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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE: DO THEY HAVE A HISTORY?
DEFINING HISTORY
• What is History?• What does it mean then to “Have a History”?
• Different types of history:
• Find a friend, let’s do some work
MAKING HISTORY
• Write this down:• 1. Your personal history• 2. Your family history• 3. Find a friend and tell each other your history• Then, tell each other:• 3. Your community history• 4. Your state history• 5. Your national history• 6. Your world history• 7. Your human history• What did you learn from this exercise?
WHO FIGURES?
• Subjects of traditional histories in the U.S.?
• Why?• What is changing and has changed?
HOWARD ZINN, A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
• Please divide into different small groups• Divide up the chapters and report: What is the main point about these people?5. Revolution8. Nothing by Conquest9. Slavery10. Civil War12. Empire and the People13. Socialism16. People’s War18. Impossible victory: Vietnam22. Unreported Resistance25. War on Terrorism
• Who figures in Zinn’s history?• Why?
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS LATIN AMERICA
INDIGENOUS ABYA YALA
SOME IMAGES
• Different types of Indigenous communities
• Venezuela: Yanomami• Colombia: Paez• Brazil: Waiapi, Canela, Altamira Protest in Fe,
1989
CHALLENGES?
• What might be challenging about writing native histories?
HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS LATIN AMERICA
• History of Indigenous Latin America Chapter Outline
• Routledge Press
• Ch. 1 Indigenous History: Introduction and Definitions• Ch. 2 Indigenous Abya Yala Prehistory• Ch. 3 Indigenous Encounters with Europeans 15th Century• Ch. 4 Natives Challenge the Conquerors Yet Help Create a New World 1500-
1549
• Ch. 5 Alliances, Battles and Demographic Collapse 1550-1599• Ch. 6 Indigenous People Join Imperial Colonial Systems
1600-1649• Ch. 7 Urbanization, Nonviolent Resistance and Isolated Revolts 1650-
1699• Ch. 8 Demographic Recovery and Growing Insurrections 1700-
1749
CHAPTER OUTLINE CONTINUED
• Ch. 9 Religious Conflicts, Widespread Resistance and New Nation States 1750-1826
• Ch. 10 Indigenous Responses to New Rulers and Frontier Expansion 1827-1869
• Ch. 11 Indigenous Struggles for Land, Labor and Political Leverage in Neocolonial Latin America 1870-1930
• Ch. 12 Diverse Indigenous Paths toward Self-Determination 1931-1970
• Ch. 13 Widespread Indigenous Organization and Multiculturalism1971-1990
• Ch. 14 Indigenous People in a New Millennium 1991-2012
• Ch. 15 Sources for Student Research, Discussion Questions, Teaching Suggestions for Instructors, Select Bibliography
CONCLUSIONS
• What did you learn?
• Here’s what I tried to communicate
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