Assignment 1
The assignment for this module contains four parts. Carefully read the instructions and place your responses to all four parts on one Word document.
1. Why did the massacre of the buffalo herds precipitate the end of life for the Plains tribes as they knew it?
2. Read the interview with Cochise called, "A Conference with Cochise" and answer the following questions. Instructions on locating and accessing this interview account.
• What concerns does Cochise express in this article?
• What aspects of this article demonstrate the prejudices held by the white chroniclers about Native Americans.
3. Read a New York Times account of the 1871 Camp Grant massacre of Apache, and then answer the following questions. (You may need to enlarge the article to read it.)
• Based on the information provided in this article, what can you infer happened to several of the Apache who were not killed in the massacre?
• What concerns are expressed by the Apache chief quoted in the article?
• What concerns were expressed by Lieutenant Whitman?
• How does reading this article help us to understand the Apache warriors who fought the U.S. Army until the end of the nineteenth century?
• Compare this massacre to others from the readings and the videos from this module.
4. Why was the Sioux Ghost Dance considered to be a form of rebellion? To answer this question, you will need to click the Pearson Materials link under Course Home, and then, click on "Mrs Z. A. Parker, Description of a Ghost Dance (1890)" and read the article. Then, click on "Sioux Ghost Dance (1894)" and view the video.
Assignment 2
The assignment for this module contains two parts. Carefully read the instructions and place your responses to both parts on one Word document.
1. Locate and read "Ishi: The last of His People" by David R. Collins and Kristen Bergren. You can locate and access the article.
After reading the article, answer the following questions:
• What events led to Ishi being the last survivor of his entire tribe?
• What adjustments did Ishi need to make in order to live in a twentieth-century California city?
• Why were researchers so interested in learning and writing down his language?
• What valuable information other than language did Ishi provide for researchers that they would not have otherwise been able to obtain?
• How does Ishi's story refute Commissioner of Indian Affairs Dillon Myer's statement that "Indians possessed no ‘legitimate culture' of their own?" (First Americans, 524)
2. In addition to information from Chapter 16 of the textbook, review the article and video below to learn about issues related to "Termination." How does the information in the textbook, in the video, and the readings about the plight of the Menominee people illustrate the problems with the government's consideration of a termination policy?
Menominee Termination Act (1954): To access this article, you will need to click the Pearson Materials link under Course Home, and then, click on "Menominee Termination Act (1954)."
Television Interview with Oliver La Farge (1951): To access this video, you will need to click the Pearson Materials link under Course Home, and then, click on "Television Interview with Oliver La Farge (1951)." A transcript of the interview can be obtained from Doc Sharing.