1. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE: DO THEY HAVE A HISTORY?

2. 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

3. 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?

4. WHO FIGURES? Subjects of traditional histories in the U.S.? Why? What is changing and has changed?

5. 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. Revolution 8. Nothing by Conquest 9. Slavery 10. Civil War 12. Empire and the People 13. Socialism 16. People’s War 18. Impossible victory: Vietnam 22. Unreported Resistance 25. War on Terrorism Who figures in Zinn’s history? Why?

6. HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS LATIN AMERICA

7. INDIGENOUS ABYA YALA

8. SOME IMAGES Different types of Indigenous communities Venezuela: Yanomami Colombia: Paez Brazil: Waiapi, Canela, Altamira Protest in Fe, 1989

9. CHALLENGES? What might be challenging about writing native histories?

10. HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS LATIN AMERICA History of Indigenous Latin AmericaChapter Outline Routledge Press Ch. 1Indigenous History: Introduction and Definitions Ch. 2Indigenous Abya Yala Prehistory Ch. 3Indigenous Encounters with Europeans 15th Century Ch. 4Natives Challenge the Conquerors Yet Help Create a New World 1500-1549 Ch. 5Alliances, Battles and Demographic Collapse 1550-1599 Ch. 6Indigenous People Join Imperial Colonial Systems 1600-1649 Ch. 7Urbanization, Nonviolent Resistance and Isolated Revolts 1650-1699 Ch. 8Demographic Recovery and Growing Insurrections 1700-1749

11. 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 Multiculturalism 1971-1990 Ch. 14 Indigenous People in a New Millennium1991-2012 Ch. 15 Sources for Student Research, Discussion Questions, Teaching Suggestions for Instructors, Select Bibliography

12. CONCLUSIONS What did you learn? Here’s what I tried to communicate