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=** The West and Native Americans **=


 * __Ideas on and of the West__**

“The Myth of the Frontier: Progress or Lost Freedom” by John Mack Faragher Arthur Unobskey Professor of American History and Director, Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders, Yale University - __ [] __

Pick **__ONE__** of the options below to enrich your understanding of US – Native affairs after 1850.
 * __Assignment on Native Americans in Recent Memory__**

__**1. Carlisle**__ Read **__one__** of the following, comparing it to the PBS video, LEP and Bailey. a) Wikipedia’s account is typical in its presentation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle_Indian_Industrial_Schoolb|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle_Indian_Industrial_School

b) “On Sacred Ground: Commemorating Survival and Loss at the Carlisle Indian School” by Stephanie Anderson, May, 2000: a breezy overview with numerous nice, brief surveys of important topics and some moving personal testimonies. http://www.wordsasweapons.com/indianschool.htm

c) “Carlisle Indian Industrial School History” by Barbara Landis: an account that possesses a level of sympathy and examples of positive experiences at Carlisle, see… (It is a little longer, so feel free to stop at the description of the cemetery. []

d) “A Painful Remembrance” by Mary Annette Pember, November 28, 2007: A short, somewhat angry account that reflects modern terminology and academic consideration http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/printer_10281.shtml

2. Wounded Knee and the American Indian Movement. Describe and make sense of the late 1960s to the present. Read A or B below. a) On the 1960s and 1970s - LEP 1065-1067 AND " Healing Old Wounds - An Indian woman's murder goes to trial--too many years later"  // By Angie Cannon, // Posted 12/14/03 -  []

b) On the Centennial of Wounded Knee [] http://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/23/weekinreview/the-nation-the-violent-debate-over-tribal-sovereignty.html?scp=11&sq=%22wounded%20Knee%22%20+%201990&st=cse

3. Mascots and cultural memory. Extend the thinking on mascots and cultural appropriation with ONE of the following a) Florida’s Seminole Tribe Buys Hard Rock Cafes and Casinos MICHAEL J. de la MERCED, December 8, 2006 []

b) “Florida State Can Keep Its Seminoles”, by Robert Andrew Powell, August 24, 2005 []

c) Bonding Over a Mascot []

d) In Twist, Tribe Fights for College Nickname – Monica Davey, 12/08/09 [] (extended column from the author of the Upfront article)

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