Chapter 6: Government, Education, and Reform (1939-1990)

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Recommended Grade Level: HS

Standards Alignment:

HS Ohio Social Studies Content Statements: History 1, 2, 3, 4, 12; Government - 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 17

HS Indiana Social Studies Content Standards: USH.1.2, USH.2.6, USH.7.4, USH.8.5, USH.9.1, USH.9.2, USH.9.5, USG.1.8, USG.1.9, USG.1.11, USG.3.1-13

HS Oklahoma Social Studies Content Standards: USGov2.4, USGov2.5, USGov3.3, USGov3.4, USGov3.5, USGov4, OkHistGov.CS2.4, OkHistGov.CS2.6, OkHistGov.CS2.7, OkHistGov.CS4.1, OkHistGov. CS5.5, OkHistGov5.9, Soc2, USHist.CS1.2.B, USHist.CS3.1.E, USHist.CS5.5.C

HS ELA Common Core Literacy Standard: RH.9-10.1, RH.9-10.2, RH.9-10.3, RH.9-10.4, RH.9-10.6, RH.9-10.9, WHST.9-10.1,WHST.9-10.2, WHST.9-10.4, WHST.9-10.5, WHST.9-10.6, WHST.9-10.7, WHST.9-10.8, WHST.9-10.9

Essential Questions:

How can citizens affect government policy?

How has the American government's attitude toward American Indians changed over time?

How does a Constitution function as a government document?

Conclusion

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Place the following events, laws, and policies in their approximate place on the timeline. One is completed to get you started.

Assimilation and Allotment Policy
California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
Citizenship Act
Dawes Act
Indian Child Welfare Act
Indian Claims Commission
Indian Land Consolidation Act
Indian Mineral Leasing Act
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock
Marshal Trilogy
Menominee Restoration Act
Meriam Report
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
Relocation and Adoption Programs
Reorganization Policy
Self Determination Policy
Termination Policy
The Indian New Deal

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Additional Resources

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Websites

Column Five Media. The 10-Minute Guide to the Constitution. Accessed 3.26.13

Daily Inforgraphic, Accessed 3.26.13

Library of Congress. Indian Boarding Schools. Accessed 3.26.13

National History Day. Conducting Research. Accessed 4.10.13

National Indian Education Association, Accessed 4.10.13

UAF Interior Aleutians Campus. Federal Indian Law for Alaska Tribes: Unit 1, Marshall Trilogy. Accessed 4.10.13

University of Alaska Anchorage, Askool.org. Meriam Report, Full Text. Accessed 4.9.13

Videos

YouTube. Chief Glenna J. Wallace on the Tradition of Powwow. Accessed 4.10.13

YouTube. Powwow. Accessed 4.10.13

YouTube. Stomp Dance. Accessed 4.10.13

Books

Helton, Taiawagi; Robertson, Lindsay. “The Foundations of Federal Indian Law and its Application in the Twentieth Century.” in Beyond Red Power: American Indian Politics and Activism since 1900. Edited by Daniel Cobb and Loretta Fowler, 33-55. Santa Fe: School for Advanced Research Press, 2007.