1. The Indians came from Asia In the stone age

2. The plains Indians (In the middle West)

3. The quest for land had started well. Indians helped the Pilgrim Fathers survive their first winter. The Indian generosity is still celebrated on Thanksgiving Day

4. The whites offered Indians presents In order to buy their confidence

5. Even though they couldn’t have survived their first winter without them,the whites considered and presented the Native Americans as bloodthirsty savages and pagans who had no cultural heritage, while in reality they had a lot of traditions …..

6. They saw God (Wakan Tanka) In all the elements of nature They lived close to nature sun moon trees

7. The bear dance,which was said to bring luck

8. The sweat lodge To get rid of the toxins in the body For purification

9. The sun dance To atone for their sins

10. TEPEES CLOTHES TOOLS FOOD BOWS AND ARROWS THEY DEPENDED ON THE BUFFALO TO LIVE THEY NEEDED THE BUFFALO TO LIVE

11. Sitting Bull Chief Joseph Geronimo Crazy Horse

12. Little Big HornCuster was annihilated Indian victory

13. The Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Sioux tribes battled against the settlers' encroachment on their territory in the 1860s and 1870s; this fighting was of a special ferocity on both sides. Among all the battles, the Battle of Little Bighorn gained mythic status: on June 25, 1876, much of the 7th Cavalry Regiment under Lt. Col. George A. Custer was wiped out by a combined force of Sioux and Cheyenne under Sioux chiefs, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Within a year, however, most of the Sioux and Cheyenne surrendered, General Custer

14. Wounded Knee

15. Other Native Americans fought on—Chief Joseph and the Nez Percé in the late 1870s, Geronimo and the Apaches as late as the 1880s. The Indian wars ended with the massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on December 29, 1890, when Sioux warriors, women, and children were slaughtered by the US cavalry.

16. Indians were shut up in reservations and ruled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs

17. How were Indians shown in westerns? Bloodthirsty savages Faithless pagans Barbarians

18. Dustin Hoffman Little big man LITTLE BIG HORN Indian victory 1868 DANCES WITH WOLVES KEVIN COSTNER PURPOSE: TO REHABILITATE THE INDIAN PEOPLE

19. Massacre of the Washita river integrated an Indian tribe A white boy who

20. Lieutenant John Dunbar Kicking Bird

21. Smoke signals Sherman Alexie (Phoenix Arizona)

22. Victor Joseph is a young Native American in his late teens who lives on a reservation. His father drank, beat him occasionally, and left home when Victor Joseph was eight. As the film begins, word comes that the father has died. With another boy from the reservation Victor Joseph journeys to Phoenix to retrieve his father's ashes and his truck. On the trip Victor Joseph learns about the life his father lead and comes to terms with his own identity. "Smoke Signals" is said to be the first film that was written, directed and co-produced by Native Americans.

23. From reservation Indians to American citizens 1924 They were granted American citizenship They were allowed to leave the reservations 1934 President Roosevelt promised a New Deal He tried to end land-splitting, to re-establish tribal council, and to reaffirm t he Indian culture 1948 Voting Rights From 1954 to 1970, they were encouraged to leave the reservations But it was often difficult to adapt.

24. The rainbow coalition All minorities together A.I.M. Alcatraz The fight Worked for a unification of all tribes 1973 1969

25. Sioux reservation Navajo reservation

26. A Pow Wow In a Navajo reservation

27. Sioux deerskin shirt

28. In some reservations : unemployment,poverty, alcoholism

29. Indian Casino On the « rez »

30. Today Native Americans still fight to have a better life, better opportunities on reservations, Better professional training and health care. They keep fighting for their rights