native americans
native americans
Discover native american tribes
Do some researches on the Internet and: a) Place the names of the tribes in the boxes. b) Place the regions on the lines.
Iroquois
Nez Percé
Blackfoot
Navajo
Well done !
Cherokee
Hopi
Cheyenne
Apache
Sioux
Great Plains
Plateau
Eastern Woodland
Subarctic
Southeast
Great Basin
Southwest
Northwest coast
California
a culture close to the nature
Life on the prairies
The buffalo and the Sioux
We Sioux have a close relationship to the buffalo. He is our brother. We have many legends of buffalo changing themselves into men. [...] The buffalo gave us everything, without it, we were nothing. [...] The name of the greatest of all Sioux was Tatanka Ikokate - Sitting Bull. When you killed off the buffalo, you also killed the Indian -the real, natural 'wild' Indian. Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions, John Lame Deer & Richard Erdoes (1972)
In the winter, Native Americans lived in the safety of their village homes but in summer, they chased buffalo herds across the prairies of the Great Plains of North America. They were very respectful of the environment: buffaloes were hunted not only for their meat, but also for their hides or skins, for their hair, their horns, etc. Some historians estimate that over 70 different items were made from the buffalo.
Choose one of the texts and fill in the blanks.
a culture close to the nature
tail
Discover the elements of the buffalo.
horns
hooves
skin / hide
tongue
hair
stomach
Well done !
beard
reasons to go west
Look at the pictures and guess the 3 reasons why white people decided to go west, on Native American lands.
Well done !
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|fur trade|fur trading|hunt|hunting
|buy lands for cheap|buy lands cheaply|buying lands cheaply|buying lands for cheap|obtain lands cheaply|have lands cheaply|having lands for cheap
|gold rush|dig for gold|digging for gold
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reasons to go west
Jefferson's mission
Read and complete the information:
|1803|eighteen o three
After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, Thomas Jefferson commissioned his private secretary Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lewis'close friend Lieutenant William Clark to form the Corps of Discovery. The primary objectives of this group were to explore and map the new territory and try to find a northwest passage: a water route linking the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Jefferson hoped they would find: "the most direct and practicable water communication across this continent for the purposes of commerce." In addition to studying plants, animal life and geography and listing all the natural resources, Jefferson wanted the expedition to establish an American presence in this area and to set up trade and diplomatic relations with local Indian tribes. In Spetember 1806, the expedition returned to St Louis to report their findings and information to Jefferson.
Year when the mission started:
|Lewis
The name of the Captain Thomas Jefferson sent.
|close friends|close friend
The relationship between Lewis and Clark.
|explore and map the new territory
Primary objectives of the expedition:
|find a northwest passage
|study plants|studying plants| studying animal life|study animal life|study geography|studying geography
|study plants|studying plants| studying animal life|study animal life|study geography|studying geography
|study plants|studying plants| studying animal life|study animal life|study geography|studying geography
Other objectives:
|list natural resources|listing natural resources
|establish an American presence|establish an American presence in this area|set up trade and diplomatic relations with local Indian tribes|set up diplomatic relations with Indian tribes
|1806|eighteen o six
Source: New Meeting Point 2ndes p.117
Year when the expedition returned to St Louis:
Phonology
-ion rule : Listen to the following words and draw some conclusions about the pronunciation.
expedition ¤ condition ¤ information ¤ expansion ¤ mission ¤ communication ¤ representation ¤ evolution ¤ commission
expedition ¤ condition ¤ information ¤ expansion ¤ mission ¤ communication ¤ representation ¤ evolution ¤ commission
Conclusion:
18
American Progress by John Gast, 1872
a) Click on the link and place the elements correctly.
b) Point out the contrast between the western and the eastern part. What does it reveal?
c) Link this idea with the title.
d) Describe the central character and explain what she symbolizes.
20
consequences of whites' presence
Watch the video and complete the activity on Quiziniere before going to the next step.
consequences of whites' presence
Look at the two pictures and compare.
bloody fights
a) Identify the characters.
b) Identify the context (dates, places).
c) Identify the major actions.
18
bloody fights
Cultural Fact
The Wounded Knee Massacre took place on December 29, 1890, when U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. Tensions had risen due to U.S. policies like forced relocation. In 1973, Wounded Knee became the focus of national attention again: the American Indian Movement occupied the site to protest mistreatment. Wounded Knee remains a symbol of Native American struggles. Despite its significance, it is not recognised as a national landmark.
Describe the painting and relate it to the Cultural Fact.
Wounded Knee Massacre by Oscar Howe (1955-56)
The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle — and to some, desecration. The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived. For some, the four presidents carved in the hill are not without negative symbolism. The Sioux have never had much luck dealing with white men.
In the Treaty of 1868, the U.S. government promised the Sioux territory that included the Black Hills in perpetuity. Perpetuity lasted only until gold was found in the mountains and prospectors migrated there in the 1870s. The federal government then forced the Sioux to relinquish the Black Hills portion of their reservation. (...) In 1927, (...) a white man living in Connecticut came into the Black Hills and dynamited and drilled the faces of four white men onto Mount Rushmore. At the outset of the project, Gutzon Borglum had persuaded South Dakota state historian Doane Robinson the presidents would give the work national significance, rejecting Robinson's initial suggestion that the sculpture honor the West's greatest heroes, both Native Americans and pioneers. The insult of Rushmore to some Sioux is at least three-fold:
1. It was built on land the government took from them.
2. The Black Hills in particular are considered sacred ground.
3.The monument celebrates the European settlers who killed so many Native Americans and appropriated their land. To counter the white faces of Rushmore, in 1939 Sioux Chief Henry Standing Bear invited sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, who worked briefly at Rushmore, to carve a memorial to the Sioux nation in the Black Hills. (...) The statue, envisioned as a freestanding sculpture of the great Sioux chief Crazy Horse, will be much larger than any of the Rushmore figures. Korczak Ziolkowski died in 1982, but his family continues to work on this awesome undertaking; Crazy Horse's face was completed and dedicated in 1998. Although the subject of this work addresses one aspect of Rushmore's offenses, the land is still considered Sioux property, and the mountain that the Ziolkowskis are carving is still sacred. The Crazy Horse monument is not without its own dissenters and critics.
reclaiming their culture today
A revival of their identity #RockYourMocs
Rock Your Mocs began at the other end of the country – in New Mexico – in 2010, as a single-day event to coincide with Native American Heritage Month. Founder Jaylyn Atsye created the event as an opportunity for Native peoples across the country to express solidarity and embrace their identities by wearing moccasins.
Mount Rushmore (pbs.org)
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- fur = fourrure
- trade = commerce
- hunt = chasse(r)
- dig for gold = creuser pour trouver de l'or
- gold rush = la ruée vers l'or
- cheap = bon marché
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Your Mission
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- ... while ...
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a) Explain what 1968 Treaty guarantee. b) Explain what changed in 1970s. c) Give some details about Borglum's and Robinson's projects. Was the initial plan respected? d) Say why the Sioux considered this project an insult. e) Explain what Chief Standing Bear decided to do in 1939.
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native americans
native americans
Discover native american tribes
Do some researches on the Internet and: a) Place the names of the tribes in the boxes. b) Place the regions on the lines.
Iroquois
Nez Percé
Blackfoot
Navajo
Well done !
Cherokee
Hopi
Cheyenne
Apache
Sioux
Great Plains
Plateau
Eastern Woodland
Subarctic
Southeast
Great Basin
Southwest
Northwest coast
California
a culture close to the nature
Life on the prairies
The buffalo and the Sioux
We Sioux have a close relationship to the buffalo. He is our brother. We have many legends of buffalo changing themselves into men. [...] The buffalo gave us everything, without it, we were nothing. [...] The name of the greatest of all Sioux was Tatanka Ikokate - Sitting Bull. When you killed off the buffalo, you also killed the Indian -the real, natural 'wild' Indian. Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions, John Lame Deer & Richard Erdoes (1972)
In the winter, Native Americans lived in the safety of their village homes but in summer, they chased buffalo herds across the prairies of the Great Plains of North America. They were very respectful of the environment: buffaloes were hunted not only for their meat, but also for their hides or skins, for their hair, their horns, etc. Some historians estimate that over 70 different items were made from the buffalo.
Choose one of the texts and fill in the blanks.
a culture close to the nature
tail
Discover the elements of the buffalo.
horns
hooves
skin / hide
tongue
hair
stomach
Well done !
beard
reasons to go west
Look at the pictures and guess the 3 reasons why white people decided to go west, on Native American lands.
Well done !
Try again !
|fur trade|fur trading|hunt|hunting
|buy lands for cheap|buy lands cheaply|buying lands cheaply|buying lands for cheap|obtain lands cheaply|have lands cheaply|having lands for cheap
|gold rush|dig for gold|digging for gold
Well done !
Try again !
reasons to go west
Jefferson's mission
Read and complete the information:
|1803|eighteen o three
After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, Thomas Jefferson commissioned his private secretary Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lewis'close friend Lieutenant William Clark to form the Corps of Discovery. The primary objectives of this group were to explore and map the new territory and try to find a northwest passage: a water route linking the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Jefferson hoped they would find: "the most direct and practicable water communication across this continent for the purposes of commerce." In addition to studying plants, animal life and geography and listing all the natural resources, Jefferson wanted the expedition to establish an American presence in this area and to set up trade and diplomatic relations with local Indian tribes. In Spetember 1806, the expedition returned to St Louis to report their findings and information to Jefferson.
Year when the mission started:
|Lewis
The name of the Captain Thomas Jefferson sent.
|close friends|close friend
The relationship between Lewis and Clark.
|explore and map the new territory
Primary objectives of the expedition:
|find a northwest passage
|study plants|studying plants| studying animal life|study animal life|study geography|studying geography
|study plants|studying plants| studying animal life|study animal life|study geography|studying geography
|study plants|studying plants| studying animal life|study animal life|study geography|studying geography
Other objectives:
|list natural resources|listing natural resources
|establish an American presence|establish an American presence in this area|set up trade and diplomatic relations with local Indian tribes|set up diplomatic relations with Indian tribes
|1806|eighteen o six
Source: New Meeting Point 2ndes p.117
Year when the expedition returned to St Louis:
Phonology
-ion rule : Listen to the following words and draw some conclusions about the pronunciation.
expedition ¤ condition ¤ information ¤ expansion ¤ mission ¤ communication ¤ representation ¤ evolution ¤ commission
expedition ¤ condition ¤ information ¤ expansion ¤ mission ¤ communication ¤ representation ¤ evolution ¤ commission
Conclusion:
18
American Progress by John Gast, 1872
a) Click on the link and place the elements correctly.
b) Point out the contrast between the western and the eastern part. What does it reveal?
c) Link this idea with the title.
d) Describe the central character and explain what she symbolizes.
20
consequences of whites' presence
Watch the video and complete the activity on Quiziniere before going to the next step.
consequences of whites' presence
Look at the two pictures and compare.
bloody fights
a) Identify the characters.
b) Identify the context (dates, places).
c) Identify the major actions.
18
bloody fights
Cultural Fact
The Wounded Knee Massacre took place on December 29, 1890, when U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of Lakota Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. Tensions had risen due to U.S. policies like forced relocation. In 1973, Wounded Knee became the focus of national attention again: the American Indian Movement occupied the site to protest mistreatment. Wounded Knee remains a symbol of Native American struggles. Despite its significance, it is not recognised as a national landmark.
Describe the painting and relate it to the Cultural Fact.
Wounded Knee Massacre by Oscar Howe (1955-56)
The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle — and to some, desecration. The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived. For some, the four presidents carved in the hill are not without negative symbolism. The Sioux have never had much luck dealing with white men. In the Treaty of 1868, the U.S. government promised the Sioux territory that included the Black Hills in perpetuity. Perpetuity lasted only until gold was found in the mountains and prospectors migrated there in the 1870s. The federal government then forced the Sioux to relinquish the Black Hills portion of their reservation. (...) In 1927, (...) a white man living in Connecticut came into the Black Hills and dynamited and drilled the faces of four white men onto Mount Rushmore. At the outset of the project, Gutzon Borglum had persuaded South Dakota state historian Doane Robinson the presidents would give the work national significance, rejecting Robinson's initial suggestion that the sculpture honor the West's greatest heroes, both Native Americans and pioneers. The insult of Rushmore to some Sioux is at least three-fold: 1. It was built on land the government took from them. 2. The Black Hills in particular are considered sacred ground. 3.The monument celebrates the European settlers who killed so many Native Americans and appropriated their land. To counter the white faces of Rushmore, in 1939 Sioux Chief Henry Standing Bear invited sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski, who worked briefly at Rushmore, to carve a memorial to the Sioux nation in the Black Hills. (...) The statue, envisioned as a freestanding sculpture of the great Sioux chief Crazy Horse, will be much larger than any of the Rushmore figures. Korczak Ziolkowski died in 1982, but his family continues to work on this awesome undertaking; Crazy Horse's face was completed and dedicated in 1998. Although the subject of this work addresses one aspect of Rushmore's offenses, the land is still considered Sioux property, and the mountain that the Ziolkowskis are carving is still sacred. The Crazy Horse monument is not without its own dissenters and critics.
reclaiming their culture today
A revival of their identity #RockYourMocs
Rock Your Mocs began at the other end of the country – in New Mexico – in 2010, as a single-day event to coincide with Native American Heritage Month. Founder Jaylyn Atsye created the event as an opportunity for Native peoples across the country to express solidarity and embrace their identities by wearing moccasins.
Mount Rushmore (pbs.org)
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Find your first stop. Click on it and start the first activity. You will discover the History of Native Americans.
Your Mission
Help !
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Questions
a) Explain what 1968 Treaty guarantee. b) Explain what changed in 1970s. c) Give some details about Borglum's and Robinson's projects. Was the initial plan respected? d) Say why the Sioux considered this project an insult. e) Explain what Chief Standing Bear decided to do in 1939.