Problem
Step I:
Watch the online lecture about gender and the Indian Boarding Schools, which is just 25 minutes long.
YouTube video "Indian Boarding Schools".
Step II: Inspirational History!
Watch this short video about Native American women's rights activist and writer Zitkala-Sa.
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Step III:
Read Albert Hurtado's "When Strangers Met: Sex and Gender on Three Frontiers"
Guiding questions:
I've included here some guiding questions to help you focus as you do the reading. Answer these questions as you go. (Note that these aren't the same as the discussion questions)
• Albert Hurtado writes that's the sexual behavior of Native Americans challenged conventional European ideas about gender. What are two or three key ways that Indian sexual behavior challenged Europeans ideas?
• In what ways did the California Missions try to reform Indian sexuality and protect unmarried female neophytes (young native women), and were these efforts successful? Why or why not?
• Who were the "Berdache" and why did the Europeans look down upon them?
• Who was Sacajawea, and how does what you learned in this article differ from popular ideas about who she was?
• What impact did the Gold Rush have on the Native American tribes of California in general, and on Native American women in particular?
The response should include a reference list. Using double-space, Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.