Analyze Indigenous nations 1865-1900 — Lakota + Cheyenne + Arapaho + Nez Perce + Apache + Navajo + Comanche + Kiowa + Pueblo — continued sovereignty under US dispossession pressure; Treaty of Fort Laramie 1868 + Little Bighorn June 1876 + Nez Perce War 1877 + Geronimo surrender 1886 + Wounded Knee December 29 1890 + Ghost Dance — refusing 'Indian Wars = end of Native America' narrative per Treuer 2019 + NMAI present-tense protocol
Exercise Difficulty 4 ~15 min hist.g8.f.ex_46

Essay

Prompt

Apply NMAI present-tense protocol: name 3 Indigenous nations from 1865-1900 that exist today + 1 contemporary act of sovereignty.

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Answer criteria
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criteria
  1. Names 3+ specific nations (e.g., Standing Rock Sioux + Oglala Lakota + Nez Perce + Apache + Diné/Navajo + Pueblo)
  2. Identifies as PRESENT-TENSE sovereign nations
  3. Names contemporary act (e.g., Standing Rock #NoDAPL 2016-2017 + Deb Haaland first Indigenous US Cabinet Secretary 2021 + Indian Reorganization Act 1934)
  4. Cites Treuer 2019 OR Blackhawk 2023 OR Deloria 1969
  5. Refuses 'vanishing race' framing absolutely
Hints
  1. 574 federally-recognized tribes today.
  2. Per Treuer 2019 The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee 1890 was NOT the end.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Speaking in past tense about Indigenous nations
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