3. Westward Expansion Part 2
Miss Springborn
Notes packet
Pages 8-16

4. The buffalo…

5. What did the buffalo mean to the Native Americans?
SURVIVAL, Way of LIFE, EVERYTHING

8. Page 11: The Carlise Indian School
With your timeline buddy: Read the story on pages together.
Answer the questions at the end of the story together.

9. Now let’s take a look at page 12
Compare the 2 pictures…

11. List the differences between the two pictures
ON THE LEFT TOM TORLINO HAS DARK SKIN, LONG HAIR; HE’S WEARING INDIAN CLOTHES; HE’S WEARING A LOT OF JEWELRY; IN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT THE HE IS LIGHTER SKINNED, SHORT HAIR, IN A SUIT AND TIE, AND NO JEWELRY.

12. What is the reason for these differences?
WHEN TOM TORLINO WENT TO THE “INDIAN SCHOOL”, HE WAS NOT OUTSIDE HUNTING ANY MORE SO HIS SKIN BECAME LIGHTER. AT SCHOOL, HE WAS FORCED TO CHANGE HIS CLOTHES, JEWLERY, AND HAIR, TO BECOME MORE “WHITE” OR “CIVILIZED”.

13. De-Indianization
THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD TOOK AWAY A LOT OF NATIVE AMERICAN LAND. IT ALSO BROUGHT BUFFALO HUNTERS OUT WEST.

14. De-Indianization
WITHOUT THE BUFFALO NATIVE AMERICANS HAVE TO FIND A NEW WAY TO GET FOOD, CLOTHES, SHELTER, TOOLS

15. De-Indianization
FORCED TO CHANGE THEIR NAME, LEARN ENGLISH, CUT THEIR HAIR, CHANGE THEIR RELIGION, CHANGE THEIR CLOTHES, LIVE AWAY FROM FAMILY AND TRIBE

16. De-Indianization
NATIVE AMERICANS WERE MOVED FROM THEIR RESERVATION TO A NEW ONE IF GOLD WAS FOUND

17. Declining buffalo population out West:
List the factors that led to the decline in buffalo population: