Sovereignty and Self-Determination: Native America from the Second Half of the Twentieth Century to the Present
The second half of the twentieth century began with the threat of Termination and ended with Native people asserting their sovereignty. Termination prompted a vigorous response from Native Americans. Forging self-belief through activism, participating in pan- tribal organizations and movements, and advocating for the rights of Native nations, indigenous peoples have claimed their place in American society. At the heart of indigenous activism is sovereignty, and Native nations have tried to make that sovereignty real by practicing economic, cultural, and political self-determination. Legal activism, land claims, Indian gaming, and the repatriation of Native remains and artifacts have all featured prominently in efforts aimed at self-determination. In this exam you must explain the Native push for political, economic, and cultural self-determination beginning in the 1950s and extending to the present day, and the challenges to Native sovereignty by the federal government and the larger, non-native, American society.
Exam Guidelines:
These approximately 7 page (2100–2300 word) papers are to be rigorous and nuanced analyses of the assigned texts. The purpose of this exam is for you to demonstrate your understanding of the history of the period and to show how carefully and thoroughly you have done the reading. In this exam you must quote—not just paraphrase—all SEVEN sources we have read after the midterm: chapters 5,6, and 7 of “We Are Still Here,” chapters 9 and 10 of First Peoples and Supplementary Readings 5 and 6. Whatever claims you make in your exam must be supported by textual evidence from the readings. Papers will be graded according to the knowledge of the readings, the understanding of the history, the persuasiveness of the arguments, and the clarity of the writing. You must have two quotes from the sources in every chapter except for the first and last paragraphs.
Citation Instructions:
The citation instructions for this paper are unique to this assignment but they are part of the grade and must be followed. For “We Are Still Here” the citation must be a brief abbreviation followed by a chapter number: (WA, ch 2). Do the same with First Peoples: (FP, ch 7). For the supplementary reading you just need to include which number it is: (Supp 3). The usual rules of attribution should be followed, authors or speakers should be mentioned in the text. For example: “Calloway argues” or “Iverson and Davies maintain” or “Dorothy Peche explains” and so forth.
Structure of paragraph is really importnat. You should always have CLAIM (establish youre argument), CONTEXT (give the neessary infromation: who are you quoating and when is it from), QUOTE (evidence), ANALYSIS (how does the quote ilustrate youre claim). Analysis should always be the longest part of paragraph. Introductuon must explain what are you going to talk about in paper and conlusion must sumarrize what you said in essey. No quotes needed in introduction and conlusion.
paper must chronologically talk about native fight for their freedom and soverinity from termination era to modern days. Which means 1.politics 2.economics (must mention gambling) 3.cultur
