Rethinking Race 2010: Native American Content
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Rethinking Race 2010: Native American Content
First encounter: two cultures
Descent into warfare
Native Americans were enslaved,
Exiled….under the Indian Removal Act of 1830
Assimilated in Indian Boarding Schools
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota
• 1.7 million acres• 30,000
Lakota Sioux• Established 1868
Pine Ridge Reservation…site of Wounded Knee Massacre 1890
Pine Ridge Reservation…site of Wounded Knee Standoff of 1973
Pine Ridge Reservation 2009
Pine Ridge – Shannon County, SD
• Unemployment around 80%.• Life expectancy: 48 for men, 52 for
women;• Infant mortality five times the
national rate;• Highest alcoholism rate in the
nation
(Source: Eagles Nest Center, Westfield WI)
A story in statisticsCensus 2000Total US
populationAll Native Americans
Selected tribes
Female head of household
%
11.8 20.7 30.7 (Sioux)
% with bachelor degree or
higher (age 25+)
24.4 11.5 6.9 (Navajo)
Median earnings -
male
$37,057 $28,919 $24,688 (Pueblo)
Median earnings -
female
$27,197 $22,834 $21,077 (Navajo)
Poverty rate % 12.4 25.7 38.9 (Sioux)
The mascot controversy
Other Native American topics (on resource list):
• World War II Code Talkers• Cross cultural nursing• Native Americans in film• Protection of graves• Native American authors• Native American law• Casinos• Native American myths
Ample opportunity to “weave” Native American content into your courses
Thank you!