AMIND 141 Final Exam Study Guide
*Use this guide to focus your studying for the final exam*
5 multiple choice, 5 short answer, and 3 longer discussion/essay questions
Anyone take the exam yet?
I’ll be curious to hear if it is easy or not and what to expect
-I took it the first multiple choice questions were the same as the last quiz and the short answers ones are
the same from6,.#
Same from what????
-Review all key terms from beginning of course (Weeks 1 and 2)
-Indian Civil Rights Movement
-Occupation of Alcatraz
-Occupation of Wounded Knee
-Indian Costume controversy
-Pocahontas Myth
-The Pocahontas Perplex
-Indian Mascot controversy
-"Proud to Be" commercial
-#NoDAPL controversy
-Self-Determination
-Survivance
Indian Civil Rights Movement
The American Indian Civil Rights Movement emerged during the 1950’s, emphasizing a
spiritual and cultural awakening after decades of attempts by the US government to
force assimilation, legal rights for American Indians, and the return of lands taken from
tribes illegally by the federal government. A return to termination policy after the the
policy of self-determination under President Roosevelt’s “Indian New Deal” with the
Termination Act of 1953 and a resurgence in assimilation efforts with the 1956 Indian
Relocation Act helped to spark the movement. As the Civil Rights Movement began to
gain momentum, young American Indians who
had relocated from reservations to
struggling urban areas were inspired by the fight for equal justice, and local, intertribal
movements began within cities, usually organized around cultural centers. In 1968, the
establishment of the American Indian Movement (AIM) brought a strong central
organization to the cause, which helped to bring attention to a variety of issues facing
American Indians.
-Occupation of Alcatraz
The Occupation of Alcatraz began in November of 1969 and lasted until 11 June,
1971 when the last fifteen occupiers were forcibly removed from the island. Its
purpose was to speak out against termination policy and other forms of
oppression against American Indians as well as to call for real change in the way
they were treated by the US Government. This event was significant because it
drew international attention to the issues Native Americans face, encouraged
over two-hundred other acts of civil disobedience in the same spirit nationwide,
and served as a platform for American Indian leaders to voice their concerns to
the general public and the government
The satirical tone of the Alcatraz Proclamation mimics that of the racially
prejudiced, imperialistic treaties and Congressional acts made by the US
government. It alludes to the doctrine of discovery, the purchase of Manhattan
Island, the formation of the reservation system, the corruption of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, and the attempts at forced assimilation made by the federal
government over centuries of injustice towards American Indian peoples.
