Treasure Hunts
History of Native
Americans from the Trail of Tears to Reservations
Introduction
This is an introduction
to A Yellow Raft in Blue
Water, which focuses on life on a reservation in the 1960's and
'70s. I want students to have a clear understanding of how
reservations came to be.
Guiding Question
What is life like on a
reservation?
Questions
1. What is the "Trail of
Tears?"
2. How did reservations begin?
3. What steps did the U.S. government take to place
Native Americans in reservations?
4. What organizations (government) helped to police
reservations?
5. What was a typical reservation like?
6. What was the BIA?
7. What other organizations were created to,
supposedly, help Native Americans?
8. Do reservations still exist? Give examples.
9. What were some of the common problems for
individuals on reservations?
Internet Resources
Intro
to Trail of Tears
Indian
Reservation History
Native
Americans on reservations
The BIA
Native American
Resources
Native
American Organizations
On
The Reservation
Native
American Reservations
Native
American Ancestry
Native
American History
Activities
- Draw a map
showing the location of reservations in the 60's and 70's (South and
Northwest).
- Research
and describe all components of a reservation.
- Imagine
yourself living on a reservation and illustrate a scene you might
witness there.
- Design
a chart depicting the sequence of events that led to Trail of Tears.
- Create
a timeline sequencing the major events between Trail of Tears and
implementation of reservations.
Sid Sherrill, Teacher, and Ashley Ikeda, AP student,
collaborated to develop
this web hunt.
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