Intro to Sherman Alexie_Reservation Life

Today we are going to:

Learn more about the Native Americans,
Discuss what reservations are (this is important to understanding the story),
Discuss our reading groups.

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This lesson contains 10 slides, with interactive quiz, text slides and 1 video.

Lesson duration is: 45 min

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Today we are going to:

Learn more about the Native Americans,
Discuss what reservations are (this is important to understanding the story),
Discuss our reading groups.

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A Quick Overview

Total number of people in the U.S.:

About 330,000,000

Number of Native Americans:

About 3,000,000

(or 1% of the population)

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3,000,000 people / 574 tribes

3,000,000 in the United States
574 different tribes

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Reservations

The Indian reservation system established pieces of land called reservations for Native Americans to live on as white settlers took over their land (from history.com)

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326 reservations / 800,000 Indians live there ( about 1/3 of all Indians)

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The Mississippi River

Trail of Tears (1830 - 1850)

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This story takes place here

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Reservations

Slide 8 - Mind map

Slide 9 - Video

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