Fight for Rights

Native American MovementChicano Movement

Fight for Rights

Questions:

Are Native Americans citizens of the U.S.?

Should they have the same rights or more rights than other Americans?

Whose Land is it Anyway?

Under the Northwest Ordinance land was not suppose to be taken

Under President Andrew Jackson tribes were moved to reservations.

Indian Removal Act 1830-westward expansion forces Native Americans to move west

Fair??????

Forced AssimilationMake natives more like mainstream America.

Sent to boarding schools to learn English

Must cut their hairConverted to

Christianity

Native Americans faced segregation & discrimination like African Americans

So….

Termination Policy (1953-1968)

US government terminates-> Policy that divides property among tribes which ends federal responsibility and social services (health, education, welfare)Jurisdiction left up to states

The American Indian Movement (AIM)

Founded 1968Fought for land rights,

against poverty, harassment, better conditions on reservations

The Longest Walk of 1978 -3600 mile walk to DC to protect rights

NCRSM- Fights racism in sports and media today

Native American Tribes Today

Over 500 reservations

Considered same as an independent country when dealing with federal government

They have their own court system and governments on their reservations

Today: Main IssuesHigh levels of PovertyMassive alcoholism,

diabetic, and obesity rate from government subsidized foods

High school drop out rateMany reservations lack

running water and have poor conditions

Underrepresented in government

Fighting Environmental rights

Sports Mascots

HW:Read the Upfront Article “Insult or Honor?”Do you think sports teams should be forced to change their mascots and names? WHY?

Honor or Insult?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI0inlNffA8&feature=related

Well, What Would You Think of These?

Stereotypeshttp://www.youtub

e.com/watch?v=_hJFi7SRH7Q&feature=related

SavageUncivilizedWhat stereotypes

have you seen or heard about Native Americans?

In 1999, the crayon was changed to

chestnut.Was the issue of the

name Indian Red racist?

Mexican Americans: Chicano Movement

Minority group pushed for rights and social change in 20th century.

Restoration of land grants, farm workers' rights, enhanced education, voting and political rights,

Socially, the Chicano Movement addressed what it perceived to be negative ethnic stereotypes of Mexicans in mass media and the American consciousness

Caesar Chavez

A Mexican American best known as Latino Civil Rights activist

Co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers (UFW)

Approach:Unionism and Aggressive but nonviolent tactics

Dolores Fernandez Huerta

She left teaching when “I realized I couldn’t do anything for the kids who came to school hungry and barefoot.”

Helped found NFWA with Chavez in 1962 with grape pickers strike.

Also- Feminist who strove for women’s rights. Awards with NOW and NAACP

Today she continues to work as activist for farmworkers and women.

Raza Unida Party

Founded in 1970 by youth groupCentered on Chicano nationalismInfluence spread, and in late 1970s focused

on seeking unity with all Chicano, Latino and Native Americans.

Today: The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States and works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans.

Issues for Latinos today:

ImmigrationCitizenshipDiscriminationFair/equal working conditions