Native American Sacred Sites, Terms, and Historical Events, Quizzes of United States History

Download Native American Sacred Sites, Terms, and Historical Events and more Quizzes United States History in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Mato Tipila DEFINITION 1 Lakota sacred site"The Devils Tower"directly translated as "lodge of the bear" TERM 2 Hopi DEFINITION 2 "Peaceful ones" or peaceful peopleThree sacred sites:Woodruff ButteBlack MesaSan Francisco Peaks TERM 3 San Francisco Peaks DEFINITION 3 Owners took a million in resources and ceased operation TERM 4 Black Mesa DEFINITION 4 Used for coal mining operation by using drinking water to transport the coal. Drained all the water from the mesa TERM 5 Wintu Peoples DEFINITION 5 Mt. ShastaSomeone wanted to build a ski resort on the side of the mountainDisplays competing interests of native americans and the US TERM 6 Sepulvida, Vitoria, Las Casas DEFINITION 6 Supulvida: Thought they were lesser beings and wished to "displace" themVitoria: They are human beings, but nothing can interfere with christian trade rightsLas casas: Human beings, but we can teach them christianity, can't force it upon them TERM 7 Tordesillas DEFINITION 7 Divided north and south america and split brazil between spain and portugal.1494 TERM 8 Affluence DEFINITION 8 According to sahlins:When all peoples material wants are easily satisfied TERM 9 Definition of a nation DEFINITION 9 Common culture/heritage Common language Stable geographic locale Internal laws and behaviors accepted by members of the community Recognized by other nations Formal agreements with other nations (treaties) TERM 10 Dine People DEFINITION 10 Navajo TERM 21 Sinte Gleska DEFINITION 21 Spotted tail TERM 22 Tatanka DEFINITION 22 BuffaloLakota Term TERM 23 Waken DEFINITION 23 Sacred TERM 24 Ishi DEFINITION 24 Yahi term for man TERM 25 Yahi DEFINITION 25 The Yahi people were a group of Native Americans indigenous to Northern California in the central Sierra Nevada Mountains, on the western side of the range. TERM 26 The Sundance DEFINITION 26 BruschacSimilar ot easter, in that is a sacred event that even enemies respected. Blood and piercing were involved and dancing around a tree until the rain came. TERM 27 Sweat Lodge DEFINITION 27 A prayer ceremony where you suffer by sweating TERM 28 Tobacco DEFINITION 28 Given by the creator because humans are weak and it helps make prayers stronger TERM 29 Zitkala-sa DEFINITION 29 "Red bird"Went by GertrudeDakota TribeChallenges christianity as the "new superstition" was radical because she wrote the book TERM 30 Eugenics DEFINITION 30 The science of human improvement TERM 31 Francis Galton DEFINITION 31 EugenicsLeads to genocide, forced sterilization, selective breeding TERM 32 Herbert Spencer DEFINITION 32 Survival of the fittestSocial darwinism TERM 33 Lewis Henry Morgan DEFINITION 33 Cultural evolutionRise of agriculture moves the levels up through three phases1. Savagery >2. Barbarism >3. Civilization TERM 34 Walter Plecker DEFINITION 34 Paper genocideHead of the bureau of vital stats2 kinds of people: white people & colored peopleresulted in loss of massive amount of geneological information TERM 35 American Indians granted US Citizenship DEFINITION 35 1924 TERM 46 Relocation Program DEFINITION 46 Forcibly moved native americans to lands in the designated indian territory (late 1800's) TERM 47 Capt. Richard Pratt's Motto DEFINITION 47 Kill the indian, save the man TERM 48 Unforseen outcomes of indian boarding schools DEFINITION 48 Pan indianism / intertribalism TERM 49 Senator Dawes DEFINITION 49 General Allotment Act TERM 50 Mitakuye Oyasin DEFINITION 50 We are all related / one TERM 51 Termination Period DEFINITION 51 House concurrent resolution 108 TERM 52 John Collier DEFINITION 52 Responsible for the Indian Reorganization act TERM 53 Herbert Spencer DEFINITION 53 Survival of the fittest TERM 54 List the phases & dates of US Gov't & Indian Relations DEFINITION 54 Treatymaking (1778-1871) Reservations (1871-1887) Allotment (1887-1934) Reorganization (1934-1951) Termination (1951-1968) Self-determination (1968-1988) Forced federalism (1988-present) TERM 55 Last treaty between US Gov't and Indian Nation DEFINITION 55 1871 - With the Nez Perce of the pacific NW TERM 56 AIRFA - 1978 DEFINITION 56 Gave Native Americans freedom of religion TERM 57 Bear et al. v Crook DEFINITION 57 American Indians were human beings TERM 58 Chauncey (old man) Singing Seasons of the Navajo DEFINITION 58 Reenacting creation