Intro to Sherman Alexie_Reservation Life

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

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.

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)

3,000,000 people / 574 tribes

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

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)

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

The Mississippi River

Trail of Tears (1830 - 1850)

This story takes place here

Reservations

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