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Native Americans

Pocahontas

Pocahontas

Amonute, Matoaka, Pocahontas

Daughter of chief Powhatan

Richmond, Virginia (Werowocomoco)

Born in 1596 - died in 1617

Marriage

Kocoum, Potowomac

John Rolfe, tobacco farmer

What happend to Pocahontas

1. Kidnapped
2. Converted to Christianity
3. Raped
4. Poisoned

What happened to Pocahontas

Kidnapped

Raped 

Converted to Christianity

Poisoned

Disney's version

Romanticized 

Wrong environment

John Smith

Is Pocahontas her story told right by Disney?

Yes

No

The Navajo Code Talkers

The Navajo Code Talkers

World War II

Assiniboine

Phillip Johnston

1942

More Navajo men joined

Language developed

What is 'submarine' in Navajo Code?

1. ca-lo
2. toh-dine-ih
3. besh-lo
4. cha

Deb Haaland

What is she known for?

1. First Native American President
2. Cabinet secretary of the United States
3. Anti-Indian movement leader
4. Former First Lady of the United States

1994	Bachelor's Degree English
2006	JD School of Law
2013(-2015)	Tribal administrator San Felipe Pueblo
2014	Ran for Lieutenant governor of New Mexico
2015-2017	Chair of New Mexico Democratic Party
2019-2021	representative for New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District
2021-present	U.S. secretary of the interior

- Department of interior

- Biden's team

- Green New Deal & Medicare For All

Significance:

- First Native American cabinet member

- Native American's view on Interior Department 

 

On which one of Joe Biden's plans is she known to support

1. Green New Deal
2. Medicare For All
3. Ending gun violence
4. Invest in infrastructure

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