4.17.13 Tensions in the West

Objective: Historians of 2017 will describe the clash between American settlers and indigenous peoples after the Civil War

Task 1: Complete the Do Now

Task 2: Another Proclamation 

Another Proclamation

When

Lincoln

Delivered

The

Emancipation 

Proclamation,

Who

Knew

that, one year earlier, in 1862, he'd signed and approved the order for the largest public execution in United States history? Who did they execute? "Mulatto, mixed-bloods, and Indians." Why did they execute them? "For uprisings against the State and her citizens." Where did they execute them? Mankato, Minnesota. How did they execute them? Well, Abraham Lincoln thought it was good

And

Just

To

Hang

Thirty-eight

Sioux

simultaneously. Yes, in front of a large and cheering crowd, thirty-eight Indians dropped to their deaths. Yes, thirty-eight necks snapped. But before they died, thirty-eight Indians sand their death songs. Can you imagine the cacophony of thirty-eight different death songs? But wait, one Indian was pardoned at the last minute, so only thirty-seven Indians had to sing their death songs. But, O, O, O, O, can you imagine the cacophony of that one surviver's mourning song? If he taught you the words, do you think you would sing along? 

                                                            -Sherman Alexie

                                                            War Dances 

Task 3: Tensions in the West (Indians Wars) 

• Today's Reading

Task 4: Quizlet (Civil War and Reconstruction review) 



Additional Resources:

• We Shall Remain 
• 1924 Indian Citizenship Act
• Education Portal 

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Homework: Work on the study guide. Test on Friday.