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Exploring Native American Culture Through Visual Art - by Kevan Nitzberg for ArtsConnectEd. Presentation covers five different geographic locations: Plains Indians, Northwest Coast Indians, Mississippi Valley Indians, Southwestern Indians, Northeast Woodlands Indians. With many links to quality sources on the Web. For middle school and up.
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The explicit policy of Indian Removal forced or coerced the relocation of major Native American groups in the Eastern United States, resulting directly and indirectly in the deaths of tens of thousands. The subsequent process of assimilations was no less devastating to Native American peoples. Tribes were generally located to reservations on which they could more easily be separated from traditional life and pushed into European-American society. Some southern states additionally enacted laws in the 19th century forbidding non-Indian settlement on Indian lands, intending to prevent sympathetic white missionaries from aiding the scattered Indian resistance.[23]
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The Native American Studies minor, offered by the College of Arts and Sciences, is an interdisciplinary, interdepartmental minor which focuses on the history, cultures, religions, arts, and literatures of American Indians of both North and South America. Participating departments include English, History, Anthropology, and Philosophy and Religion.
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Conflicts between the federal government and native Americans occasionally erupt into violence. Perhaps one of the more noteworthy incidents in recent history is the Wounded Knee incident in small town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota. On February 27, 1973, the town was surrounded by federal law enforcement officials and the United States military. The town itself was under the control of members of the American Indian Movement which was protesting a variety of issues important to the organization. Two members of AIM were killed and one United States Marshal was paralyzed as a result of gunshot wounds. In the aftermath of the conflict, one man, Leonard Peltier was arrested and sentenced to life in prison while another, John Graham, as late as 2007, was extradited to the U.S. to stand trial for killing a Native American woman, months after the standoff, that he believed to be an FBI informant.[43][44]
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Gallery of the Southwest specializes in classic, historic and contemporary Native American Indian Jewelry, Baskets, Navajo Rugs, Indian Drums, Zuni Fetishes, Hopi Kachinas, and Sandpaintings made by leading American Indian artists. The items, made by Zuni, Navajo, and Hopi artists, are handmade using natural materials, sterling sliver, and turquoise.
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Identity by Design: Tradition, Change and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses - web exhibition from the National Museum of the American Indian pairs historic dresses with commentary and memories from contemporary Native American women designers, who work in traditional styles. Primarily Plains cultures.
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