CAS SO 207 Study Guide - Red Power Movement, Plains Indians, Acculturation
2 Apr 2014
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European conquest began in east, expansion into west led settlers to fulfill economic dreams. 300 year long contact situation that killed off native americans via destruction of food supplies and disease (particularly the plains natives in which they killed 15 million. Noel and blauner hypothesis: victims of both conquest and colonization, too powerless to establish pluralism and too colonized to pursue equality. Indian removal act of 1830: under president andrew jackson, vacuum domicilium established by spain, trail of tears: the cherokee nation, a policy of forced emigration forced native americans west of the mississippi and why. 2/3 of native americans today live in the west: according to blauner, negative consequences of colonized minority group still persist today. Population size: decreased from 1 million to 250,000 in a matter of 300 years but then increased by. 1960s, mostly due to an increased status (more willing to identify) and intermarriage.
