discussion questions:
please answer and bring to class to go over and turn in on Monday Sept. 30 (typed responses are preferred but not required)
1. Did the injustices of the white men (gov't, military, etc) leave the Native Americans any choice other than to fight for their freedom?
2. What are some ironies in the relationship between the Whites and the Native Americans? Give specific examples from the text.
3. How did the Gov't. war against the Native Americans strengthen/bring together the various Native American tribes?
4.What impact did the changing reservation/territory boundaries have on the intertribal relations?
5. How did the white men/gov't./military justify butchering and murdering unarmed Native American women and children?
6. How did the U.S. gov't. manipulate treaty language to reshape reservations and move Native Americans "legally"?
7. What kinds of crimes were committed by the Native Americans?
8. How did the differing "combat" styles affect the outcome of many battles between the Native Americans and the Whites?
9. What was the European American viewpoint of "Manifest Destiny"? And how did it justify the westward expansion?
10. What similarities, if any, can be found between the battle of Wounded Knee in 1890 and in 1973?