W3A Native American Group

Write a 525- to 700-word post answering the following:

Select an official Native American group (one on the official federal list). Specifically, answer these questions:

• Where are they located in the U.S. today?
• Were they forcibly removed from their ancestral lands? How?
• Do they have a reservation today?
• What is their legal standing with the U.S. government?
• How many enrolled members are there in the tribe?
• How is tribal membership defined?
• What form of government do they practice? Can both men and women be on the governing body?
• Do they have an official language other than English or Spanish? Is the language taught in Indian schools?

Make sure to use the readings in your answer-it is a requirement.

History of Native Americans and Immigrants to the US

• Native American languages. (2004). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures: The Midwest, n/a.
• Flower, R. (2010, November/December). Sharing a concern for Native Americans. FCNL Washington Newsletter, 745.
• Fur, G. (2014). Indians and immigrants -- Entangled histories. Journal of American Ethnic History, 33(3), 55-76.
• Gutierrez, L. (2014, August 30). Native Americans take a stand; Cultural misappropriation of headdresses, names, customs increasingly frowned upon. Times - Colonist, C.4.
• Lowrey, A. (2013, July 13). Pain on the reservation. New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast), B.1.
• Maxwell, L. A. (2013). Running in place in Indian country. Education Week, 33(13), 1-20.
• Nordin, K. D. (2002). Native American religion. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, 2, 607-608.
• Gonzales, A. A., & Stansbury, M. (2008). Native Americans. Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, 960-967.

Publications

• We Are All Americans, Pure and Simple : Theodore Roosevelt and the Myth of Americanism

Multimedia

• KMBC TV, (1989). Dancing in Moccasins: Keeping Native American Traditions Alive (49:30) [Video file]. Films on Demand.
• Mike Trinklein, (1992). The Indians (03:42) [Video file]. Films on Demand.
• PBS, (2005). The Proclamation of 1763 (02:11) [Video file]. Films on Demand.

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