: “They suffered immigration, now they live on reservations.”
The posters were the work of the Northern League, a regionalist grouping that
blames immigrants and globalization for many of Italy’s ills. The party struck a
chord: it almost doubled its share of the vote.
Optional: Read an article about Indians and treaty arrangements in Canada.
