The cultivation of the soul or mind The full expression of the unique authentic self A Heritage Rich in Culture Columbus led the way The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the Native Americans In the 15th to 19th centuries their ID: 496547
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Native American Culture
The cultivation of the soul
or
mind
The
full “expression” of the unique “authentic” self.Slide2
A Heritage Rich in CultureSlide3
Columbus led the way
The European colonization of the Americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the Native Americans. In the 15th to 19th centuries, their populations were ravaged, by the privations of displacement, by disease, and in many cases by warfare with European groups and enslavement by them. The first Native American group encountered by Columbus, the 250,000 Arawaks of Haiti, were enslaved. Only 500 survived by the year 1550, and the group was extinct before 1650.
Europeans also brought diseases against which the Native Americans had no immunity. Chicken pox and measles, though common and rarely fatal among Europeans, often proved fatal to Native Americans, and more dangerous diseases such as smallpox were especially deadly to Native American populations. It is difficult to estimate the total percentage of the Native American population killed by these diseases.
Epidemics often immediately followed European exploration, sometimes destroying entire villages. Some historians estimate that up to 80% of some Native populations may have died due to European diseases.Slide4
ThenSlide5Slide6
You Tube Our Spirits Don’t Speak English1879Children
Kill the Indian, Save the man! Slide7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaKyWswjX4&feature=related
Remove and Educate the white/right way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDshQTBh5d4
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Home Sweet Home
(life on the reservation)
http://
www.history.com/topics/native-american-cultures/videos?paidlink=1&vid=HIS_SEM_Search&keywds=american%2Bindians%2Bcultures&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Historical%20Groups&utm_term=american%20indians%20cultures#sitting-bullSlide9
Reservations
The federal government is charged with allocating money to tribal governments, in exchange for all the land the tribes ceded. However, this money is only allocated to tribal entities, not to individual Indian people.
The Carlisle Experiment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaKyWswjX4&feature=relatedSlide10
Native American Indian heritage is rich in tradition and culture unique to the legacy of our country. But many Native American tribal members living on Indian reservations are struggling with a different legacy. More than 300,000 Native Americans are either homeless or living in
life-threatening conditions
PovertySlide11
Over 550 American Indian tribes exist in the U.S.1 NRC works on over 75 of the remote and poverty-stricken reservations.The overall living conditions on some reservations have been cited as “comparable to the Third World.” NRC’s Program Partners tend to agree with this.
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Access to jobs is limited on the reservations. Unemployment ranges from 35% to 85%, depending on the community. Overall unemployment for American Indians is about 49%.
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Many American Indians work full-time yet still fall below poverty level. Poverty ranges from 38% to 63% of the population on Navajo, Rosebud, Pine Ridge, Lower Brule, Crow Creek, and other reservations in NRC’s service area.From 30-43% of American Indian children are living in poverty.5
10 Fast FactsSlide12
The high school dropout rate for American Indian students is
30 to 70%
, depending on the reservation and the state
. About 11% of American Indians have a college degree; this is less than half the national average.6
Nearly 23% of American Indian households experience food insecurity the highest of any ethnic group in the U.S. Food insecurity includes resource constraints that limit the ability to buy food, concerns about running out of food, not eating so the children can eat, or experiencing persistent hunger.7
Suicide rates for American Indians between the ages of 15 and 24 are 3 times the national average, and suicide is the second leading cause of death for their age group.
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Life expectancy for American Indians has improved yet still trails that of other Americans by a few years. American Indians have a diabetes epidemic — the highest in the U.S. The tuberculosis rate for American Indians is 7 times higher. Cancer-related disparities for American Indians are higher than for any minority group in the U.S., mainly due to poverty and lack of access.
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There is a housing crisis in Indian country. About 90,000 American Indian families are homeless or under-housed and 40% of on-reservation housing is considered inadequate.
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A Hope for A Brighter Future..
Robert Looks Twice
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/10/boys-dream-build-a-better-playground-become-first-native-american-president/Slide14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUTUQ7_TFW4&feature=player_detailpage#t=266s
Works Cited
http://
abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/10/boys-dream-build-a-better-playground-become-first-native-american-president/
http://www.nrcprograms.org/site/PageServer?pagename=press_reservation
http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgaKyWswjX4&feature=related