Warm Up Please do now Follow along with the print out of the song lyrics. Indian Reservation Lyrics "Indian Reservation" was written by Loudermilk, John. They took the whole Cherokee Nation Put us on this reservation Took away our ways of life The tomahawk and the bow and knife Took away our native tongue And taught their English to our young And all the beads we made by hand Are nowadays made in Japan Cherokee people Cherokee tribe So proud to live So proud to die They took the whole Indian Nation Locked us on this reservation Though I wear a shirt and tie I'm still a redman deep inside Cherokee people Cherokee tribe So proud to live So proud to die But maybe someday when they've learned Cherokee Nation will return Will return, will return Will return, will return https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=zQ6RjP7MlXk What line stands out to you? What line connects to something you already knew? 2-3 NATIVE AMERICANS Some lived here for centuries. Many were nomads who followed the buffalo Plains Indians are not one tribe; it refers to the region where many tribes lived. Idea of Manifest Destiny had a negative affect on Native Americans. - US destiny to expand from coast to coast. Culture Believed in rich varied cultures Different languages and religions for different tribes Used sign language to communicate to other tribes Native Americans were farmers/hunters/nomads Women- gathered food, prepared meals, tepees, cared for kids, crafts Men- hunted and protected, military and spiritual leaders Depended on the Buffalo (Bison) for food, shelter and clothing. LIVING GROCERY STORE food, clothing, shelter TEPEES -A tent made out of stretching dried buffalo on tall polls TRAVOIS - A sled pulled by a dog or horse JERKY - Dried meat Migration followed buffalo movement winter -small groups in valleys and forests summer-large groups on Plains Different ways to hunt buffalo before horse CORRAL - An enclosure used to herd buffalo after horse bow & arrows The Sundance / Ghost Dance Celebrated the hope that settlers would disappear, buffalo would return, tribes would be reunited with dead ancestors Ceremony banned for fear it would lead to violence. e.com/cz/books/am er_hist_survey/reso urces/htmls/animati ons/ah12_anim_rem setribes.html STOP ~ THINK ~ DISCUSS What adaptations might Native Americans have to make when they went to a reservation? Clashes Reservations a designated area of land for Native American tribes Geography Connection 1.In what region of the United States did a majority of battles occur between settlers and the Native Americans during this time? 2. From what state to what state did the Nez Perce travel in 1877? STOP ~ THINK ~ DISCUSS Think about what you know about nomads and settlers. Explain how the lifestyles of nomads and settlers would differ. What problems might this cause? Clashes Dakota Sioux Uprising Agreed to live on a reservation in exchange for $ (that didnt always reach them). Facing poverty and starvation they rebelled killing hundreds of settlers. 300 sentenced to death after uprising Lincoln stepped in reducing that to 38. Others fled when troops arrived. Red Clouds War Sioux Nomads Chiefs Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull. US Army was building Forts along Bozeman trail to the mines. Tricked Cpt. Fetterman into pursuing and wiped out the unit. Fettermans Massacre Sioux continued to resist military presence Red Clouds War. The army abandoned its post in 1868 Clashes Continued Sand creek Massacre Tensions with Cheyenne and Arapaho and miners. Native Americans began raiding wagon trains and ranches. Dozens of homes had been burned and 200 settlers killed. Native Americans to surrender at Fort Lyon those who didnt subject to attack. Many did not surrender Chief Black Kettle bought several hundred to negotiate peace and make camp at nearby Sand Creek Colonel Chivington attacked Unclear what happened different eyewitness accounts Black Kettle flying American and white flag but was ignored by Chivington US troops fired on Native Americans and the murdered women and children Savage battle where both sides fought ferociously for 2 days Few soldiers died but anywhere from Native Americans killed. Clashes Continued Battle of Little Big Horn / Custers Last Stand Prospectors overtook Lakota Sioux reservation to mine gold. Lakota saw no reason to follow a treaty settlers werent and left the reservation to hunt US sends General Custer who underestimates fighting power of Lakota and Cheyenne Ignoring orders, Custer launches a 3 prong attack against one of the largest Native American warriors ever assembled soldiers are killed Public outcry caused the army to step up its campaign against Native Americans Sitting Bull fled to Canada Other Lakota forced back to the Reservation Clashes Continued Flight of the Nez Perce Led by Chief Joseph Refused to move to a smaller reservation Army came to relocate them they fled on a journey of 1,300 miles Exiled to Oklahoma Our chiefs are killed... The little children are freezing to death. My people... Have no blankets, no food... Hear me, my chiefs; I a tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever. Wounded Knee Lakota Sioux defied government orders and performed the Ghost Dance. Sitting Bull had returned from Canada and was blamed. Police were sent to arrest him. Siting Bull supporters tried to stop the arrest. Gunfire was exchanged and Sitting Bull died Ghost Dancers then fled and the Army followed battle at Wounded Knee. 25 soldiers and 200 Lakota Fight No More Forever"Fight No More" On behalf of the resistance, and all of our existence As the wanted man, the conquered man. We no not of your borders, But you push us to your corners. This is not your land, This isn't anybody's land. Some will live and some will last, Some will cry out for the past. But my oh my, The answers are falling fast. I will give if this pain won't last. So from where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever. How you choose to meet your fate, For I will fight no more forever. Government agent arrivals, pale chief and his disciples. They crooked tongues, the acid lungs. We know not of your borders, But the world is getting colder. This is not your land, This isn't anybody's land. Some will live and some will last, Some will bleed like Looking Glass. But my oh my, The answers are falling fast. I will give if this pain won't last. So from where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever. How you choose to meet your fate, For I will fight no more forever. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever. How you choose to meet your fate, For I will fight no more forever. And the sun will set sad and sick, Break these chains I don't want them no more. And the sun will set sad and sick, Break these chains I don't want them no more. Break these chains I don't want them no more. Break these, break these chains. Said he died of a broken heart. Said he died of a broken heart. Died of a broken heart. Broken heart. Peace? Indian Peace Commission -Create two large reservations -Run by Federal Agents -Army would deal with those that were no cooperative Sioux Southern Plains Doomed No way to make sure Native Americans followed through - No Way to keep settlers from staying away Helen Hunt Jackson A Century of Dishonor Details the broken promises and injustices Dawes Act End Reservations / Help become independent Reservation land divided into small farms acres Unused = sold to non-Native Americans Children sent to schools to learn American ways - assimilate Doomed - Hunters Not Farmers who were dependent on the buffalo, land was not good for farming, and millions of acres sold to whites Today Citizenship Act (1924) - Granted all Native Americans citizenship Indian Reorganization Act (1934) reversed the Dawes Acts assimilation policy, restored some reservations with Native Americans in control of those lands and elected their own governments. About 310 native American Reservations in the U.S. not all of the 550-plus tribes have a reservation (some have more than one, some share, others have none.) some reservations are split - creates governmental, political, and legal difficulties. An American Indian reservation is an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the United States Department if the Interiors Bureau of Indian Affairs. Add one additional 4 line verse to either song. Your lines must rhyme and flow nicely with the original song. Exit Out 2-3 Vocabulary terms