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DOCUMENT RESUME D 074 007 SO 005 5' uTHCR Odle, Sue ITLE The First AmericansYesterdayand Today, NSTITUTION Minneapolis Public Schools,Minn, UB DATE 70 DTE 54p,; Report ofa Special Task Force on Minority Cultures, 'US PRICE MF-$0.65 BC-$3,29 ESCPIPTORS *American. Indian Culture; *AmericanIndians; Cultural Education; Ethnology; ReadingMaterials; *Social Studies Units; Teaching Guides;Tribes STPACT This unit is designed witha basic goal of instilling otter understanding of, andempathy for, the AmericanIndian. The first section outlinesunderstandings and attitudes alongwith iggestions forcorresponding activities andresources. This is Mowed bya Resource Manual that includes the followingstudent n.dings:. (1) Migrationand Division of the Sioux;(2) The Beginnings the Sioux; (3) Land of the Daco4hs;(4) These liere the Sioux; (5). )e Ending Went. On and On;(6) Attitudes and Valuesof American Idians;(7) Background of Sioux--U.S.Government Conflict in 1800Is; i) The Indian Hasa Problem-The White Man;(9) Cultural Cleavage tween the Teton Sioux and WesternCivilization; and,(10) The .ight of the American Indian,A brief glossary is includedas well several pages of study questions.Other documents in thisseries :e SO 005 53 4 through 50 005 551.(OPH) U.S. DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH, ED 0 JA7 -,DHCEDTHETHIS PERSON DOCUMENTEDUCATIONOFFICE EXACTLY OR OF ORGANIZATION ASIEID HAS & ,HECEIVED WELFARENCE:EIE.N ATI ON REPRO.FROM CATIONREPRESENTIONSINATING STATED POSITION 117 POINTSOFFICIAL DO OR, NOT OFPOLICY OFFICE VIEWNECESSARILYOROF ORIG-OPIN-EDU- THEPIRZ 'r Sue Odle G.Spring,Special.Minneapolis Skjervold, 1970Task Public ForceProject Schoolson MinorityAdministrator Cultures, INTRODUCTION This unit is de i d with a basic goal of today's dominant whitesociety perpetuatespoverty forin tillingthe American better IndianunderstandingTais willof, andbe.done,by empathy andFrom helplessness this approach formany it isAmerican expected Indians. that classexposing ame the to students duringthe first week's udents will, be: understand. the problethe Plains Sioux duringa background the150 ofyears the culturethat theirs of thewas toof atr. cultureition, dominated froma wayby DarIflife peon which has vanishedand ily life.is warriorlead society.and federal-tribalFrom astudy, conflicts,of fam- social custos and in uence. study Should proceedto a. second weeks work unitA necessityis the reading for teacherof The Sioux)preparation Life forand Cuustothis s involvingd.re.ocntionproble currentvalu e conflicts,d assessmentreservation of how of a Warrior Society,by Royal B. 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