What do you consider the most important rights in the declaration? Why?
What did Oren Lyons, an Onondaga faithkeeper, mean when he said at the United Nations, "I do not see a delegation for the Four Footed. I see no seat for the Eagles"?
Up to nine Alaska Native villages are in danger of being washed away. Why? Do you think the 24 oil and energy companies being sued will make any changes? Why or why not?
Explain why John Mohawk says the take-over of Alcatraz was the birth of a new movement for Native Americans.
Explain why John Mohawk says the take-over of Alcatraz was the birth of a new movement for Native Americans.
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Discuss a couple of issues and/or policies outlined in the U.S. government's 2015 White House Tribal Nations Conference that you find most compelling to accomplish and why. Give specific examples. If you were in a position to create change for American Indian Nations, what would you do and why.
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Born in 1838, Queen Lili'uokalani was trained by missionaries in Western academic disciplines and the ways of proper American society. She was well-traveled and even attended Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887. A talented composer of more than 165 songs including the popular "Aloha Oe," she never forgot her native language, was fiercely proud of Hawaiian traditions and was always loyal to her people.
Following her succession to the throne after her brother's death in 1891, Lili'uokalani worked secretly to frame a new constitution that would restore power to native Hawaiians that had been usurped by wealthy American sugar growers. But two months into her reign, the US government effectively revoked Hawaii's favored position on the American sugar market, leaving Lili'uokalani's kingdom on the brink of economic collapse. Within two years, Lili'uokalani would lose her throne in an armed takeover by the US Marines and the Hawaiian people would lose their kingdom. Anna Deveare Smith narrates this American Experience film, the story of Hawaii's Last Queen.